More Tire Talk Harley Wheels & Harley Tire Issues Discuss More Tire Talk in the Harley Tech & Harley How-to forums; The tires on my sporty just hit the 20,000 mile mark. Front needs to be changed the rear still has a good 500 miles or more. I had time so ...

The tires on my sporty just hit the 20,000 mile mark. Front needs to be changed the rear still has a good 500 miles or more.

I had time so I figured I change both and also clean up the brakes and put on new rear pads. I like the look of the Whitewalls. I found ones Avon Venom X at Dennis Kirk. Wide white for the back thin white for the front.

Ordered and should be at my place in 24 hours. Jacked up bike Pulled wheels cleaned and lubed pins new pads on back. Tires came called normal stealer to mount and balance. Looks like they are busy and it will be a day or two.

Called back-up stealer. They are busy also. Getting bikes ready for Sturgis. However since I have them off the bike they will mount and balance. Gathered up my two young boys and left lickity split. 20 minutes to stealer another 40 to mount and balance 20 minutes back. Always good to have a back up stealer.

Tires on. Double checked all good. Off I went. Big difference in feel of bike. Quiet and smooth. Softer over the bumps.

Question. The old dunlops Max pres front 40lbs. Max pres rear 41lbs.
Manual says to run 30 lbs in front and 35 lbs in rear unless riding 2 up or a heavy load. I did

Avon rear Max is 42lbs. 1 pound differance. Do I run same as manual??

Frisco;
Since I was not near a PC I did not see your post about Avon Venom Front tires sucking. Are they that bad? Handling feels nice.

What kind of miles do I expect out of these?

WW changed the whole look of my bike. Me like!

Also just an observation. A lot of the bikes in getting ready for Sturgis. Most of em in for basic Maint.. Folks should learn to do some of there own stuff.

Cost me $60 for mount and balance + shop fees. Would have been over $200 maybe more if I rode the bike in instead of walkin the tires in. I guess some like throwing dough out the window.

Money I saved is like a case of Jack Daniels....

Wow JCOURNEYAP 20,000 out of a set of tires is fantastic. I never get more than 10,000 out of 'em on my 85 Ironhead and my Ultra eats 'em up in 7-8,000. I don't know for sure what to advise on pressure. Use the figures in the manual as a rough guide. The info on the sidewall is load rating at maximum recommended pressure. Generally you can go a few psi over the pressures in the manual if you are running high speed or heavy load. If you run pressure too high your handling will suffer. I'm running about 4 psi. higher front & rear to see if I can get decent mileage out of my tires, we run 2 up 80% of the time. Ride safe, Sincerely: Shovelmike.

Shovelmike:

Thanks for the info. I dont do much 2 up riding. I figured I'd be guessing. I am running em a few pounds over the manuals recs.

32lbs Front and 38lbs rear. Anyway the 1st 11,000 miles on em I was 30 pounds lighter. Somehow my ass became fat. So now I eat up the tires I guess.

Gosh Dang it!

I run my tire pressures at 40 PSI rear and 36 PSI front on the FLHTI and the FLST. Historically I've gotten about 12K on the rear, and 24K on the front. I've got 9K on the FLHTI right now, and expect to get 11-12K on the back tire before I replace it. I'm sure that riding style has a lot to do with the mileage we get on our tires, but tire pressure must come into play as well.

Rick