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[jtskir222]

darkside...
165-80 15 on car rim...
hands down best thing you can do to your bike..
better all around....
dont knock it till u try it...

[Pastor Passum]

This post is absolutely worthless without pictures!


Jim

[gdayjr]

I have never seen a beetle tyre that was V rated. What made you try that?

[jtskir222]

guys with sidecars do this..
I have a few sidecars but not on this bike.
I have a car tire on my cruiser. yamaha midnight royal star. love it on that.
not worried about the speed rating the tire i picked was the nexen sb802
I dont go over 100 mph very often. The tire out performs any tire i ever had on the bike and will out last them by far.
I'm not a mellow rider and i do push the bikes.. you never could tell there is a car tire on in the twisties... push it into a turn as hard as you can.. I do and i'm still here..
there is an adapter that fits onto the bike that allows you to mount the car rim and tire..
not a cheap adapter but if your going to put the miles on it will save you $$ in the long run and you get MUCH better performance in every way..

[jtskir222]

my first choice would have been this tire.VREDESTEIN SNOW+
but could not find one in the states..

[marc]

I guess it's OK if you like riding in straight lines. Corners on motorcycles tires are not a good thing when you're leaned over hard. I usually get rid of a tire when it starts getting a profile like that regardless of the amount of tread left.

[Pastor Passum]

I assume there's a reason you haven't mounted one on the front as well

Jim

[gdayjr]

Originally Posted by jtskir222

guys with sidecars do this..
I have a few sidecars but not on this bike.
I have a car tire on my cruiser. yamaha midnight royal star. love it on that.
not worried about the speed rating the tire i picked was the nexen sb802
I dont go over 100 mph very often. The tire out performs any tire i ever had on the bike and will out last them by far.
I'm not a mellow rider and i do push the bikes.. you never could tell there is a car tire on in the twisties... push it into a turn as hard as you can.. I do and i'm still here..
there is an adapter that fits onto the bike that allows you to mount the car rim and tire..
not a cheap adapter but if your going to put the miles on it will save you $$ in the long run and you get MUCH better performance in every way..

I guess all those well paid designers at BMW are just wasting there time. Lets just put a 30yr old design tyre on a modern Motorcycle, and save a few bucks.
Good luck with it when you finaly park it upside down and the insurance assessor has a look at it.

[AndyM]

What rim and what adapter? I may want to give this a try. Links to the parts?

[Pastor Passum]

Originally Posted by gdayjr

I guess all those well paid designers at BMW are just wasting there time. Lets just put a 30yr old design tyre on a modern Motorcycle, and save a few bucks.
Good luck with it when you finaly park it upside down and the insurance assessor has a look at it.

While I don't always agree with gdayjr, he's certainly got a valid point here. Running a "jerry rigged" car tire on a motorcycle and have an accident...I wouldn't bet on your insurance company paying squat. Common sense tells me a flat section tire won't handle in anything other than a straight line and I'm not much into riding in straight lines. Just saying

Jim