I have heard a ton of derogatory and ignorant comments on the subject of CAR TYRES on the C10.
So by all means, have at it. Most folks are "armchair engineers" that are absolutely certain they know this cannot work. There is a great deal of evidence that it does, in fact, work very well.
At one point four and a half years ago, I decided to find out for myself. That was my first Taxi Tyre on the C10.
"Won't it fly off?" is awesome. Actually, it does not. I have had motorcycle tyres "fly off" when punctured at speed, but no problems so far with this setup. I sort of *wanted* to get a flat, just to see how it would behave. None so far.
It seats on the wheel just fine below 40PSI, has SIX plies, including some beefy steel belts, goes around corners just fine, and lasts over 30,000 miles. I like the heavy duty construction.
I like not having to wonder when the rear is going to wear out all the time.
I didn't really expect it to work very well, except maybe in a straight line. It is quite stable, even in corners, even dragging the pegs. Since the tyre is 5% taller than stock, the pegs are even harder to drag.
DCConcours, it IS really wide. 6.46" at the widest point, mounted. Turns out the C10 swingarm is about 6.8" wide right there, but NOT SYMMETRIC. Yeah, like .020" on the left side side when new. Not kidding. But the tread wears down a bit and there is clearance on both sides.
And Virginia, the C10 is certainly a big touring bike.
Thanks for the discussion!
datsaxman
