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Car tire on a scooter
Balanced and mounted the wheel back on the scoot and put over 130 miles on it since last week:





Not a whole lot of clearance between tire and swingarm:



On my daily, twisty commute of 10 mi. one way to school, speed do not exceed 60 mph. I can tell the ride is much smoother. Car tire has maximum pressure rating of 44 psi., mine is inflated to 42 psi. snow tire seems to soak up road bumps better than scooter/moto tire.

The transition between lean (cornering) and upright (straighaway) is more distinct, it's not an even effort to transition between the two, more of a spiked transition feel. If rider is not used to it, it may feel like the bike is diving to the side rather like a lowside occuring, just have to trust the tire and know that is not happening, until you get used to it.

Whether car tire offer more or less traction while leaned over is yet to be determine, I havn't really pushed the pace through the twisties since both front and rear tire have less than 200 miles on them.

Speedo on the Burgman is more closely related to GPS readings, used to be 10-12% higher speed with scooter tire, now at 4-5% higher.

Higher GPS speed is acheived with less engine rpm, whether that will indicate fuel efficiency increase is also yet to be determined.

So far, I'm happy that the car tire cost only $45 ($0 to install)vs $100+ for similar size scooter rear tire alone. I'm expecting to get at least 12,000 mi. out of the car tire, if not more.

I had local tire shop mounted a $45 Pirelli 190SC snow tire on the back wheel of my Burgman 650. they mounted the tire in a couple of minutes while I waited, didn't even charge me.Balanced and mounted the wheel back on the scoot and put over 130 miles on it since last week:Not a whole lot of clearance between tire and swingarm:On my daily, twisty commute of 10 mi. one way to school, speed do not exceed 60 mph. I can tell the ride is much smoother. Car tire has maximum pressure rating of 44 psi., mine is inflated to 42 psi. snow tire seems to soak up road bumps better than scooter/moto tire.The transition between lean (cornering) and upright (straighaway) is more distinct, it's not an even effort to transition between the two, more of a spiked transition feel. If rider is not used to it, it may feel like the bike is diving to the side rather like a lowside occuring, just have to trust the tire and know that is not happening, until you get used to it.Whether car tire offer more or less traction while leaned over is yet to be determine, I havn't really pushed the pace through the twisties since both front and rear tire have less than 200 miles on them.Speedo on the Burgman is more closely related to GPS readings, used to be 10-12% higher speed with scooter tire, now at 4-5% higher.Higher GPS speed is acheived with less engine rpm, whether that will indicate fuel efficiency increase is also yet to be determined.So far, I'm happy that the car tire cost only $45 ($0 to install)vs $100+ for similar size scooter rear tire alone. I'm expecting to get at least 12,000 mi. out of the car tire, if not more.

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