I was doing some looking online and I saw non pneumatic tires for passenger vehicles. I can‘t however find any non pneumatic tires for motorcycles. I am mainly interested in the non pneumatic tires that can be found on youtube where the basic construction is the wheel treadband and spokes. It‘s also refered to as the tweel. Anyway I can see alot of demand and applications for non pneumatic tires available for motorcycles.
The application would be different. Automotive tires run on a relatively flat tread surface, the area the tire touches the pavement. A motorcycle tire is relatively ovate where it touches the ground and changes the location of that ovate 'patch' as the bike leans thorough a corner. The technology may be in testing but I don't know of any application that have proven to be close to an approved standard.
I have a little experience with non-pneumatic tires on wheelchairs. The front tires on the current chair with which I am most familiar are non-pneumatic and 'seem' to perform the same as the rear which are bicycle sized (almost) tires and are pneumatic. People ordering wheelchairs are sometimes given the choice. I believe the core of these tires (look the same as pneumatic) is some kind of a polymer base. My concern for larger vehicles would take in speed, road conditions - loose gravel - potholes, etc. along with weather. Tires need to flex in different ways on these heavier vehicles both laterally and vertically - much more so than on wheelchairs and even bicycles. Another consideration would be the weight added to the vehicle using non-pneumatic tires. One argument for pneumatic tires, earlier on was they were lighter and allowed for better fuel economy. At least blow-outs would not happen but a tire not properly designed or assembled, no matter what the core, could self destruct at a moment's notice and thus there would be some new 'maintenance' issues to consider in terms of knowing when a tire looks like it is about to give out - rather than find out the hard way in the middle of nowhere. Hope this helps at least a little.
No you can't put an ABS Axel on a non ABS vehicle, you would have t get ABS installed in your car. The best thing I could recommend is if you can't find it in Britain, you can have it imported from Japan. Hope this helps! xx
No you can't put an ABS Axel on a non ABS vehicle, you would have t get ABS installed in your car. The best thing I could recommend is if you can't find it in Britain, you can have it imported from Japan. Hope this helps! xx
The application would be different. Automotive tires run on a relatively flat tread surface, the area the tire touches the pavement. A motorcycle tire is relatively ovate where it touches the ground and changes the location of that ovate 'patch' as the bike leans thorough a corner. The technology may be in testing but I don't know of any application that have proven to be close to an approved standard.
I have a little experience with non-pneumatic tires on wheelchairs. The front tires on the current chair with which I am most familiar are non-pneumatic and 'seem' to perform the same as the rear which are bicycle sized (almost) tires and are pneumatic. People ordering wheelchairs are sometimes given the choice. I believe the core of these tires (look the same as pneumatic) is some kind of a polymer base. My concern for larger vehicles would take in speed, road conditions - loose gravel - potholes, etc. along with weather. Tires need to flex in different ways on these heavier vehicles both laterally and vertically - much more so than on wheelchairs and even bicycles. Another consideration would be the weight added to the vehicle using non-pneumatic tires. One argument for pneumatic tires, earlier on was they were lighter and allowed for better fuel economy. At least blow-outs would not happen but a tire not properly designed or assembled, no matter what the core, could self destruct at a moment's notice and thus there would be some new 'maintenance' issues to consider in terms of knowing when a tire looks like it is about to give out - rather than find out the hard way in the middle of nowhere. Hope this helps at least a little.
