Need some tire info.
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Tourer
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: central Mississippi
Need some tire info.
Just wondering if any of you guys are running car tires on the rear of your bikes. If so, what brand? Do you run a tube inside or tubeless?? What size car tire for rear of a '95 Ultra? How many miles do you get out of them? I've talked to a couple of riders that run them and like them. Just wondering what you guys thought. Any special mounting instructions, or just take the old one off, new one on?? Someone told me that you can take the wheel and old tire to any car tire business and they'll mount a new one for you. Don't know about that. I just want to be safe about it. Thanks.
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We built a few "car tired" bikes back in the day. They handle quite different than a stock tired bike. When you lean it over you get up n the edge of it and things can/will get hairy. Hope this helps.
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Do a search for "dark side" and you'll find a lot of threads regarding this. In my opinion, the only real benefit for going to the dark side is that tires cost less and they last longer. Not really worth it in my opinion. I'm sure a lot of others will agree and disagree.
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Its a good way to end up getting some use out of your medical insurance, its illegal over here too.
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Road Master
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Car tires are not designed to "lean" and will loose traction when layed over. I went from Avons and Dunlops to METZLER and can't believe the difference in feel and handling. Just my two cents worth.
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Much to my surprise, this car tire thing has a huge following. I have never used one as most of the guys who do have two distinct traits. They all have touring bikes and they all ride mega miles. They also seem run them more for budgetary reasons than anything else. When you run 40 or 50K every single year, tires that only last 8-10K get real costly. The car tire guys claim in addition to getting their tires for about half what bike tires go for, they last four or five times longer. Now, this being said, I don't advocate car tires and have no future plans to run one, I just wanted to throw out as much info as I can think of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZKhoFbL7Fo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5rVi7lXgbg
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Road Master
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These videos prove that car tires are not designed for MC applications apparent in the distortion the tire undergoes on turns. I wouldn't want to bet my life and or limbs on a car tire to save a few bucks; but that's me.