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My apologies if this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find it.
I live in an area that has a ton of grooved pavement, and the coker "classic tread pattern" tires yield a violent front end shake on that pavement (they're fine on at similar speeds on smooth pavement). All the grooved pavement is in 45-55 mph speed limit areas, and is impossible to avoid if you want to get out of town on the highway.
I've got a set of Shinko 777s that have a modern tread pattern, and I plan to try them on the 65. Question is, the HD manual calls for 26 PSI rear and 20 front, whereas that modern tire on a modern FLH or FLST would be run at 36-40 rear and 32-36 front.
Do I run them at modern pressures, or at the 26/20, which sounds to me like they would be woefully underinflated? Anybody had experience with this? I mostly run the bike around town and for short (10-50 mile) highway runs at 50-60 m.p.h.
Thanks!
I live in an area that has a ton of grooved pavement, and the coker "classic tread pattern" tires yield a violent front end shake on that pavement (they're fine on at similar speeds on smooth pavement). All the grooved pavement is in 45-55 mph speed limit areas, and is impossible to avoid if you want to get out of town on the highway.
I've got a set of Shinko 777s that have a modern tread pattern, and I plan to try them on the 65. Question is, the HD manual calls for 26 PSI rear and 20 front, whereas that modern tire on a modern FLH or FLST would be run at 36-40 rear and 32-36 front.
Do I run them at modern pressures, or at the 26/20, which sounds to me like they would be woefully underinflated? Anybody had experience with this? I mostly run the bike around town and for short (10-50 mile) highway runs at 50-60 m.p.h.
Thanks!
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