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Originally Posted by todayican
The trike im building, will use a motorcycle rear wheel, and the one I want to use, form a rebel 250 is only 2.5" across x 15" I could go with a magna wheel which still is only 3" wide.
No such thing as a car tire I can find that narrow.. (anybody know of any?)
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The Citroen 2CV (ugly duckling) used 125/??/15 tyres - that's the thinnest I've ever seen on a car.
Why not use touring motorcycle tyres ?
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What I am really interested to know is if anyone out there is driving on them either out of nessissity (no dough for new tires) or as a hypermiling maneuver after the listed 100 miles do they in fact self destruct?
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Nope.
I've done just short of 1000 miles on one (Pirelli) while waiting for my 17" wheels to arrive.
It was on the driven front axle, which also carries the highest load.
No hypermiling back then, but I stuck to 100kph / 62mph on the highway and reduced cornering speed.
It still has a little bit of thread left in it.
I doubt temp spares would last longer than a regular, single compound, touring-oriented MC tyre.