Quiet motorcycles/scooters

[sendler]

Dark side car tire use on a motorcycle thread at ADV.
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The darkside, car tire on motorcycles | Adventure Rider
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[stiletto2]

Originally Posted by sendler

Dark side car tire use on a motorcycle thread at ADV.
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The darkside, car tire on motorcycles | Adventure Rider
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For long trips on roads like that a car tire on the rear would be ideal. That stuff is hard on bike tires.

Here are links to some other threads on the advriders.com site about using a car tire on a bike:
Some of the threads are many pages long, but you'll see a lot of the arguments from both sides over various points of the Dark Side debate. It's a lot to wade through and some of the messages are tedious, ridiculous and a waste of time and space. But there are some interesting nuggets throughout. I like the bits about reduced rolling resistance and effectively raising the final drive ratio.

That is if you have any curiosity about the fuss over using car tires on a bike... otherwise never mind.

Calling all dark siders! | Adventure Rider

Car tire on my Burgman 650 | Adventure Rider

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[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

The only motorcycles I would eventually consider to use car tyres is a Harley-Davidson, as they're not meant to knee-sliding at the curves anyway...

Originally Posted by The Atomic Ass

The ultimate in simplicity would probably be a chain in a proper chain case. I could see that going for a hundred thousand miles, without maintenance.

A few years ago there were still aftermarket chain cases available for some 125cc motorcycles in my country. That's a good idea because keeps the chain clean and properly lubricated.