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Road Master
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Could someone explain....
..car tires on a motorcycle? Allow me to preface this with I'm asking honestly. I just don't get the reasoning beyond extended mileage. If you look at a motorcycle tire it is curved from shoulder to shoulder (what I call the area where the running tread turns into the sidewall). The car tire has a much more defined shoulder and is flatter across the tread. Great for going straight but a bike turns by leaning. How much harder is it to try and get that bike to lean properly not to mention if you by chance roll past that shoulder, which is closer to the ground and more significantly defined, now you're onto the sidewall which isn't meant for traction. I realize that many car tires will fit on the new wider rims but I'm sure my crank would fit into Heidi Fleiss, that doesn't mean putting it there is a good idea.
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There are TONS of threads about this in the forums, try the search function and search for "dark side" or "car tire". Your question, or doubt, is one of the first things some that don't know about dark siding will ask. Spending a few minutes on some of the very long threads on this subject will remove any doubt from your mind....it's a very heated debate on both sides. Those that ride on a car tire on the back swear by it and will never look back. And in some of the threads, a few guys have posted videos they've made of their bike cornering at all sorts of different speeds, with the camera hanging down low looking at the rear tire and how well it handles and maintains great contact with the road surface during corning.
..car tires on a motorcycle? Allow me to preface this with I'm asking honestly. I just don't get the reasoning beyond extended mileage. If you look at a motorcycle tire it is curved from shoulder to shoulder (what I call the area where the running tread turns into the sidewall). The car tire has a much more defined shoulder and is flatter across the tread. Great for going straight but a bike turns by leaning. How much harder is it to try and get that bike to lean properly not to mention if you by chance roll past that shoulder, which is closer to the ground and more significantly defined, now you're onto the sidewall which isn't meant for traction. I realize that many car tires will fit on the new wider rims but I'm sure my crank would fit into Heidi Fleiss, that doesn't mean putting it there is a good idea.
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I also own a Yamaha Roadstar Warrior and a lot of those guys run a car tire. They say that it takes about 5 miles to get used to and then it is no different in their mind. I can't bring myself to do it and there are a lot of tire stores that won't mount a car tire onto a m/c rim. I say to each there own. What ever blows your skirt up. Or, tickles your fancy.
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