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Originally Posted by RowdyRed94  I think we're talking from two different worlds here. I've worked with enough tires of both persuasions to know that a car sidewall is never going to "conform" enough to duplicate what a sharply curved sportbike tire does in a hard lean (beyond, say, 40 degrees from vertical). Obviously, you aren't speaking to sportbike riders, but that's the perspective I have. Maybe my rejection of the idea of using a square car tire comes more from my demand for good handling (of the sportbike variety), and not from any real or perceived characteristic of the tires in question. I'm guessing we'd agree that a car tire is not suitable for a sporting application. I'm curious what your experience has been in that arena. Should you indicate that a car tire would work well on a sportbike, I'd be forced to dismiss you as completely loony.  |
I think I was pretty clear that my discussion referred to "people running car tires on big, heavy cruiser and touring motorcycles". I mean we are talking apples to apples aren't we, at least I was. I never saw anyone mention trying this on a sport bike, or did I miss something.