Tires?

[howardg]

Do leave you trike tires on the concrete in one place or do you move the trike a little every once in a while?

 

[Pooch]

Take it out for a little ride once in a while or maybe just jack it up and get the weight off of the tires.YMMV

 

[rhino 2]

Take it out for a little ride once in a while or maybe just jack it up and get the weight off of the tires.YMMV

If you are talking about the trike sitting all winter, Then you could just move it a foot then move it back in a week or two...

But don't start the engine...Put it in neutral and move it by hand..That said when i store my two wheelers for the winter i never moved them. And didn't have any ill effects...:Shrug:

 

[Bronson512]

Every year I have big plans to either roll bike/trike a few feet periodically but it never gets done.

I have a mower with the never flat tires on front and they developed a horrible flat spot on them one winter. The dealer told me I was suppose to raise them off the ground during winter months.

I realize this is not a good comparison I’m only making a comment.

 

[Jack Klarich]

When I lived ion MN we were down for at lest 3 months in the winter

I did not jack my bikes up. never had a problem with my tires

I did make sure the tires were not near the salt dripping off the car tho

I guess rolling the bike in neutral like Bob says is a good idea

It may be hard to find neutral on a cold bike JMO

 

[trikeman]

Roll’em Roll’em Roll’em

Keep them tires roll’n!!!

 

[howardg]

Too cold here at -10

 

[trikeman]

:xszpv:

 

[trikeman]

:xszpv:

Be glad when it’s gone

 

[Lee H. Mann]

Too cold here at -10

Howard, if you are concerned with flat spots on the tires at customary air pressure of 20 - 22 psi, during the winter non-riding months just put 35 psi in the rear tires and 50 in the front tire.

When you are ready to ride again, just adjust the tire pressure accordingly. The flat spots that occur over the winter months are not like that of a car where you have twice as much weight bearing down on them. Flat spots will usually run out when the tire gets above 60 degrees which doesn't take long when air pressure is 20 psi.

People that owned large vacation campers will jack them up on stands or block the tires so that he cold concrete and weight won't create a flat spot.

Years ago, the construction of a tire was such that severe flat spots would remain after storage. Today's tires are made of better materials than 50 years ago.

 

[howardg]

Thanks Jim

 

[mhgoldwing]

I don't do anything special but then mine rarely goes longer than two weeks without being ridden. If I do park it longer and get some minor flat spots I've found that around 96.543 mph rounds those puppies right up.