wattdachshund, 7 months ago | FlagSince tires are constructe
d for specific duties a car tire is not designed or engineered to be used as a motorcycle tire. Car tires are designed to hold the road when the weight is applied directly downward. Therefore the tread pattern is such that the contact patch designed does not include the sidewall. Since motorcycle tires work more on an axis they are designed with the contact patch on the bottom and sides to have consistant contact with the road. ONce you get over on a car tire your not only loosing that contact tread you are also appling force to a part of the tire where it was not designed to handle. That being said, tires are basically over engineered to probably withstand those pressures (for a while). I would open the wallet get a good pair of Metzlers or other good motorcycle tire and ride on without the nagging thought of a failure.
wattdachshund, 7 months ago | FlagAwesome demo "simmbad".
I dont know about you but the car tire handling characturi stics looked a little too freaky for my taste. It just looked like a wet road and a hard turn would kick your tail out pretty quickly.
VTX-XXX, 7 months ago | Flagar tires are for cars, truck tires for trucks, motorcycle
tires are for motorcycle s, and trailer tires are for trailers. All of the above mentioned tires are made differentl y for each applicatio n. But to each his own. I would much rather be safe than sorry. Especially with my life in my own hands.
mizuez, 7 months ago | FlagHard to say if a car tire is a good idea or not. it seams to work, but i wouldnt trust it in a high lean turn at speed. There were some high lean turns in this video, but not at 60 mph like you would be doing on a country road. Pluse rain would have a bif effect as well on traction while turning. There are reasons why a bike tire is a bike tire and a car tire is a car tire. However i am glad someone tried it out to see if it was possible.
Flagging notifies the Cruiser Customizing webmaster of inappropriate content. Please flag any media that violates the Terms of Service.
If you believe this content violates the Terms of Service, please write a short description why. Thank you.
Flagging notifies the webmaster of inappropriate content. Please flag any comment that violates the Terms of Service.
If you believe this content violates the Terms of Service, please write a short description why. Thank you.