Top 3 CTs for the R3

IMFASTTOO said:

NO T the CT is not safe when you have to make an emergeny turn and have to lean over and off the tread and onto the sidewall thats just unsafe period

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TriumPhil said:

I'm not going to get all religious regarding my newfound (and very disappointing) knowledge, but I will say this; Riding any motorcycle is intrinsically a dangerous propsition.

There is so little margin for error when on two wheels, either driver induced or due to a myriad of hazardous conditions which reside overtly and hidden in our riding environments, that it really makes me scratch my head when folks elect to throw prudent precautions into the wind.

I am not preaching, tdragger, you make some valid points, and it is anyone's decision to make as to with what accessories and how they otherwise choose to festoon their bikes. Just make the best informed decision that you can and remember that your choices are rarely just about you... they also affect and can dramatically impact those who love, like and/or depend on you and vice versa.

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TriumPhil said:

Apparently, just the opposite is true, GPMAZ, the narrower the rim size, the narrower profile car tire can be run and the lesser is the tendency to run on up the sidewall because of those two factors. the fatter the tire, the greater the propensity to run on its side due to its design and engineering limitations. It seem counterintuitive, but appears to be true. Of course, not having a touring model myself, I do not know if the lean angle it allows is sufficient to ride on the sidewall as is the case on my standard model. The Tourer rim will accept up to a 205 size CT. The Standard and Classic models will accept up to a 245 profile or down to a 215 on its stock rim, I believe.

Albertaduke, I can only reference your concern about liability based on my own experiences and knowledge of pertinent insurance and consumer law here in the US. My last two bikes (VTX 1800s) were both totaled in accidents my only ones in over 45 years of riding, I swear) through no fault of my own. Both had CTs on them at the time of the wrecks and the issue was never raised by either my own or the offending driver's (in one case) insurance companies, the police nor by the appaisers. Unless the use of a car tire is specifically excluded in clear language in one's policy or unless any entity can actually prove that a car tire was substantailly at fault for causing an accident or for causing any legitimate warranty work to be done (per the Magneson-Moss Act: A Businessperson's Guide to Federal Warranty Law, this is an open and shut issue, IMO.

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warp9.9 said:

When you make a decision to run something unsafe like a car tire on a motorcycle you could be sealing the fait of others related and not related to you for you are not the only motorvehicle on the road. There just might be a time (hopefully never) where your non aggressive riding habits mean nothing to the oncomming vehicles in your sliding uncotrolable motocycles path. The family in the mini van say who might have made the decision to avoid running over you that might loose the loved ones. Is saving a few hundred dollars a year worth gambling on other peoples lifes. It is your family the ones that will have to put up with the way life can be so dramatically changed with or without you. And yes you may get away with it a few times but as with Russian Roulett you only get to loose once!!!!!!

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