Not your usual tire thread!
My Wife & I recently bought a 2001 Goldwing with only 5000 miles on the clock...so it has the original tires. Now the motorcycle is at 6000 miles and is still on the original tires.
Today as I was rounding a curve and getting on the throttle, the rear tire spun up and the motorcycle went side ways, then grabbed traction and righted itself. A very unnerving experience! I felt and looked like a dirt tracker, but on an 800 lb motorcycle!
I've only owned Sport bikes and Sport-tour motorcyles until this purchase and am wondering if this spin-up is a feature of the Goldwing. This is the second time in a 1000 miles that the rear tire has broken loose. The first time was on a straight patch of road under steady throttle.
I am assuming my tires, at 8 years old, have given the ghost and are hard as rocks, thus causing the undesired behavior.
I am leaning toward installing installing the Elite 3 tires, but considering the stiff side wall and load rating of 80, I am concerned that this undesired behavior will be exacerbated. We need tires that stick!
Any and all opinions are appreciated.
My Wife & I recently bought a 2001 Goldwing with only 5000 miles on the clock...so it has the original tires. Now the motorcycle is at 6000 miles and is still on the original tires.
Today as I was rounding a curve and getting on the throttle, the rear tire spun up and the motorcycle went side ways, then grabbed traction and righted itself. A very unnerving experience! I felt and looked like a dirt tracker, but on an 800 lb motorcycle!
I've only owned Sport bikes and Sport-tour motorcyles until this purchase and am wondering if this spin-up is a feature of the Goldwing. This is the second time in a 1000 miles that the rear tire has broken loose. The first time was on a straight patch of road under steady throttle.
I am assuming my tires, at 8 years old, have given the ghost and are hard as rocks, thus causing the undesired behavior.
I am leaning toward installing installing the Elite 3 tires, but considering the stiff side wall and load rating of 80, I am concerned that this undesired behavior will be exacerbated. We need tires that stick!
Any and all opinions are appreciated.