New Front Tire Time

[bob109]

Not quite 17K miles on the OEM Stone and its days are over. Kept the tire inflated to 40PSI to avoid cupping and produce reasonable thread/tread wear and that has appeared to work reasonably well. I'll be "Double Dark Side Riding" with the installation of a new Bridgestone Battlax B-45 Rear Cycle Tire. Currently running a General G-Max on the rear and very comfortable with its handling/performance so the next step is the B-45 for the front. The tire will be mounted with rotation indicator same as the OEM Stone. Some folks use the reverse rotation mounting on Trikes. There's enough feedback from users that either rotation direction will produce good results.

Some pics of the OEM Stone in addition to the sophisticated dampening hardware of the 6's front suspension!

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[Steve 0080]

"Some pics of the OEM Stone in addition to the sophisticated dampening hardware of the 6's front suspension!"

Is that a funny???? I'm thinkin the suspension ain't all that!!! The BT 45 seems to be the go to tire for flat landers as well!!!

Rumuor has it Wing Stuff will be selling the "new" Progressive front shock inserts in the next 10 days two weeks!!! These are the shocks that will lower the front end one inch as well as improve the ride and cupping as well!!!! I can't wait!!!!

[bob109]

Dropped by my local Bike Repair Shop (not a dealer) and had the Battlax mounted. Brought it home and did a trusty "static balance"!
With a warm afternoon I'm on my way out to "scrub in" the new tire. Have the pressure jacked to 40PSI which is the same pressure as the OEM Stone which had no evidence of cupping after 16+K miles. A few folks on the Goldwing DS Riders site have reported getting in excess of 30+K miles of service from the Ax! Time will tell!

A pic of the "new front rubber"

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[Phantom]

I like that tread pattern

[Steve 0080]

Rumuor has it..... it cups if you hit the twistys to often and a little lite in the rain...after a few miles please PM me with your thoughs....I will need a front tire after Franklin!

[bob109]

Rumuor has it..... it cups if you hit the twistys to often and a little lite in the rain...after a few miles please PM me with your thoughs....I will need a front tire after Franklin!

Will do! Scrubbed in the tire yesterday with 50 miles of mixed riding i.e. twists and super slab! Out for more miles this afternoon. Have some blue skies and 80 degree temps that I'm going to take advantage of