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Discussions by Rad Model => RadRunner => Topic started by: HondaZ50M on February 22, 2023, 11:35:19 AM

Title: Hi new Radrunner owner in the UK looking for tyre advice
Post by: HondaZ50M on February 22, 2023, 11:35:19 AM
Hi I found the hard way that the stock tyres offer NO grip what so ever in cold damp/wet conditions.

Any advice on replacements please?

Thanks,
Title: Re: Hi new Radrunner owner in the UK looking for tyre advice
Post by: MagnumPA on March 02, 2023, 05:51:15 PM
Do you have the knobby Kenda ones of the Cheng Shin kind? I think Rad uses both brands.  Are they inflated properly?  I ride year round here in the soggy Pacific northwest and haven't had any problems except one morning with freezing fog where I was a dummy and braked while turning on a painted street mural.  I didn't wreck but the back tire slid out.  The bike even did pretty good riding home in a snowstorm last week as long as I avoided where car tires packed the snow down into ice. 
Title: Re: Hi new Radrunner owner in the UK looking for tyre advice
Post by: HondaZ50M on March 03, 2023, 01:52:43 AM
Yes the stock Kenda knobbly tyres, no grip at all in damp or wet conditions, especially front.
Title: Re: Hi new Radrunner owner in the UK looking for tyre advice
Post by: Water Doc on March 03, 2023, 07:11:29 AM
I just replaced my K-Rads with Two Vee Tire 20x4.0 SkinWall Bike Tires Speedster E-Bike 50 with Endurance Compound and Override Puncture Protection (the ones with the off white sidewalls) So far I am very happy with this up grade, no problem with grip and best of all these tires are quiet - no hum what so ever which is a big improvement over the noisy K-Rads.  You have three choices, the off whitewalls, black walls and whitewalls. Only issue I have now is my motor is very loud when under load.