Tires
Warning! For your own personal safety, tires, rims and air valves must be correctly matched to wheel rims. See your Harley-Davidson dealer. Mismatching tires, tubes, rims and air valves may result in damage to the tire bead during mounting or may allow the tire to slip on the rim, possibly causing tire failure which could result in death or serious injury.
In addition, using tires other than those specified may adversely affect motorcycle handling.
Inner tubes must not be used in radial tires and radial tires must not be used on laced (wire spoked) wheels.
Tubeless tires are used on all Harley-Davidson cast and disc wheels.
Tire sizes are molded on the tire sidewall. Inner tube sizes are printed on the tube.
Check tire pressure and tread:
- As part of the pre-ride inspection.
- At every scheduled service interval.
1. Inspect each tire for punctures, cuts, and breaks.
2. Inspect each tire for wear. See Tire replacement under 2.26 Tires. Replace tires before they reach the tread wear indicator bars.
Note. Missing indicator wear bars represent less than 0.8 mm (1/32 in.) tread pattern depth remaining.
Wheel bearings
Service wheel bearings:
- Inspect any time the wheels are removed.
- Replace when bearings exceed end play service wear limit of 0.051 mm (0.002 in.).
Check wheel bearings and axle spacers for wear and corrosion. Excessive play or roughness indicates worn bearings. Replace bearings in sets only. See 2.24 Sealed wheel bearings.
Table 1-3. Tire pressures
DUNLOP TIRES ONLY | SOLO RIDER | RIDER & ONE PASSENGER | |||
MODEL | TIRE | PSI | kPA | PSI | kPA |
VRSCA | Front | 36 | 248 | 36 | 248 |
Rear | 38 | 262 | 40 | 276 |