Kumho tires worn too soon

[starrider60]

CHECKED MY TIRES. 2400 MILES ON THEM AND THEY ARE GONE. METAL CORD SHOWING ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT IS SLICK ON THE OUTER TREAD(?). ANYONE ELSE WITH SIMILAR EXPERIENCE HAD WITH KUMHO'S?

[Rick Haywood]

They are not made for heavy dressers. That is all you will get from the cheaper tires.

[Kirby]

I had one on the back of BigGal when I tried to go to the Darkside but took it off because the bike acted squirrelly. The tire still looked brand new. Many that use them on the Darkside get upwards of 20,000 miles. Don't know why yours wore out so fast.

[TheKid]

I run a kumho power star on my darkside venture with no problems. This is the second one and got 25000+ on the last one. this one has maybe 8000 on it now.

[Guest tx2sturgis]

They are not made for heavy dressers.

 

Nope...just heavy cars.

 

[ragtop69gs]

Sounds like you were running too low a pressure and wore the outer edges. What kit do you have on the bike ? Hannigan ?

[leo3wheel]

The Kumho rear tires on our trike have 28,000 miles and look great.

[MikeWa]

Lots of questions. Are the tires fully seated? What is the tire width? Stock rim or rim width? What was the air pressure? Which model Kumho? How were the tires balanced? How are the wheel bearings?

 

This amount of tire wear is so unusual it makes me think some basic item was somehow missed. Especially if no symptoms were noticed while riding the bike. Then of course there is always the very remote chance this one tire had a defective rubber compound.

 

Mike

[Rick Haywood]

I had one on the back of BigGal when I tried to go to the Darkside but took it off because the bike acted squirrelly. The tire still looked brand new. Many that use them on the Darkside get upwards of 20,000 miles. Don't know why yours wore out so fast.

 

My mistake

Forgive me

I was thinking Shinko

I will go to my corner

I should mind my own business

I should never reply to a tire thread

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[Cougar]

Call Jim, they will make it right for you.