Shinko Stinko

[RANDM]

Eeeerrrrm ......... Okay - I can tell this has been discussed
at an earlier time and I will leave well enough on it's own
sitting quietly with it's wrists tied to it's ankles and a strip of
Gaffa over it's mouth.

Still .................. I'm gunna be shaking my head all weekend
Over this one.

Goannas in the chook shed ............ Mutter mutter, curse in
disbelief, mutter mutter.

Maurie.

[Huzo]

Look Maurie, I've gotta admit that I thought that too. Surely if you're into the bike thing enough to want one, you just wouldn't..........Would you ???? Although IMO the MP3 is not a motorcycle and is therefore not a thing of beauty, so.....maybe, but I wouldn't.

[PJPR01]

Putting a car tire onto a motorcycle is akin to dancing Tango in hiking boots.  Just plain wrong, looks goofy too!

Why stop there, why not put bicycle pedals where the footpegs are, maybe one of those roadside orange blinking boxes for side indicators, and perhaps a piece of plexiglass from the junkyard as a windscreen. 

Bloody Frankenstein of a bike pretty soon...all to save maybe $50 bucks?

There...I said it!   

[charlie b]

Putting a car tire on a touring bike is done for several reasons.  First is tire life of course.  But, there is also the downtime for a tire change.  If you want to travel long distances without having to put your bike in the shop for a day then the car tire allows that.

If you spend all day on a big bike at speed on the interstate or less twisty US highways or on city streets, why not?

If your rear tire is never worn flat in the middle then you won't understand  :)

PS no I have never used a car tire on a bike

[HardAspie]

One of our local guys installed a car tire on his Rocket III . He told me it was great , he didn't even need to put a foot down when stopped 

 Dusty

Great idea. What would you think of a Hoosier Drag Radial on the back of my Wolfie?

[kirby1923]

One of our local guys installed a car tire on his Rocket III . He told me it was great , he didn't even need to put a foot down when stopped 

 Dusty

Damn Mr D you out do yourself sometimes..Bravo

[oldbike54]

Great idea. What would you think of a Hoosier Drag Radial on the back of my Wolfie?

 Uh , sure 

 

Damn Mr D you out do yourself sometimes..Bravo

 Actually that is a true story . I had given him a bunch of grief for wanting to economize on tires with a MC that gets 23 MPG . We were up by Eureka Springs later that year with a small group . The old R60 didn't like running at the parade pace the rest pf the group was maintaining , so off we (the bike and me) went . Stopped at a tourist site and waited several minutes for the group to catch up . Asked the R3 rider how that car tire worked in the twisties , got the answer mentioned before   :

 Dusty

[LowRyter]

car tires on bikes............go ing to the dark side.

never tried it but there are many experienced enthusiastic supporters. 

[oldbike54]

car tires on bikes............go ing to the dark side.

never tried it but there are many experienced enthusiastic supporters.

 Yeah , there are also guys that have multiple girlfriends and claim it is great ... until it isn't 

 Dusty

[kirby1923]

Yeah , there are also guys that have multiple girlfriends and claim it is great ... until it isn't 

 Dusty

Yeah multiple girlfriends are...well dangerous not to mention expensive.

Things have sorta "changed" here in the last couple of days...

Will be in touch.

:-)

[RANDM]

Didn't mean to knock the tin of worms over, I thought as
no-one was mentioning it that it was a horse that had already
been beaten into sufficient submission so as to pass unnoticed.
I'd just never heard of or known anyone who'd done it.


To each his own - I'm no OEM Nazi, I've got aftermarket HES
Plate, throttle body kit, Fuel Inj correction and experimental
Paralever bushes in the 1150. If the clutch lets go I'll buy a
standard and get a mate to machine a spacer plate to correct
that fault and I like Hossack front ends ................... .......
Don't think I'd try that though - be like going back to .........
What were they Dunlop K 70s or K77s in the late 60's..........

Everyone's got the right to kill themselves in their own way,
As long as it's just them that die.

The very best of luck to them.

Maurie.

[charlie b]

And why would mounting a car tire on something like a Gold Wing kill them?  It could be the opposite.  The larger contact patch means they might be able to stop just a little bit faster.  Different kind of riding.

[Tom]

Rode a Cal Touring 1400 car tire on the rear.  Couldn't tell any difference in handling on long sweepers.  Don't know how it would handle going up Stelvio but the bike wouldn't be my choice anyway.

[Vagrant]

the right car tire with the right inflation works great on big heavy bikes like the 1400 and Gold wing.

the Michelin Alpin 3 in 180 / 55 / 16 is the tire of choice for most G. W. riders. extra benefit is it's a run flat.
Yellow Wolf on the GW site is the guy who does the video's of the sport bike riders on Deals gap. it is what he uses. at 40-42 PSI not the 26-32 most people use. that's too soft. if you out run him on your bike the video is free! 

[oldbike54]

 Just out of curiosity , any of these guys recommending car tires on bikes willing to pay doctor or repair bills caused by this , or are they just talking smack ?

 Dusty

[LowRyter]

hey Dusty. there's lots of miles on "the dark side".

until I ride one, I'll hold my opinion. 

[oldbike54]

hey Dusty. there's lots of miles on "the dark side".

until I ride one, I'll hold my opinion.

 Aware of that , just curious how one might explain to an insurance adjuster that running a car tire on a motorbike to save a few bucks would play out after a single vehicle crash . The one bike I rode with a car tire handled like a Peterbuilt .

 Dusty

[LowRyter]

..........tell me one adjuster that would even pick up on it.

[oldbike54]

..........tell me one adjuster that would even pick up on it.

 You might be surprised , Allstate's adjusters were pretty savvy .

 Dusty

[canuguzzi]

Yeah , there are also guys that have multiple girlfriends and claim it is great ... until it isn't 

 Dusty

 

Must be the same ones claiming their MP3s are chick magnets. No doubt there are roosters, hens and ----s involved. Must be the heat. 

[StuCorpe]

Question, would a car tire on the rear of a sidecar rig make sense? Seems like there isn't any leaning involved so that factor is gone. Looks like much longer tire life would be involved.

[oldbike54]

Question, would a car tire on the rear of a sidecar rig make sense? Seems like there isn't any leaning involved so that factor is gone. Looks like much longer tire life would be involved.

 Yeah , car tires all the way a round on a rig .

 Dusty

[rodekyll]

I am unsure if car tires would help a trike, but I know a metzler 880 on the front is NOT the ticket.  That domed profile truly sux.  I think the over-apex tread grooves generate a head shake, and the trike wants to 'lean' around the profile curve, which means a pull to one side or the other any time you're not completely straight and level.  Not handy at all.  I'll try a hack tire up front next.  I have duro 308 6-ply ural tires on the rear.  Maybe the same on front?

There's a pecking order out there.  I get a ration here for building a trike, as do the darksiders.  When I was studying up on wheels I joined a darkside forum and was banned a few days later for heresy -- they didn't approve of my marquee or my project.  It's a tough crowd when you color outside of the lines.

[cleatusj]

One still leans with a sidecar, when the car is in the air.

[Rox]

All this Shinko Stinko and not talks of Cheng Shin?   

[Tom]

I think you answered your own question.  It's a Shinko thread.

[charlie b]

Or Kenda.  Need some Chinese tires in the mix  :)

[Tom]

Or Firestones.  American.  Worst tire I ever had on a bike.  No grip.  Other friends that tried a Firestone motorcycle tire had the same opinion.

[Rox]

Firestone makes motorcycle tires????!!

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

All this Shinko Stinko and not talks of Cheng Shin?   

Two totally different companies. Why should Cheng Shin be mentioned?

Or Kenda.  Need some Chinese tires in the mix  :)

The Kendas I've bought were made in Taiwan (yeah, I know, R.O.C. and all that).

Firestone makes motorcycle tires????!!

They used to. I see them a lot on "custom" motorcycles.