[cihilb]

you're right. They won't pay either,,,especially since Honda specifically points out that car tires are not to be used.
How was this ever resolved??

Honda does not say anything soecifcally about car tires. It only says installing improper other than specified may cause handling problems and may cause a crash..

Same type of warning about wearing helmets, improper loading and lack of maintenance.

 

[BobC1960]

Interesting comment. I have a Motortrike Prowler reverse trike which uses three car tires. I have nothing against them either, since they last around 20K miles and they are cheaper than MC tires.

I do think a trike is a totally different animal. Like I said, I’m not pro or con on a motorcycle, I just choose not to darkside, but on a trike, I would have suitable car tires.

 

[weengers]

You all do know it was not a car tire, right?

 

[Sccaz]

Look at the tire in the back ground near the guys feet. The saddlebags are covering up most of it.

Looks like a MC tire to me. The grooves are spaced out and on the rounded side of the tire, just like mine that is factory.
The width of the tire makes it look flat on the road surface area.

 

[Trevor MA]

You all do know it was not a car tire, right?

There you go weengers messing things up by putting facts into the discussion.

 

[murf]

Looks like a MC tire to me. The grooves are spaced out and on the rounded side of the tire, just like mine that is factory.
The width of the tire makes it look flat on the road surface area.

It is definitely not a car tire.

 

[Cajunhog]

I’d be having a very spirited and legal conversation with the business who put the rear wheel on. Lug nuts are pretty fail safe as long as they’re properly torqued in a star pattern. Bottom line. If all were tightened, that does not happen.

Glad you’re ok.


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[grampi]

Well yeah. I can see how a CT would cause the lug nuts to come loose. Just like when the windshield quits working. The CT causes that too. Heck, I also heard of a guy who couldn't honk his horn, prolly because of the CT on the bike.

It's definitely NOT a CT. The comments in this thread about running a CT are ridiculous. Even if it was a CT, that would not be the reason it came off...the cause would be improperly tightened lug nuts...

 

[grampi]

I think the tire fell off because the owner took the plastic sleeve out of the gas tank.

That scenario is as likely as a CT causing it...

 

[grampi]

Obviously the wrong crush washer was the cause.

Or he reused the O-ring on the tranny filter plug...