They sure do!...with a LI (load index) rating of a whole 77!...which equals 412kg max load (or 910 pounds!)
Once again:
Goldwing weight- Aprox 800lbs (with out rider an passenger)
The RECOMMENDED tyre has a max load weight of....992 lbs!
-now add a rider...a passenger....and there gear! (Goldwing has HUGE storage ability remember)
...and now you can see why there are so many reports by owners of blow-outs on the super heavy cruiser's such as the Goldwings etc running factory rubber...there tyre destroying whales!
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Silly me - we all know shaft drives can't wheelie... Look I don't ride a big cruiser but the idea of fitting hard compound flat profile car tyres on a bike gives me the shits. Good tyres can make the difference between just needing a change of undies and a trip to hospital or the morgue.
I love the smell of twin V16's in the morning..
...your right, thats the rating per tyre.
But each tyre must be capable of handling the bikes entire weight due to weight transference under certain conditions...such as braking or accelerating to name but two. (and due to speed + mass and all the physic's stuff happening...the actual transferred weight-or "pressure" on the individual tyres, can be higher than the bikes free standing weight)
so no...two tyres with 910 pound max load weight does not mean they are good to go on a 1820 pound bike.
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B-Stone and Metz make GW specific tyres.
The main difference is they have thicker and more robust sidewalls to deal with the weight.
All that shit you read tyre failures is the result of some fuckwit fitting a tyre of the correct size but not the right application.
Then then bitch when it fails. No shit Sherlock get a life.
This has been lost on many of you. I will write it again.
If you fit a radial 195x55 it must be a zero pressure, run flat design, as they have the sidewall that can handle the weight.
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Ah fucking ghey... I thought it was going to be a thread filled with sweet murdered out cruisers![]()
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