I have a 2006 Electra Glide and was thinking about putting a car tire on the rear. A friend told me that a car tire would not fit, is this true?

 

Have you done the dark side tire before....

 

Yes you can...doesn't mean you should.

 

No i have not done this before... Was gonna try something new. I was then told that a car tire would be to wide and would not fit.

 

Try Austin taxi tire at Universal tire. You can find the thread with pictures about this CT on this forum. I am thinking about the same thing.

 

Alright then...I have, on a metric bike and this is my recommendation....google search Darkside database/darkside tires/car tire on a motorcycle. There are Darkside Forums also. You should be able to find what your looking for there. If you post a question like that in a non Darkside forum your going to get barbequed so be forewarned and its going to get kinda nasty....good luck....feel free to PM if I can help you in any way.

 

you can do it.

ask yourself what happens in an accident and they refuse to pay out a claim because of your non DOT modification- even if the other guy hit you ?

I have a story like that, my wife hit a guy in a 4runner which had been raised with a bunch of "off road only" suspension parts.
Instead of hitting his bumper, the volvo went underneath, and the car hit the suspension--- and started him rolling down the highway.
he was ok, truck was totalled.
he was paid zero for his truck and had to cover that damages to the volvo beyond what the accident investigators though it should have been- a dent in the bumper.

If you need to save some money on your bike, throw away the chrome doodad catalogs

while a car tire may have been a good choice in the 70's, bike tires really are purpose built for best handling, cornering and wear. The recent bikes have a dunlop with a hard center section for mileage and grippy outers for corners

mike

 

A car tire isn't going to change the height of your bike, i.e. standard bumper height. You're going hear the most nay saying out of people who haven't actually done it themselves. Some may have seen a car tire on a bike as their justification for knowledge, but still, it doesn't equate to actually owning one or riding one for a while to get familiar with it.
Unless you are into the high speed, drag your knees through the twisties, a car tire shouldn't be a problem.
Been there, done it with a rigid frame, worked fine.

 

The OP did not ask if he should, he wants to know if a tire will fit. In other words nobody asked your opinion so keep it to yourself.

OP, yes you can find a CT that will fit. Right the only one I know about is the taxi tire.

 

Good luck with that. Kind of like the weekly pissing match over single side rotor setups.