Motorcycle tires on a car?

[Average_Jerk]

6 year old thread. NBD

[Mihkel_U]

It has bee done I know a guy who ran motorcycle tires on hes drift missile bmw e36 as rear tires on R17 wheels

[Zayan]

it would look stooopid along the lines of this:

[Evoluvin]

A lot of Evo drag cars used to/still run motorcycle slicks. The reason they use them is because they will fit on the car with 17 in wheels/stock wheels. So they wouldn't have to downgrade to a 16" wheel or smaller.

[e36cruiser]

I think it would look rather cool fitted. maybe on something on the smaller side of things? e30 or a miata etc...

[Hartgeh27]

Ok so i personally wouldn't do this. The main point that everyone is bringing up is load rating. The tires on my car have a load rating of 86. (225/35r17) i looked up a comparable motorcycle tire a
VENOM-R AM4 has a load rating of 90. this is for a 300/40r17. so can they handle the weight yes. as for wear rating does it really matter with our camber??

http://www.compacc.com/pdfs/5602.pdf

[padraigmk3]

Here comes Oxer with some funny pictures to lighten the mood

[jakefederico]

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[shogunner]

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no.

[Oxer]

has anyone ever tried or heard of someone trying to put those huge motorcycle tires on car wheels? Or could it even be done?

this is a pretty interesting thought. I'd like to see some more input on this

yeah that's a sick idea... any camber... those vip camber freak japanese doods should look into that.

doit.

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[Tuck&Poke]

for this to look even remotely decent on something other than a hot rod you would need a crazy wide tire, like a 300, and those are not cheap.

[padraigmk3]

this is a pretty interesting thought. I'd like to see some more input on this

Many motorcycle tires have softer outer tread for more traction while leaning (though I think this is less common on touring tires), which would be worse for wear than car tires. Additionally, the exceeded load ratings would likely cause additional wear as well.

[shogunner]

yeah that's a sick idea... any camber... those vip camber freak japanese doods should look into that.

doit.

[NickBlais]

exactly what i was thinking, thanks