155 r13 Tires

Please post any potential (or experiences) with 155 r13 tires here

I just completed approx. 4,350 miles trip with the Hercules Raptis and the Michelin Rear City Grip on the front The City Grip (strange name) looks as though it will have a good long life. I ran 29 psi in it for the first 1K miles and saw a tiny bit of cupping on the left side. Am now trying 32 psi. and will step it up as needed. I am at 33 psi on the rear. I did not mount the City Grip backward because of water dispersal.

My main reason for running this tire combination is for comfort so I started low on pressures. On my long trip there were very few instances where I could tell that I had a car tire on and the indications were slight.

Car tire handling differences were far more noticeable on Goldwings that I owned because they were considerably wider.

For the naysayers, I say that one of the most dangerous things that one can do is to buy and ride one of these Silverwings in the first place. I have personally never heard of any accident caused by using a car tire. The contact patch is probably always as wide as a m/c tire and the rubber is soft.

That's a nice DS report ,nice to no that there is more then one Hercules Raptis out there to confirm how well it rides.

What size City Grip rear did you use on the front, Wingman?

I was running the Hercules Raptis for a while and it did seem to handle better than the Sumitomo I used to run, but the impact on my fuel economy was more than I cared for. I think the 'closer' dimensions were offset by the larger contact patch, such that there was a cost to my fuel economy. Granted, I also don't tend to ride the speed limit much, so that doesn't help it either, lol.  

Which aspect ration did you use?  155/65R13 or 155/70R13?

Did they change your MPG or speedo reading?