Thanks guys, maybe I'm overthinking it, but there seems to be very little room for error with the load index required for these Meanstreak tires?
I live in New Zealand, so very limited choice for tyres. Certainly nothing like the range you could get in the USA. I can get a set of Michelin Pilot Power 3 tyres, or Road 6, Bridgestone Batalax etc..vast majority are sports tires, but my concern is load index. These tyres are all quite similar with this.
Okay. Meanstreak weighs 290kg dry. Say 310kg ( or 680 lbs) add me, at 135kg (297 lbs) and we have an all up weight of 980 pounds give or take a few. To me this is pretty damn close to tyre limits?
Am I overthinking it? Do tire manufacturers quote much lower weights than their tires will cope with?
I would have to order 'heavier duty cruiser tires" in from overseas as NZ has a small motorcycle tyre market, we only have 4 million people. That would make tyres horrendously expensive. As it is a set of normal sports tyres will set me back approx $600 without fitting.
Cheers
I live in New Zealand, so very limited choice for tyres. Certainly nothing like the range you could get in the USA. I can get a set of Michelin Pilot Power 3 tyres, or Road 6, Bridgestone Batalax etc..vast majority are sports tires, but my concern is load index. These tyres are all quite similar with this.
Okay. Meanstreak weighs 290kg dry. Say 310kg ( or 680 lbs) add me, at 135kg (297 lbs) and we have an all up weight of 980 pounds give or take a few. To me this is pretty damn close to tyre limits?
Am I overthinking it? Do tire manufacturers quote much lower weights than their tires will cope with?
I would have to order 'heavier duty cruiser tires" in from overseas as NZ has a small motorcycle tyre market, we only have 4 million people. That would make tyres horrendously expensive. As it is a set of normal sports tyres will set me back approx $600 without fitting.
Cheers
