Mounted the CT myself with two spoons, no machine... two spoons!
Went onto the rim as easy as any motorcycle tire I have ever mounted.
Rode the bike as hard into the twisties as I ever have (floorboards will attest to that) and never had any issue with the bead.

Plus... I ride through whatever conditions are present including rain. The tire handled better than any MT I have ever had on a bike (been riding since the 70's). Absolutely no issue with hydroplaning (due to lower weight of the rear of the bike compared to a car lol) and you won't believe the shortened stopping distance.

 

Not by experience, but by much reading, I'll say that the CT will go down slower for the same size hole by volume of air, and will act very much like a MT on the slowdown. Rule is still the same; keep speed up for centrifugal force until time to stop (I have ridden 6 miles on a MT flat) and then stop quickly with braking on the other wheel. Bike tires will wobble horribly just the same. A CT has more rubber in the tread and will less likely be punctured as well.
I don't want to run them, but many do. Stiffer sidewalls are reported, so less pressure is required to keep tread down. My opinion is, how do you know you have a flat until you're compressing a sidewall in a sweeper, if you don't have a TPMS system? As I said, on a BIKE, you can run any tire flat by keeping speed up. (from my experience, twice) I wouldn't try to get HOME on it though - should heat up and blow apart.
Make no mistake: I did NOT say "always". If you had a tire go down at lower speeds, you would have a handling problem. BUT...short of a blowout, you'd have early warning when it started to get squirrely and could stop before it was flat - especially with the extra air in a CT.

 

All I know is my side of the story. I have had a car tire on my 2011 RK for around 25k and when I traded for the 2013 flhtc I got 9k from stock tire. same as the RK. Had two flats with the RK on original tire and one on the original on the flhtc That is sick and I went back to ct on the 2013 flhtc.
I have 22K on the car tire . No flats!


I believe they ride better and handle as well as the originals if not better.
And they DO NOT roll over on the side walls!! I believe around 50k miles on the car tires gives them and me a little credibility!


I am not a racer so down and dirty is not a way I ride but that said I love curves and have the chrome scraped off parts of the kickstand and boards.


Think what you want as we all know the earth is flat and you can fall off it ,Right!


Have a good day

 

Just curious,have you had a car tire on your bike and experienced what you described?

 

A friend's bike I rode has a car tire. The bike handles nicely in a straight line. When I turned corners or rode curves, I did not like the choppy handling when moving from the flat bottom surface of the tire to the edge.

 

I never noticed what you speak of Geoff. Had a general on a vulcan & loved it. 1st think I wanted to do to my hog was go darkside was shocked how little it was talked about on here. I asked about a tire for my 99 & got zero replies. I soon realized myself there just is not room for one as the belt don't allow room. CT is all about traction. The only true negative is it does require more input to turn like mentioned this is do to more traction. It's like a snowmobile with a track with more traction like rip saw or longer track will not turn as easy. You soon get used to this as bikes are so nimble that the small amount you lose is not going to matter on any cruiser, especially a 900lb hog.

 

I carry a Stop n Go Plug kit and a small compressor. It's there in case I get a flat and also to help out someone on the road. Had to use it once, worked great!

http://www.stopngo.com/

 

Resurrected from the past but still a valid topic. Those who have never tried it but seem to have all the answers about a CT on a motorcycle.
I've been running CTs since 1978. Had em on rigid frame and baggers. All the same, great ride, wears longer, handles just as well as an MT and costs less than a MT.
My current CT has 14K on it and still looks good. I would typically go through a Venom 200mm rear tire in about 4K. I still haven't died, burst into flames, fallen off the bike and the tire has yet to fall off the rim. I've had two flats from punctures on the current CT while running at freeway speed. I had to wiggle the bike to be sure it was flat before pulling off the road.

 

Well, from the Dunlop site:

Can I use a car tire on the back of my motorcycle?

No. The design of automotive tires and motorcycle tires are very different. The profile of automotive and motorcycle rims are different with a different bead seating area. An automotive tire will not seat properly on a motorcycle rim, making it more susceptible to problems such as rim slip, which can cause balance problems.
Motorcycles are designed specifically with a unique tread profile for leaning over when cornering. Under emergency or extreme maneuvering conditions, an automotive tire on a motorcycle may not allow the bike to handle as it was intended, which can lead to accident, injury or death.

http://www.dunlopmotorcycle.com/info-center/faq/

 

Have you actually ridden a motorcycle with a car tire and had a problem with it or are you just telling us something that someone else said?