I had a friend that went over to the dark side on his Suzuki. I rode it for a while and in a straight line it's fine, you really can't tell a difference, but when it comes time to make a turn you definitely notice. The problem is that car tires are flat instead of rounded like a motorcycle tire. Since bikes need to lean in order to turn you have to throw your hips into it in order to get the tire up on edge. Once it's over it's fine though I'm sure the contact patch is significantly smaller than with a motorcycle tire. It just bugged me because you have to consciously think about leaning into the turn rather than just subconsciously doing it like on normal tires.
-Kyle On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 8:33 AM, EGrider <gevan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like you and I are the ones who post about distance riding on the > list. My trip to the Keys last November was probably my last on the > Nighthawk, and I only took her on that trip because the PC800 has a tire > size that nobody stocks locally, and I didn't have time to order and wait. > The PC800 truly has a rare-bird size tire with few options. In fact, the > second PC800 I got for cheap because the PO put the wrong size tire on the > front and ripped the fender off it in the process. He was lucky the PC800 > has a 3-piece front fender combo with removable "spats" on either side that > were able to stay put. > > But after I put a rear tire on my main PC, I read about a lot of people > who put radial car tires on their bikes and report there are no adverse > effects. They call it "going to the dark side." Considering that I have > over 60K miles on the tires on my car right now and I threw out a Dunlop on > my NH after about 4K miles once, that appeals to the skinflint in me. Since > I do not "drag peg" on the PC, I may try a radial next. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
