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[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

Japanese bikes are ok if you arent 2 meters tall, otherwise you get all folded up and uncomfortable on long straight road rides like in Nebraska.

What kind of Japanese bikes you're refering to? The sports bikes? I guess you know Japanese motorcycle makers offer models of every segment, so singling out a motorcycle based on the nationality of its brand becomes quite hard to justify.

You also don't need to corner much on a straight road.

Reminds me the day some people resorted to VW Beetle tires on the rear wheel of Honda CB 400 and 450 twins in my country, a quite common practice at least until roughly 20 years ago. My father often mentions the usage of Jeep CJ tires on some motorcycles when he was single.

[Piotrsko]

My experiences are with goldwings, Suzukis, beemers. The seat height from the ground was lower, the foot pegs were underneath the seat and I generally had a foward leaning crouch which thrashed my back quickly.
I noticed the riders were generally shorter than me.
I found the touring bikes to just be fancy versions with added accessories. Otoh, my dresser was.like sitting on a couch for posture.

For a long time, you could put car tires on a harley rim or even lace a spoke caddillac rim for those high horsepower versions.

[JSH]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

My buddy in Enid, OK had a sportbike. The center was worn flat because he never turned.

The same thing happened to the tires on my bikes in Michigan.

Which is why in some areas people run car tires on bikes. If you aren't going to turn why replace tires every 5,000 to 10,000 miles?

[redpoint5]

Back in the day I was going through a rear tire every 3,000 miles, and that was running them to the cords. Never smoked the tires, but also never accelerated gently. I'd wear the center out first (slightly on the left due to road crowning), but didn't wear a flat spot. Front tire would go maybe 8,000.

[freebeard]

Reverse tadpole FTW.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

My experiences are with goldwings, Suzukis, beemers. The seat height from the ground was lower, the foot pegs were underneath the seat and I generally had a foward leaning crouch which thrashed my back quickly.
I noticed the riders were generally shorter than me.

A cousin of my father had a Suzuki VL 1500 Intruder LC, and it definitely seems better suited to shorter folks than to me. Odd enough, I'd still rather ride a Yamaha XTZ 125.

For a long time, you could put car tires on a harley rim or even lace a spoke caddillac rim for those high horsepower versions.

Big-Twin Harleys tend to be so strange for me, with those foot stands limiting how they could lean on curves. I wouldn't be so surprised if some folks still resorted to car or light truck tires on them...