Mike Melton mounts and road-forces a Kenda Clever MT2S tire, showing how to seat the beads and run a balance test. He finds about 14 pounds of force needed and small imbalance weights around 2 ounces, then explains why proper bead seating matters for a smooth ride.
Kenda Clever MT2S
14 pounds of force
Approximately 2 oz and 2.25 oz (two ounces here, two and a quarter here).
January 24, 2026
Mike Melton
Everybody's been waiting on a video of road forcing these tires. This right here is the Kenda Clever MT2S. Pretty aggressive tire on the sidewall. Nice looking tread pattern. Now, some people say these things ride like crap, and they want to see what these things road force at. So we've never had these things on the road force. We've only had one more other set in here. Now let's go ahead and mount one of these things up. Let's show you how we mount it, and then we're going to show you how we balance them. All right? The key to mounting these things are really seating the beads. Real good. Lube that bead. All right, let's mount that bottom beam. Done. Now we're gonna mount that top beam just like that. All right, now we're ready to roto force this out now. You know what we got to do? We got to take that damn sticker off. But look how small this sticker is compared to it. Let's take that damn sticker off. All right, we got that thing rolling. All right, roller, just come down on it. We're not gonna cut it. We ain't gonna edit it, none of that. So you'll exactly see exactly how if they're good or they're bad. Rollers coming off now. All right, you see, it's an LT. Well, we got 14 pounds of force. Only two ounces here, two and a quarter here. 14 pounds of force. So, yes, I recommend them. They should ride good. Some people said they have had issues coming out of them. It's all on how you seat that bead, baby.
