I'm dying to try it out. Just don't ride behind me if I do it, mmmkay?
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
175R16 Austone Taxi Blackwall
Yeah...a 16" 5.5" wide car tire, the kind that would fit on the back of a shovel. People who have never done it claim you will die immediately if you run a car tire on a bike; you'll go into a turn and just explode in flames. The Goldwing and Harley guys over at darkside.nwff.info (where they specialize in such things) feel differently. The shovel wears them all square anyway, so why not get car mileage in the meantime?
I'm dying to try it out. Just don't ride behind me if I do it, mmmkay?
I'm dying to try it out. Just don't ride behind me if I do it, mmmkay?
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ReplyDeleteHah! Saw it already!
ReplyDeleteI was totally prepared for you to tell me to put Dunlop Elites on th Cube!
At $152 per tire (www.universaltire.com) you could possibly buy two motorcycle-specific tires that might not last as long. Maybe I'm wrong; I just like to shoot holes in the ideas of others.
ReplyDeletePah. My Dunlops are $115 and the Austone is designed for 100,000 miles on taxis...
ReplyDeleteYeah, but they only get that kind of mileage on the left side of damp roads.
ReplyDeletethis tire will propel you deep into biker-hipsterdom. there will be "omg what tire is this!?!?!?!" threads on every board.
ReplyDeleteI can immediately think of 2 people who have run car tires on their bikes....one well before I was born.
ReplyDeleteNext time I see either of them, I'll see what kind of advice they can offer about dying in a fiery crash.