Car tire on my Road King

I've taken mine up to 100 with no issues.

Another added benefit is I haven't lost any tire pressure since installing the tire in April. With the stock Dunlop I'd have to add a little every month or so. It could be I just took more time to be careful about cleaning the rim and tire before mounting it though.
 
Roberto - thanks for your service to our Country and this great post.
Questions- Do the sidewalls start showing any visual wear since there is no tread up there? I have spokes and a tube in my tire. Can this still be done?
Putting a run flat tire on sounds like an excellent idea.
 
bagged out,

I am replying from a rest area near Van Horn, Texas on I-10, lol. I am in transit to Arizona.
You don't ride on the sidewalls with a car tire. Picture this: when a car takes a corner, the sidewalls flex so the thread can stay in contact with the pavement, car tires are designed that way. With a car tire on a motorcycle, the inside sidewall flexes on a turn and a big portion of the thread stays in contact with the pavement.

About the spokes, there are quite a few people on the DarkSide forum that do that, and a member of this forum just did his Heritage. do a search.

Regards,
 
I guess I didn't. That joke has been made so many times without making any sense I guess I felt it was time return the favor.

Peace out
 
Well, after reading all 17 pages of this thread I have decided that, I'm so thankful that I have an old '02 Ultra so that I don't have this tire decision to make.............. However, I will have to admit, the videos looked very impressive !
 
That sounds nice, but car tires due not lean like motorcycle tires are made to do. Car tires stay relatively upright, where motorcycles lean in every turn. There isn't enough weight on a motorcycle to force the sidewalls to flex like that, and keep the tread on the road. They will just lean, and the contact patch will move to the edge of the tread , at the point where the tread meets the sidewall. Then you aren't riding on the tread 100%, you are on the EDGE of the tread, at best.

Knock yourselves out, more power to you.
 
Ok I have to chime in here..... I am an insurance agent and the folks you want to ask are the claims adjusters as they will be the ones settling the claim. Our main line policy has no reference to the tires on a motorcycle. I'll check with Progressive as I write motorcycle's through them also and see what the answer is.
 
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