Car Tire on a Goldwing.. rightside up!

I took an existing Video that was upside down and flipped it so it's easier to watch.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Goldwing
• car
• tire
• darksider

[vivitar45]

you shift like shit can here the gears grindding

[mcaswel]

Your a moron that can't read! This isn't my video. I turned it right side up.

[MrRidewithpride]

I'm now riding on my 3rd Continental Pro-Contact SSR (Self Supporting Rin Flat) 195/55/16 on my 2006 Gold Wing. The first tire I ran with 34 psi, too hard and wore out the center in 22,750 miles. The 2nd (same tire size and brand) I ran 26 psi very agressivly and wore out the sidewalls in just over 18,000 miles. The one I have on now has only been on the bike for about 5000 miles at 30 psi and I hope to get at least 30,000 miles out of it.

Tomorrow (Oct. 18th, 2010) I;m heading to MA from CO.

[hellostevelee]

while you're at it, don't forget to armor all it!

[Oso1G]

@markjrobbins On a 900lb Goldwing, a run flat car tire is the safest tire available. Car tires are certainly not for every motorcycle, only a select few that when fully loaded, approach and surpass the weight limits on factory tires. Use common sense people, you can't put a Goldwing down on frame sliders like a sport bike.

[markjrobbins]

Why would anyone want to do this? Its bad enough when you end up with a squared off MC tyre, but to start off with one from a car - no thanks! I would understand it if it was on a trike, but on two wheels I think its just retarded....

[d0nutzaz]

@vivitar45 That noise isn't the gears grinding,it's most likely the footpegs scraping the road surface

[MotorcycleGuy2000]

If you watch this video you will see in several spots the bike leaning, only slightly in a genital turn, like are the 40sec mark and the tire rides on the edge which leaves only a small contact patch. This is significant because a car tire uses a very hard rubber compound (why car tires last longer) that does not grip nearly as well as the soft rubber on a motorcycle tire.

small contact patch in a turn + hard rubber = much, much less grip in the corners than a motorcycle tire

[blueturtleman1]

I'm sick of putting a new $300. bridgestone on my 1800 GL every 10,000 km or so. The car tire might be a little less stable in the twisties but not too bad. My buddy has 50,000 km on his Valkerie/ car tire and the tire still has lots of life in it. I'm going to give it a wirl next time around.

[Oso1G]

@rickeggett Absolutely.....the car tire absolutely destroys the motorcycle rear tire especially in the rain, loose gravel roads is another great place to show how the car tire is better....

[slurp812]

I imagine it would be fine for touring / moderate street riding. But I wouldn't drag a knee with a car tire. I had a el-cheapo squared off tire on the back of my yamaha xs500d. It wasn't good in corners, I did an accidental drift once, and nearly shat myself...

[Oso1G]

@5thredline The contact patch is far superior unless the motorcycle is at extreme lean angle. I run a run flat car tire on the rear of my 2010 Goldwing. It's better than ANY motorcycle tire available for my motorcycle since there is no run flat motorcycle tire available for my model. For the Goldwing, it's the safest and best tire by far as a fully loaded Goldwing can approach 1600lbs. Heavier load rating, vastly superior performance in heavy rain. It's not for all motorcycles....

[rickeggett]

Lets try this is the rain !!

[themanfromporlock]

Wow, are some people full of shit!

[andresen3igear]

i turned 180º my head 0.0 for see it? NICE!:D

[rocketman697]

An 850 lb motorcycle taking a turn on one tiny corner of the wrong compound tire.. Good luck.

[quadancer1]

It is not underinflated on a bike. Manufacturer's pressure is for the weight of a car, and at 1/3 of that weight (bike) less is needed. Also, the sidewall must flex for half the tread to stay on the deck, which is one of the reasons it outgrips a bike tire. It is also a softer durometer hardness. Too much pressure will make it follow irregularities worse than a bike tire. Too little and it wallows in the sweepers.

[rocketman697]

@quadancer1 So, you are saying that it is OK to run an improper tire on your motorcycle, if you under inflate it?

[5thredline]

I keep seeing these, what a stupid idea this is. you have a contact patch smaller than the mass of all your common sense pooled into one spot. If all you "Darkside" riders would put the bikes in the ditch from this, maybe it would be like hurd immunity and the stupid notion that a car tire on a motorcycle is a good idea would be out of the collective minds of motorcyclists.

[MrPeterharold]

many people run car tires on the rear of their larger motorcycles, it works fantastic and they last 3 times longer.

[WZW1982]

@shooteraod Maybe it works for cruisers and you dont spend enough time on the sidewall for it to start coming apart. But the FACT is that you are increasing the risk of a mishap, maybe slightly, but still increasing. And i dont have to go out and do that to know that what i just said is a fact. And even if someone had a mishap, who is going to get on youtube and say, yeah im the dumbass that crashed cause i put a CT on my motorcycle? nobody is going to do that. Thats why you never hear abt probs

[quadancer1]

This video did more damage to the world of darksiding than any. The guy didn't even try to find the right air pressure before filming, so naysayers are using this one to denounce the concept. Half the tread should be on the deck in a corner.

[txctydrvr]

I wonder if the pepole that say the ct on a mc is dangerous are the same people I see wearing shorts flipflops no helment and riding 20 mph over the posted speed

[metoones]

A friend of mine has a car tire on his Goldwing. It works perfectly. Too much bank angle and you drag hardware on the bike before the tire can become a problem.

Look at the size of the contact area on the car tire. There is more contact area than a typical motorcycle tire. Compound make up may not be as sophisticated as a motorcycle tire but this set up works and it works well.

I have watched the car tire perform in all kinds of conditions and it is rock solid.

Try it you'll like it.

[tammetummy]

i read a couple of comments saying that a ct is dangerous , it's a bad idea ,blablableh even one going on about the physics about motorcycling and how dangerous this is (tire goes round and round i go forward , TADA ! i think every biker gets how it works) the danger is the idiot who doesnt know how to drive not the tire, looks to me that there is plenty of grip on the road , seems like a lot of people love driving it , i'm just wondering how ill a ct handle with some snow ?

[wyatt92562]

Just put a car tire on my Suzuki Intruder 1500LC (Nov. 20010). LOVE IT! I have over 100k on this bike and have gone thru a bunch of m/c tires. Wish I would have done this years ago. I commute every day 80 miles round trip and my car tire is GREAT! I go about 60 miles freeway and about 20 city streets. NO PROBLEMO.

[eltotoX]

Wow this is such a bad idea.