205 or 225, & DS Question

TRIIICK said:

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There's been sufficient trial and error among confirmed R3 darksiders to validate that car tires can be used reasonably safely and effectively, but for many such as myself ( an aggressive rider that spends most of his saddle time in the hills and on the twisties) the compromises in handling and safety are no where near worth the dollars saved by riding on car tires. The differences between the two tire types is real, not perceived, but nothing will convince extremists that that is so, therefore, in a forum such as ours, we tend to let folks figure things out for themselves once they have gathered as much info as they require to make their own decision, informed or otherwise. The fact that something can be done is neither a real nor a valid argument that it should be done. This subject has been discussed, debated and argued ad nauseum, so there's no reason for my commentary here to inflame another circular conversation.

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Phil you should try everything at least once.... I went with the Yokohama AVS ES100 245/50ZR16 about 8 years ago,the traction was superb. Cornering aggressively required a lot more counter steering than i really wanted and was used to but you learn after a day riding on it. My biggest hassle back then was finding someone willing to put it on my bike.
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I have had nearly 30,000 miles of experience on the darkside, Rick, about 7K of which was on the R3. Granted that the Toyo Proxes T1R was found, via trial and error, to be a non-optimal car tire for our bikes, my critiques above hold water just the same.

I have come to the conclusion that if most of a rider's mileage is done on flat and level roads or if one is towing a trailer or if a rider isn't as critically focused on optimal performance, handling and even certain safety issues as myself and others are, then car tires are a viable choice for such subsets of riders, notwithstanding the objective considerations of folks like me on this particular topic.

Still can't help but wonder why the few remaining anti DSers are so negative. Page after page of beating the same dog.