1. There is no such thing as a car tyre - it is a passenger vehicle tyre - it says so on the side of the tyre (or tire)I start my research with questions and here are some of them. You can answer them for yourself but your answers may be different than mine.
Why do they call one a car tire and the other a motorcycle tire?
Why aren’t any new motorcycles sold with CTs on them?
Why aren’t small cars sold with large MTs on them?
In which motorcycle style of racing or competition do they use CTs?
If CTs are so great why aren’t the majority of riders on them?
How much of what do you loose if you switch to a CT?
What do you gain with a CT?
Is economy my highest concern?
I’ll tell you my answer to the last one. If my answer was yes I’d better sell all my bikes, guns and watches.
I won’t dispute this with anyone since it will come to nought.
2. Some new motorcycles are sold with passenger vehicle tyres on them. They may be trikes, but from a legal point (which is what counts) they are motorcycles. Some also have sidecars.
3. It is illegal to put a motorcycle tyre on a car, but not illegal to put a passenger vehicle tyre on a motorcycle - which is a passenger vehicle from a legal standpoint.
4. Which racing tyres are legal, or use-able in a practical way, on the street?
5. Personal choice - although on small bikes or sport bikes they would be no where near as good as they are on heavier cruising or touring bikes.
6. More counter-steer required.
7. 6 times the mileage at 1/3 the cost - 1800% improvement. btw, if you are riding around bendy roads near the extreme of the grip of a DS tyre then you are riding at WELL over the speed limit - at least that has been my experience.
8. No.
but then again, I have only 130,000 miles of riding including canyon carving in Colorado, the Mojave Dessert in summer, snow, rain, touring, and just about all other conditions, on the DS so am probably not experienced enough to comment.
