Simple answer is no, but there are many who use a car tire on motorcycles. They determine what the lean angle is for their bike.

There are some pros to using a car tire (milage.) And there are risks, (not best in turns.)

Remember riding is risk management..this is a subject where either your are for or agaisnt car tires.

Obviously, first two answers are from people who have never ridden a bike with a car tire on it !!!!! Answering your question, as far as I have heard NO. You can lean a bike with a car tire, just as far as one with a MC tire. Your floorboards, pegs, etc. determine your max lean angle, not your tire. Many bikes cannot use a car tire due to the width of the rear wheel, and avail. of tire in the width and diameter that they need. This is the reason a lot of people don't or can't run a car tire. A car tire offers more traction in all phases of ridind, acceleration, braking, and cornering. All the people that say you can't are just unimformed, and don't care to due a little studying on the subject...

I have a car tire on the back of my '05 Suzuki C-90 and love it. It has awesome traction in every situation I have put it through..... Straight roads, twisties, dry as well as wet pavement. The traction it provides is unreal. And, the smooth ride is fantastic. Not to mention the mileage it offers as well as the price. Don't see myself EVER going back to a MC tire...............

Your question will bring LOTS of controversy. I've run a car tire on the back of my C90T for three years and love it. The bike handles differently in some instances, but nothing unsafe and nothing you can't get used to. After 30 minutes of riding, I didn't remember I had a car tire installed. If you really want to know, try it and see for yourself. Contrary to some people's opinions, you won't crash and burn! :) Good luck!

A car tire !!! I must be crazzy... 2 years for me and I like it.......

Not for everyone. And even if there were people who crashed, I still would NOT go back to a bike tire.

I do alot of Hwy running and the car tire is great for that...

Rob

I run a General Altimax car tire.

Granted they are not for everyone but car tires were run on motorcycles long before all the fancy tires we have today were even thought of.

If you want more info on running a car tire go to the Riding the Dark Side forum on Delphi: http://forums.delphiforums.com/DarkSiding

I've rode in rain and some serious mud last summer in Yellowstone.

Handled just fine.

I also ride the canyons of the Angeles National Forest with no problem.

I've drug the floorboards by accident and didn't crash.

You DO NOT ride on the sidewalls of car tires anymore than you do on a motorcycle tire.

The sidewalls flex so in reality you have twice the contact patch of a motorcycle tire in on the road.

Someone mentioned that MC tires are not that more expensive that CT's..... Stock Dunlop tires for a Stratoliner run over $300 at a dealer......each....and then you add for installation.

For that kind of money I can get FOUR Bridgestone Dessert Duelers installed on my PU.

Are they safe?

Only as safe as your riding skills!!

No, but the simple answer if you are considering to use one on a bike, is DON'T.

To turn, a motorcycle must lean, it is a fact of the geometry. Bike tires are rounded and structured with this in mind, car tires are structured to keep the tread flat to the ground, and to reduce sidewall flex.

Using the wrong tire for the job will cause instabilty, and increase the already dangerous activity of riding a motorcycle. Motorcycle tires aren't vastly more expensive than car tires, look into S11's or similar.

EDIT ADDED: http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/tech/0907_crup_mounting_car_tires_on_motorcycles/index.html Don't listen to "someone who rides on one," listen to 30+ years of intelligent engineering. Ever heard of the "butt dyno" being wrong more often than not? Same applies here.

Do whatever you like, but an insurance company can refuse to pay a claim if your bike has a car tire on it.

Wrong! Insurance company will not and can not denie a claim because you have a car tire on your bike. Better check that fact before offering it! Next you'll tell us that they will cancel every rider out there with loud pipes, or a FAT tire, or Apes? IDIOT!

Car tires are being used, primarily on cruisers and offer lots of benefits, such as longer wear, increased traction in loose terrain, and better gas mileage, not to mention that they cost less (typically). 10,000 miles from a MC tire or 30,000 from a Car tire that costs less and handles as well or better???

Go to the darkside form or google darkside riders, if your afraid, don't do it, if you have a bike that you put lots of miles on it, what do you have to loose?

There is a growing amount of darksiders out there and understandably so... The cruisers are bigger...faster..heavier than ever and the m/c tire manufactures are not producing a tire that holds up with that demand that lasts...but do yourself a favor and get it in writing from your insurance company that it is O.K. with them for you to go darkside...just an opinion...Ride safe...