One of the best statements so far in this thread:
Any "safety issues" would be the result of outriding the tire's capabilities, and those same issues come into play whichever tires you mount. Understand the tire's limits and ride within them, and it's all a wash. Nearly any farkle changes the bike's performance envelope. How much that change is worth is subjective.
Well put Palerider. Ogre made a similar statement, also well stated.
Exactly the point of this exercise, to find out if the limits I ride within, are within the limits of the CT. Not to find the limits of the CT. A significant difference.
I do have 45 years riding street experience & have seen plenty of car tires on motorcycles sliding thru intersections and hardly having control in corners, does that count ?
Well, since you asked. Not really.
Here's the thing, I've seen plenty of motorcycles sliding through intersections and hardly having control in corners too.
None of them were on car tires. It's the rider, not the bike/tire/etc.
Heck, I only have 90,800 miles on
this FJR with moto tires to use as a standard for handling.
I might need Bustanut's help to determine if the CT handles as good as, worse than, or just different than a normal moto tire. :huh: And then there's the whole debackle of does it handle worse than a Chen Shen, or just worse than a ME880, or is it really only about the same as a Conti RA? :derisive:
If you haven't tried it, don't knock it. To say it can't work, when it clearly does work, well that's just silly. I've already proved to myself that it fits, works fine, is different to a lesser degree than I expected, but isn't for everyone. I've tried to share that info as openly as possible. I'm not on a crusade to convert anyone. Neither am I so simple minded as to be convinced by someone with no direct experience that I'm endangering myself just because they can't believe it might actually work.
The real beauty of this thread is none of you need stress yourself with the idea of trying a CT, you get to watch me do it for FREE! And read all about the results.
Now if it would stop raining for a while so I can get more riding it, I'd give you more input. I've got some great roads I want to ride locally that will give me a much better idea of how well, or how poorly the CT will do in the fun twisties. But there isn't much point in doing it wet.