Strange choice of tyre!
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I know a few riders that that tyre would suit.....
Be bit of a bastard getting it to lean over in the neukes 
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for using a Sidecar
It's an American thing......
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Maybe lives close by, and it is his daily ride.
North Dakota claims to be home to the longest straight road in the country. State Highway 46 covers 124 miles of Midwestern prairie between the communities of Streeter and Lithia.
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The topic of using car tyres on bikes nearly caused WW3 a few years ago. One side will say it works amazingly well and they get huge mileage out of them and the other side will say you are going to die and your not insured anyway. Either way it's not uncommon especially in the states with huge long straight roads. In nanny state UK where you can't even have an electric scooter, it's probably not a good idea.
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Can't think why.
If it is speed rated, and it surely is, then it may or may not be foolish, but then again,
there are multitutes of people on this site with definitively illegal bikes: E.G number plates, saucepipes etc.
Would like to try it sometime to see how good or bad it is, but am not willing to damage my bike nor self if it went wrong.
Just for the fun of it, not for serious riding.
Unsuitable tyre.
Car tyre doesn't match bike rim fully.
Profile unsuitable.
Sidewalls mostly excessively flexible for a motorcycle.
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Actually it isn't.
It would constitute using a motorvehicle in a dangerous condition, which is an offence in itself, but could also constitute Dangerous Driving, due to the condition of the vehicle.
It would contravene construction and use regulations, and thats only the ones I can think of after 10 seconds, any longer than that and my brain starts to hurt these days.
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I misread that.
In my defence my dog is dying and I'm a bit of a mess, and I'm looking for any distraction, but sorry anyway.
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Motorcycle tyres are made to have a consistent footprint whatever the lean angle. The shape is a bit like a joiner's biscuit, maybe 3-4" long. At the correct pressures you generally have the same amount of tyre in contact with the road surface while riding. The problem with a car tyre isn't just that the sidewall construction is different or that your insurance would be void, or that the bike wouldn't be road legal, but that the amount of rubber in contact with the road would decrease significantly as soon as you try to turn. On a bike that handles decently it seems an odd choice.
Made me think back to the days of the Avon Mk2, a very square tyre for a motorcycle.
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