import slicks on a busa?

[ogre]

i know the tire profile would make turning kinda not possible, but would a slick meant for a car, in say a 205/50/zr17 fit on a busa rim? if you trailer your bike to the track, switch rims, whatever. would you end up with a larger/more usable contact patch than say a shinko hook up in a 190/50/17? my thoughts were the flat profile would give a larger contact patch, so more hook, right? i'm probably wrong, but i'm hoping someone will tell me why.

 

[Busashot]

Larger patch yea but way over kill for a bike unless you are putting out over 400hp and even then not needed. Problem also the tire is probably very heavy compared to a motorcycle slick.

Are you really having issues with traction?

 

[afterhours]

the new Shinko works great and will last forever.

An M/T slick will work great and last forever.

I would thing due to the size of the rim, you would not get the contact patch you are looking for, due to the small,stiff sidewalls of the import slick.

 

[ogre]

I'm not having traction issues, I was just curious. I figured there had to be a reason that no one has done it