Car tire on my Road King
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To the OP good for you. It looks like your going to be a Darksider now.
To the naysayers people have been running car tires on bikes for the last 60 years. If you did some research on it you might find that it works better then you would think. There are guys running some heavy high horsepower bikes with car tires with great results. And no they don't fail on them. They actually hold up way better then bike tires. I have seen guys get up to 40,000 miles on them. So before you go saying how bad an idea it is do some research.
To the naysayers people have been running car tires on bikes for the last 60 years. If you did some research on it you might find that it works better then you would think. There are guys running some heavy high horsepower bikes with car tires with great results. And no they don't fail on them. They actually hold up way better then bike tires. I have seen guys get up to 40,000 miles on them. So before you go saying how bad an idea it is do some research.
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I believe that motorcycle tires are made of a soft compound which gives better traction and higher speeds, but comes at the price of higher wear rates. Car tires are going to be a much harder compound due to the heavier weights and power being put to them so they can last way longer and seem pretty tough compared to motorcycle tires. The video of the tire from under the bike is very impressive though. It appears to me that the car tire is actually putting more rubber to the ground on turns than a bike tire. The slight flexing of the sidewall does not appear to be any more than it would do on a car.
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I believe that motorcycle tires are made of a soft compound which gives better traction and higher speeds, but comes at the price of higher wear rates. Car tires are going to be a much harder compound due to the heavier weights and power being put to them so they can last way longer and seem pretty tough compared to motorcycle tires. The video of the tire from under the bike is very impressive though. It appears to me that the car tire is actually putting more rubber to the ground on turns than a bike tire. The slight flexing of the sidewall does not appear to be any more than it would do on a car.
I agree with you that the car tire does have more rubber on the road in the turns.
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I worked with Michellin for a few years testing race tires for motorcycles and this subject has came up.Motorcycle tires are built for motorcycles car tires for cars period.Tires are cheep dont skimp on them!If you life is worth $67 or what ever you paid for the tire that is your choice but would not be mine.IMHO
Knock yourselves out, I will just feel safer with a MC tire, even if it has a (cursed!) patch inside of it, lmao.
Til then, I will just keep on .
These discussions often get real interesting, downright comical.
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