More car tire(on a mc) fun

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DemonPig said:
And if one of you guys actually does want to lean, like this:
http://www.hdforums.com/forum/attac...2-fianlly-got-to-try-a-car-tire-1-ct-tire.jpg
That just does wonders for the steel belts, separation, heel and toe, bald spots, overheating, etc.
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Holy crap ... not much of a lean angle to start with, but it comes with sparks and smaller contact patch than a CBR125 can produce ... LOL ..... How in the world can anyone argue that this is a reasonable or safe thing to do. Are all the people who do it or defend it high on regular basis?? I guess so ....
 
How can you argue that its unsafe when clearly there is a mountain of evidence which shows the contrary?

So far nobody has posted anything to show that doing this will surely end in disaster :lol:
 
It,s ok
It is no different from discussing religion or politics, subjects that are argumentative for eternity.
It is those that have never done it that have the most to spout negative comments.
The ones that have done the Darkside on cruisers (not sportsbikes) are 99% positive.
I couldn't care less.
Ride what you want.
 
I thought you were done here and that discussing it on GTAM is a waste of time.

Did you change your mind?

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Sure.

How well do the car tires handle being underinflated? What if any harm does the increased side wall flex do to the tire belts?

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When you have time,and if you are interested, take a few minutes to read some of this....http://mcdarksiders.forumotion.com
There is a large following of Darksiders, just not on a sports bike oriented forum like GTAM.
The info about under inflation and sidewall wear (does not happen) is all there.
 
Full Moto Jacket, your ignorance and immaturity has shown itself in every post you have made in this thread.
Do me and everyone else on GTAM a favour and do not "fix" my posts.
If you have nothing constructive to say, then why are you here? Go find another subject on GTAM to diddle with.
 
macrider said:
Yeah I did, is that ok?
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Reluctantly, yes of course it is ok.

I wonder whether there's car guys who run motorcycle tires on their cars. There's a dark side to everything, right? So I am sure somewhere out there there must be a forum full of people preaching just that ....
 
macrider said:
It is those that have never done it that have the most to spout negative comments.
The ones that have done the Darkside on cruisers (not sportsbikes) are 99% positive.
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For someone who pretends to be 'enlightened', that's a pretty specious argument. I've never put an old, dry, cracked tire on a bike so I can't go around telling people it's a bad idea? Please.

As for all the positive experience and millions of miles that have been run on car tires; the same could be said a hundred times over about people who run old dry rotted tires. That still doesn't make it a smart thing to do.
 
Im browsing on my phone, I dont see a picture.

Is it somebody crashing?
 
I agree with you that putting a dry rotted tire on a bike is a stupid thing to do, but what does that have to do with putting a car tire on a bike?
I am not "pretending" to be enlightened, I did a lot of research and communicating with other "Darksiders" before I made the switch.
I think this subject is "new" to most of you, and the first thing you think of is that its a bad idea.
If you have a sports bike then yes it's not a good idea, but for a big cruiser it works very well.
 
No, it's just a photo of a large cruiser going around a left-hand corner with a car tire on the rear while scraping footpegs/floorboards at an abysmally slight lean angle.

I would like to know how much steering effort was required to get the bike up on the tire like that. My (sport tire equipped) bikes are all set up so that I can set and hold any lean angle I want with my fingertips if I wanted to do so, and I replace tires when they stop acting like that.
 
macrider said:
If you have nothing constructive to say, then why are you here? Go find another subject on GTAM to diddle with.
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Funny, but I can say the exact same thing about you. Other than the painfully obvious (getting lower wear rates out of tires designed to carry 2000 lbs. on a vehicle weighing a quarter of that), your posts are pointless conjecture mixed with religious-like fervor. You remind me much of the people in short sleeve shirts and ties that insist on knocking on my door and make their feeble attempts to force their misguided beliefs on me. I will continue to mock them when the opportunity arises as well.
 
macrider said:
I agree with you that putting a dry rotted tire on a bike is a stupid thing to do, but what does that have to do with putting a car tire on a bike?
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It has to do with the poor quality of your argument "You haven't done it so you can't talk about it"

I am not "pretending" to be enlightened, I did a lot of research and communicating with other "Darksiders" before I made the switch.
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By saying "I'm going to talk with enlightened people", you are not claiming to be enlightened yourself, you are only alluding to it.

I'm starting to think that logic escapes you.

But since you are now claiming to be enlightened, could you offer an answer to my earlier question; Is there no downside to using a car tire on a bike? (let's say it's a heavy cruiser).
 
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Hey I was having fun here, it was an interesting debate.
But as I said before Religion, Politics and Darkside tires are subjects to avoid debating on.
I will let you guys win, its ok.
Also, in answer to Faststars question, no there is no downside, at least nothing serious.
Some Darksiders have said the bike tends to be a little bit "Flickable" when the tire is new, but that goes away after a few hundred miles.
Also the bike tends to follow tar snakes and irregularities in the road when the tire is new.
But it's nothing an experienced biker can't handle.
The type of car tire you have also is important, some are not good and some are.
General Altimax , Riken Rapters, Goodyear Hydroedge are good well proven Darkside tires.
Something to do with the slightly rounded edges and the rubber hardness.
And ok I won't go knocking on anyones doors.
 
Hmmm,seems that the large,heavy limited lean cruisers would be more suited to a c/t."Lean" is the key word here.Any bike with solid mounted floorboards isn't going to suffer much in the way of safety.
However...a sport oriented bike like the GL1800 is very capable with it's adjustable rear suspension and folding footpegs of carving twisties (within reason on the street of course).Take a look at the rear tire of an 1800 that has been ridden hard.No chicken strips because it uses all of the tire.
Glad you are back into the thread Macrider.All input is welcome.If you have been insulted,feel free to use the report button.
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