Car tyres on motorcycles?

**kiwifruit** · 17th December 2011, 19:15

Has anyone known anyone who's done this? Madness! It's not uncommon in the USA.

**Madness** · 17th December 2011, 20:15

I know of a Wellington (K)biker that has run a car radial on a Vulcan. Bugger that!

**Kickaha** · 17th December 2011, 20:32

I did quite a bit of reading about it ages ago and it seems reasonably common

The only thing I'd be worried about is insurance issues in the event of a crash

**Viscount Montgomery** · 18th December 2011, 00:06

Shows how far away in fairyland all the snooty ohlins crowd and these sportbike tossers are wanking on about how such and such a tyre is so much better compared to such and such another $450 fucken dollar bullshit Z10 or pilot 5 or diablo20 or some other jerk-off poser model, with two clicks here and half a clack there with special oil there and revalved this and readjusted that what a fucking load of crap, fucking rip-off motorcycle tyre industry, foul fuckers, laughing as tyres worth fucken 75 bucks going for $385, thanks suckers, and all accompanied with the usual tiresome drivel "the only thing between you and the road are your tyres, always spend the most amount of money possible on the most obscenely overpriced expensive hyped unnecessary fucken shit any cunt could possibly rook you with and everything will be sugar-sweet and lovely

**Sable** · 18th December 2011, 06:47

Originally Posted by Viscount Montgomery

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Shows how far away in fairyland all the snooty ohlins crowd and these sportbike tossers are wanking on about how such and such a tyre is so much better compared to such and such another $450 fucken dollar bullshit Z10 or pilot 5 or diablo20 or some other jerk-off poser model, with two clicks here and half a clack there with special oil there and revalved this and readjusted that what a fucking load of crap, fucking rip-off motorcycle tyre industry, foul fuckers, laughing as tyres worth fucken 75 bucks going for $385, thanks suckers, and all accompanied with the usual tiresome drivel "the only thing between you and the road are your tyres, always spend the most amount of money possible on the most obscenely overpriced expensive hyped unnecessary fucken shit any cunt could possibly rook you with and everything will be sugar-sweet and lovely

Cool story bro. Been hitting the spots?

**unstuck** · 18th December 2011, 06:48

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Shows how far away in fairyland all the snooty ohlins crowd and these sportbike tossers are wanking on about how such and such a tyre is so much better compared to such and such another $450 fucken dollar bullshit Z10 or pilot 5 or diablo20 or some other jerk-off poser model, with two clicks here and half a clack there with special oil there and revalved this and readjusted that what a fucking load of crap, fucking rip-off motorcycle tyre industry, foul fuckers, laughing as tyres worth fucken 75 bucks going for $385, thanks suckers, and all accompanied with the usual tiresome drivel "the only thing between you and the road are your tyres, always spend the most amount of money possible on the most obscenely overpriced expensive hyped unnecessary fucken shit any cunt could possibly rook you with and everything will be sugar-sweet and lovely

You a bit sensitive about this subject mate?

**kiwifruit** · 18th December 2011, 09:01

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Shows how far away in fairyland all the snooty ohlins crowd and these sportbike tossers are wanking on about how such and such a tyre is so much better compared to such and such another $450 fucken dollar bullshit Z10 or pilot 5 or diablo20 or some other jerk-off poser model, with two clicks here and half a clack there with special oil there and revalved this and readjusted that what a fucking load of crap, fucking rip-off motorcycle tyre industry, foul fuckers, laughing as tyres worth fucken 75 bucks going for $385, thanks suckers, and all accompanied with the usual tiresome drivel "the only thing between you and the road are your tyres, always spend the most amount of money possible on the most obscenely overpriced expensive hyped unnecessary fucken shit any cunt could possibly rook you with and everything will be sugar-sweet and lovely

Interesting thoughts, thank you. Have you riden on a car tyre?

**Kickaha** · 18th December 2011, 09:23

The only thing I can't undertsand is why they run such a high pressure, it shouldn't be needed for the load it's carrying

**Bikemad** · 18th December 2011, 09:37

Originally Posted by Viscount Montgomery

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Shows how far away in fairyland all the snooty ohlins crowd and these sportbike tossers are wanking on about how such and such a tyre is so much better compared to such and such another $450 fucken dollar bullshit Z10 or pilot 5 or diablo20 or some other jerk-off poser model, with two clicks here and half a clack there with special oil there and revalved this and readjusted that what a fucking load of crap, fucking rip-off motorcycle tyre industry, foul fuckers, laughing as tyres worth fucken 75 bucks going for $385, thanks suckers, and all accompanied with the usual tiresome drivel "the only thing between you and the road are your tyres, always spend the most amount of money possible on the most obscenely overpriced expensive hyped unnecessary fucken shit any cunt could possibly rook you with and everything will be sugar-sweet and lovely

deep breath mate..............and may i suggest a bottle of evening primrose oil caps fella
met a guy at the puhoi one day ridin a rocket 3 who had done the same............when asked how the steering geometry must be affected by the tyre tipping like in the video he replied he only runs about twenty something pounds in it so the sidewall collapses rather than tips as in the vid,reckons he saves a couple hundy on a tyre...........i reckon hes nuts...........sidewalls aren't designed to collapse

**Crasherfromwayback** · 18th December 2011, 09:46

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tossers wanking fucken bullshit jerk-off fucking crap, fucking fuckers, fucken shit cunt sugar-sweet and lovely

Run out of crack at the end there?

**Kickaha** · 18th December 2011, 09:48

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.i reckon hes nuts...........sidewalls aren't designed to collapse

I'd be interested in checking the interior of the tyre after it's been run, it's easy to tell if it's being damaged by the low pressure

**SS90** · 18th December 2011, 11:06

Originally Posted by Viscount Montgomery

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Shows how far away in fairyland all the snooty ohlins crowd and these sportbike tossers are wanking on about how such and such a tyre is so much better compared to such and such another $450 fucken dollar bullshit Z10 or pilot 5 or diablo20 or some other jerk-off poser model, with two clicks here and half a clack there with special oil there and revalved this and readjusted that what a fucking load of crap, fucking rip-off motorcycle tyre industry, foul fuckers, laughing as tyres worth fucken 75 bucks going for $385, thanks suckers, and all accompanied with the usual tiresome drivel "the only thing between you and the road are your tyres, always spend the most amount of money possible on the most obscenely overpriced expensive hyped unnecessary fucken shit any cunt could possibly rook you with and everything will be sugar-sweet and lovely

This is going on the fridge at work!

**tigertim20** · 18th December 2011, 12:09

Originally Posted by Viscount Montgomery

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Shows how far away in fairyland all the snooty ohlins crowd and these sportbike tossers are wanking on about how such and such a tyre is so much better compared to such and such another $450 fucken dollar bullshit Z10 or pilot 5 or diablo20 or some other jerk-off poser model, with two clicks here and half a clack there with special oil there and revalved this and readjusted that what a fucking load of crap, fucking rip-off motorcycle tyre industry, foul fuckers, laughing as tyres worth fucken 75 bucks going for $385, thanks suckers, and all accompanied with the usual tiresome drivel "the only thing between you and the road are your tyres, always spend the most amount of money possible on the most obscenely overpriced expensive hyped unnecessary fucken shit any cunt could possibly rook you with and everything will be sugar-sweet and lovely

lol, I give you a 1.5/10 for your trolling effort.

from that video, it almost looks like the angle of the swingarm, and the angle of the rest of the chassis are different when leaning, Im sure that much of that could be put down to tyre side wall distortion, but surely the square shape puts unusual forces on the swingarm/swingarm bearings? that cant be healthy when added to the natural flex in a chassis?

Im sure its fine for a properly set up drag bike though.