Author Topic: Car tires on motorcycles (Read 5054 times)

Jack Daniels · « **on:** April 01, 2012, 07:54:36 AM »

I'm a former M109R owner. A fair amount of guys have put car tires on the rear of their 109s and there's tons of discussion on the topic on the 109 boards. I found these pics searching around for my own Tail of the Dragon photos. This was the same day I was there.

http://www.photoreflect.com/store/ThumbPage.aspx?e=8043621&g=0QAK00YD03

gPink · « **Reply #1 on:** April 01, 2012, 08:15:02 AM »

koval68 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 01, 2012, 08:36:20 AM »

Conrad · « **Reply #3 on:** April 01, 2012, 09:00:18 AM »

Wow!

And some guys wonder why they shouldn't use a CT on their bikes.

That guy is so lucky that no one was coming from the other direction!

Necron99 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 01, 2012, 09:30:49 AM »

Thank you for an incredible post explaining what a non sequitur is.

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #5 on:** April 01, 2012, 10:55:56 AM »

I thought it was an interesting topic..

jim_de_hunter · « **Reply #6 on:** April 01, 2012, 02:22:23 PM »

This is a very tired topic.

However... Ride your own ride. You like car tires on your motorcycle? Put car tires on your motorcycle. I'm sure there's somebody who like motorcycle tires on their car.

As for me, I'm kinda funny about running tank tracks on a unicycle and vice verse.

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #7 on:** April 01, 2012, 02:41:58 PM »

Quote from: jim_de_hunter on April 01, 2012, 02:22:23 PM

This is a very tired topic.

However... Ride your own ride. You like car tires on your motorcycle? Put car tires on your motorcycle. I'm sure there's somebody who like motorcycle tires on their car.

As for me, I'm kinda funny about running tank tracks on a unicycle and vice verse.

Didn't see anything on this board regarding this topic. Perhaps my searching skills are weak.

But I say, post your own posts. You like to talk about car tires on a motorcycle? Talk about car tires on a motorcycle. Don't like to talk about car tires on a motorcycle? Stay out of threads regarding car tires on a motorcycle.

graham downunder · « **Reply #8 on:** April 01, 2012, 03:30:26 PM »

Well I do not run a care tire on my bikes so I am not biased in favour of them .
The pictures actuall indicate one of two things,
That he has draged something that has probable acted like a lever and raised the rear end enough that the tire lost traction,or he was going too fast , over applied the rear brake thus causing the rear tire loose traction . Both of course are rider error

There is simple no way a car tire in those conditions would loose grip as shown by the rubber skid mark unless something else caused it .

One thing we do not know is how high the tire pressure was .The higher the tire press generally the less the contact area .Generall I believe people who run car tires on bikes run much lower pressure than you would on a car .

Pfloydgad · « **Reply #9 on:** April 01, 2012, 03:59:14 PM »

Does that actually surprise you ?

Car tires are for cars, you know the rest.
As Forest said: Stupid is as Stupid does.
Ride safe all,
Greg

lt1 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 01, 2012, 05:17:57 PM »

Friend, starting a car tire thread on a Concours forum will get you a reputation as a troll. You can ponder whether that is fair or just, but most of us consider the Connie to be a motorcycle deserving of respect. If we wanted to discuss car tires on bikes, we could find the M109 forum or various others.

Let's let this one die a quick death.

jim_de_hunter · « **Reply #11 on:** April 01, 2012, 06:36:54 PM »

Quote from: Jack Daniels on April 01, 2012, 02:41:58 PM

Didn't see anything on this board regarding this topic. Perhaps my searching skills are weak.

But I say, post your own posts. You like to talk about car tires on a motorcycle? Talk about car tires on a motorcycle. Don't like to talk about car tires on a motorcycle? Stay out of threads regarding car tires on a motorcycle.

So why, exactly, did you start this thread?

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #12 on:** April 01, 2012, 06:48:03 PM »

Alrighty then, lol. You boys are a little uptight. I'll let this thread die a quiet death.

MrPepsi · « **Reply #13 on:** April 01, 2012, 07:03:35 PM »

This is like discussing religion or politics on this forum. It can create some heated arguments and polarizing opinions. There are quite a few who feel very strongly that is very dangersous and should not be done. Other say they haven't crashed yet and they saved $400 in the process. Use your searching, and you can see what I mean.

Pokey · « **Reply #14 on:** April 01, 2012, 08:35:41 PM »

To each their own, I for one think it is just plain asinine.

VirginiaJim · « **Reply #15 on:** April 02, 2012, 04:15:12 AM »

Here's a thread on car tires. Found using the search function with words 'car tire' and selecting just the C14 boards.

http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=6116.0

Went for quite a bit, actually.

There are strong views on either side of the 'argument' on car tires vs mc tires. I don't see a thing wrong in debating either.

Conrad · « **Reply #16 on:** April 02, 2012, 04:38:44 AM »

The OP posted a series of pics that we may have never seen had he not. What's wrong with that?

gPink · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2012, 04:57:23 AM »

My two cents. I think it is not even close to a good idea. That said the reason I like this forum is because the powers that be, namely Rick and the board moderators, are not so arrogant and narrow-minded that they shut down open discussion. These folks do a very good job of not stifling we who frequent this forum. If any discussion gets out of the realm of friendly banter someone will step in and smite them hip and thigh. As mentioned there is a lengthy commentary on this subject in another thread which was found by a simple search. I believe all possible opinions were aired there. Search is our friend. Carry on.

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #18 on:** April 02, 2012, 06:10:48 AM »

Quote from: VirginiaJim on April 02, 2012, 04:15:12 AM

Here's a thread on car tires. Found using the search function with words 'car tire' and selecting just the C14 boards.

http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=6116.0

Went for quite a bit, actually.

There are strong views on either side of the 'argument' on car tires vs mc tires. I don't see a thing wrong in debating either.

Yeah, I searched for 'car tires' and didn't get much. Probably would have started my own thread anyway.

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #19 on:** April 02, 2012, 06:12:41 AM »

Quote from: Conrad on April 02, 2012, 04:38:44 AM

The OP posted a series of pics that we may have never seen had he not. What's wrong with that?

This was the entire reason I started this thread. I thought the photos I found were pretty damned enlightening and possibly helpful to someone considering the idea of putting a car tire on a motorcycle.

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Author Topic: Car tires on motorcycles (Read 5054 times)