Can anyone post a link to a true story where a car tire that was installed on a motorcycle FAILED, and a crash resulted from that failure? It doesn't matter what brand of bike it was on.,,

 

Probably won't fit unless it's later model. Also, the jury is out on the Austones right now. Some wobble and some don't. Some of us are limited to under 80-85 mph because of it - we're trying different things to correct the problem, but it may be factory defects beyond our control here. I'm waiting to hear from some Goldwingers where it was suggested that two of them swap tires (one bad for one good) and see if it's the tires or the bikes at fault.

 

No - But it's very important to attempt to force on people you don't know, something/ideas you know nothing about. Hence the nay-sayers on car tires.
I like to cruise through this thread ask "why do they care?"

 

Don't be silly, never let the truth get in the way of talking a load of bollocks.

 

I've yet to see any. But this site has a lot of info on m/c tire failures.

 

That is interesting. I read several accounts of serious injuries from falling at 30mph. I would very much like to see a video of the dynamics of such an event happening. Could hard front-brake only at 30mph reduce the speed even more?

A car tire can also fail from a puncture and become very squirrely, especially if the mounting is in any way compromised on a motorcycle rim. Any Darksiders experience this?

As an aside, I wonder what safety gear they were wearing.

 

Thanks man!

A very interesting topic, ya gotta love them naysayers.....

 

fattony apparently found a plethora of info via google, but when asked for the links, he fell mute...I thought his keyboard broke, but he's still posting.

 

I am very interested in going darkside on my 07 Heritage Classic. I am concerned about the Austone and very disappointed that the Comtrac is no longer available. I searched the net and found this site http://tiresguru.com/search/175/75R1...1/?s=175/75R16 where there are numerous tires available in my size 175/75-16 in Europe, but not much of anything here.

Any current news about the Austone? Any other tire available?

 

It's a shame you have to change them just when they get squared off and get the benefit of all that "improved handling". I am mistaken, you sir, should ride a car tire.