I remember riding a trail mc through torn bushes and sometimes those torns would flatten the mc tire.

 

TROLL ALERT! TROLL ALERT!

 

Sorry, but I have to call BS on that.
When off road, paticular rock climing you are supposed bring down the tire pressure, making a wider foot print. Sidewall punctures do not occur as often with a softer tire as with an higher inflated tire. A tire with 15 psi is harder to puncture the sidewall then a tire with 40 psi.

 

Back to the cornering thing. I talked to a guy at the Dragon that used to run a car tire. He no longer does because he rides the mountain rodes very agressively. He lives in the mountains. He showed me his FRONT MC tire and I swear it had more wear on the sides than the middle.
If I rode mine like him, I would have stayed with the MC tire instead of going with a CT on the back. I don't live there and only accasionaly ride those roads.

 

That's understandable. I live and ride in South Florida, curves are rare and mountains, forget about it. I'm riding a 943# tourer before I even get on the bike. It's not a canyon racer, it's more like a station wagon. I have flat roads and face instant down pours, gravel or sandy parking lots, rain soaked road ways, tire gators, senior citizens with the reflexes of a retarded snail, teenagers and old folks texting. The least of my worries are curves.

There's a reason why golfers have more than one golf club in their golf bag to choose from. It depends on the current condition. Since I ride a tourer on roads that are usually flat and straight, a car tire makes perfect sense mounted on the rear. Especially with the conditions that I face day to day.

I need better traction in the wet than a mc tire can provide. I need a greater load rating than a mc tire can provide. And I need greater stopping traction as well. The videos showing a car tire mounted on a Kawasaki Ninja going into a deep curve proves to me that my Harley would never exceed those lean angles on a Ninja on a car tire.

I ride better than 30K miles a year. I don't have time for 2K mile oil changes or changing tires 3 times a year.

 

If anything, I corner faster on the CT. North Ga. is our weekend playground and the additional 1/2" height, plus the extra traction definitely improved the handling of the bike, after the first 100 miles or less, getting used to the countersteer pressure. I have to run head bolts welded to the underside of the floorboards to keep from scraping them away.
The only thing I worry about is the FRONT tire.
Oh, BTW, 2up with my loaded monowheel trailer will see us cornering just the same.

 

i live & ride in the twisties here in northern ca

i'm on my 2nd CT on my FatBoy, just installed a new Austone & to be quite truthful, it feels like i'm still running my 'ol avon venoms. it has a nice rounded tread, & no sharp hard edges like the comtrak did

this CT has WAY more grip & stopping power than ANY of the crap motorcycle tires that the mt manufacturers " sell " us. & it ain't gonna be totally shot in 5k like my venoms were

 

What year is your bike, I'd try that on my 06 if it'll work.

 

Yeah.....right.

 

Let me know next time you come down to the Dragon. We'll try and meet up for a shot and you can be the judge. You won't be the first and I won't be embarrassed.