I said I would never do it, but...........

Zonechamp said:

Our weather is usually good. I rode in all 12 months last year and so far this year I didn't ride in January but have in February and March. As far as being a judge the only motorcycle i am judging is mine. I am not trying to be an expert, just telling my experience is all. In my opinion the only upside to a car tire is saving money.

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joey fletcher said:

Stay out of this ...Im fat too............. You know how much I hate you anyways..........

Zone You are right when it comes to you and your bike. If you do not feel secure then you should not use a car tire.

All I meant was if you gave the car tire a fair chance in warmer weather with maybe 2,000 miles before final judgment you might come up with a honest answer.......which ever way it comes out.

To be honest with you I do not like my car tire in cold weather either. 20-40* F, I find the tire way to hard until you can build up heat in it. I can spin it in 1st. and 2nd. just like I was on dirt until it warms up, I only run 24 psi in the car tire and I weigh 245 lbs.
In the warm to hot weather the car tire is awesome for very hard starts, way quicker to the 60 foot mark.

I have a full set of heated clothing including socks and gloves, both bikes has thermostat temp controls. About 5 years ago my wife and I went to bed Sat. night at the Iron Horse lodge (close to Deals Gap) woke up the next morning with 3 inches of snow on the ground an 19*F. We rolled out at 10:30 am heading home, just glad we took the K1200 LT BMW.

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IMFASTTOO said:

HEY I went on a diet CHUNKO Im 65 lbs less than you so stay away from fridge and the KLONDIKE bars LOL

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mexican said:

Now we know why you don't like car tires, they can't handle you

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IMFASTTOO said:

WOW Im a lightweight now only 174 lbs so Im down to race weight so I think Im going to go eat some PHILLY pretzels

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joey fletcher said:

Bull

You are absolutely right, it will drift on a uneven road surface but not much. I compare it to riding a m/c at speed on a gravel dirt road.

I think most people are afraid to ride at speed on dirt roads due to the drift or floating as I call it. Me I enjoyed it, I am talking about large road bikes not dirt bikes. Just relax and let it float, I put many 1000's of miles on a V-65 Magna on dirt roads

Mouldy

I have over 11,000 miles on a Goodyear F1 Eagle, which I think is a better car tire to run on the Rocket....LOL
I will not blow smoke up your butt about heavy rain with lots of puddling the Metz is a lot better. If you have that type of weather in your location and ride in heavy rains stay with the m/c tire.
I have had the car tire to hydro plane on the interstate in heavy rain and the way in which I knew it was doing that was the RPM's.
It was like I was pulling in the clutch then letting it back out. The bike did not do anything funny as slide around or quick twitches but I knew instantly that what was going on, was not good, so I slowed down from 70-75 mph to 55-60 mph

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mexican said:

182 here, at 5'4" tall that's a bunch

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