CAR TIRE ON A VENTURE

Got everything lubed, new brake pads and went on a short ride thru town, the freeway, and some twistys. I'm taking it easy now, till the tire sets in, but right now I'm liking it.

Lizard , never lube your brake pads. lol just joking , that is great that you are riding on the darkside , how about sending photos, all you have to do is upload them to a photo site like photobucket then highlight the img location and past it in your post si we can see your ride.

welcome to the darkside , drive safe , Horse

Lizard,
Where did you buy the BF Goodrich tire for your venture? I'm planning to put one on mine too and am looking for a deal on one.

I just went to the local tire store, we have 2 of em, and asked them to order it. It took a week, and they mounted it at no cost. They told me it mounted fine, no problems. Oh, and by the way, I'll post pictures soon...

The tire store had a tire machine to handle bike tires?

mastermechanic wrote:The tire store had a tire machine to handle bike tires?

ANY mag wheel machine will work on motorcycle rims. Their balancer may not, but static balancing a MC rim is easy. Spin balance is really wasted anyway, as we end up putting all the weight in the middle anyway.

what size tire did u use. i have a 07 venture with 150-90-15 tire.

DeWayne,
I used a BF Goodrich 155/80-15 TA Radial. It's about 1/4 inch or so shorter, but looks good on there. Remember that your speedo will run faster than normal since the tire is a little smaller in height. I looked for a 150/90-15 or larger, but couldn't find it.

hi all
i came to the darkside last april, my rsv had 45,795 miles on it. i now have 65,350 miles a little over 19,500 now. have made a trip to canada, two up and pulling a fully loaded trailer. that trip was over 4,000 miles, no problems. glad i came over to the ds. i am a member of the ventureriders.org also and learned of the darkside there. there are a couple of us there. i am using a bf goodrich radial t/a p155/80r15. best reguards
don c.

Welcome aboard gunboat. How is the tread holding up on your tire? Some times people want to know what kind of milage they can expect.

Jerry

Thought the venture just came out???? Must be thinking of a different bike.

155 is kind of narrow. Did you consider a 165/80R15 Kumho tire for the back? That ought to be just about the same size as the original tire with just a little more width. Not sure how much clearance you have back there. Lot's of us have run this tire with success.

hi all
the center tread of my tire seems to be wearing smooth, ie. no groves on it. the lt & rt sides still look like new. i have been using between 34-36 psi. last weeked bumped the tire psi up to 40. put on a couple hundred miles, didn't run any twistees. but seems to be a little stiffer, but thats just a feel in the butt kind of thing. will keep a eye on it. i hope to get at least 40 to 50,000 miles out of it. you know the venture is a heavy m/c, i would have only got 12 to 14,000 out of a regular m/c tire. so i'am allready ahead of the game in terms of cost of replacing a m/c tire. i only paid $40.00 fot the bfg. i mounted it my self & did not even balanced it. i may try the kumbo 165/80r-15 when ever the bfg gives out in anouther year or so.
best reguards
don c.

ops forgot to add. my royal star venture is a 1999, a second generation. another member on the venturerider.org site told me about the kumbo tire after i had put on the bfg. best reguards
don c.