Why you shouldn't ride on a blad tire...

[Fixxxer]

So, I've been waiting to get a new rear tire for my GS550 as the one that was on it when I bought it was totally bald. Well, I ordered a tire that was way too small, but since 100's apparently come in the same size front and rear, I thought I had been sent a front and tried to exchange it. When I got another one that was exactly the same, I figured out what was going on and there's now a 120 on the way. Anyway, I couldn't resist going for a ride (stupid, I know) to the nearest Secretary of State office to get my endorsement finalized. So, after riding 30 miles up there, getting my new license, gassing up, and heading out of town, my tire finally went. I wasn't quite out of the residential area yet, so I was only going about 50. All of a sudden my rear end starts fishtailing and after a brief "what the--" moment, I knew what had happened. So I held it straight without overcorrecting and slowly braked on the front wheel and pulled over to the shoulder. The tire didn't fly off or anything, so the wheel didn't get damaged. I was fortunate that I wasn't going faster or leaning around a corner when it happened, or the result could have been much worse. Luckily, I was still in an area where I got cell service (which wouldn't have been the case if I had gone five more miles) so I called my friend and had him come pick me up and later we went back and got the bike with his dad's truck.

The moral of the story: don't ride on a bald tire.

[marvinsc]

Wise Advice and You got Lucky. 8-[

[Fixxxer]

Definitely. My first thought after getting off the bike and inspecting the blown tire: "I'm an idiot!"

[marvinsc]

Definitely. My first thought after getting off the bike and inspecting the blown tire: "I'm an idiot!"

But a Live Lucky One!:-D

[Fixxxer]

Also a poor spelling one... "blad" tire?

[Killer2600]

Fortunately most of us already know this but glad you learned it without going down.

[jay66]

Been there done that, on an old Suzuki GT 380 doing about 60. Serious change your shorts experince.

[tconroy]

Also a poor spelling one... "blad" tire?

If my tire blew it would be blad......bladder release that is, cause I would have ****ed my pants!!!!

[vwdoctor3]

glad to hear your still breathing.
I got a flat a new england dragway once, she slid to the right and I rode on the left side of the bike throught the finish line. luckily I walked away with only a full diaper and a complete flashback of my life.
guess I spent a little too much time in the water box warming up the dunlop. too much pressure in the rear tire I think:shock: oops! lesson learned. I then brought it home and put her back together & parked it for 15 or so years.

[gustovh]

Lucky you. I was doing a hard right on my GS 850G when I picked up a 9mm caseing. I heard the tire go, but it didn't feel wrong and finished the corner. Another 100 yards and I was riding the tank and looking for a place to pull over. Put her up on the centerstand, checked the rear tire, found the "hole" the rubber was still in it sort of. What saved my arse was the PO had put green slime in the tire. It prevented a catstrophic blow out in which I would have kissed the cliff wall on the outside of the turn.
V

[argonsagas]

I have often puzzled people when asking them what the two most important safety features on their bike ( or 4 on a car)

They think of brakes, steering, lighting, seat comfort, ashtrays etc.



It is a very rare person who understands that literally everything on the bike or car takes a distant second place to the tires.

For all the time you are in motion, NOTHING works without the tires.

Buy the best you can, of a type that suits your style of riding, and maintain them properly.

[mriddle]

A tire may have been the cause of a local couple's crash a few days ago here where both died.

I was speaking to an emergency responder who told me that the young man had worn the rear tire out doing burnouts.

He was riding that bike on a twisty with his fiancée on the back.

The rear tire blew and they crossed lane into an oncoming Buick.

So sad.



Mike

[speedzter2000]

Well, my first bike, a 94 (?) Suzuki 125....Oh boy...what a wreck...
Leaking fork seals, dry rot tires...luckily, it didnt go faster that 50ish, down a hill It wasnt until someone pointed it out to me (I even had the bike inspected, and they never mentioned this to me!) how dangerous it was...
Sh!t happens, and you learn from it...

[maro]

I'm literally changing off my rear tire tonight!!

[bradleymaynar]

Not the rear, in my case, but the front.



Do you think I rode the life out if it?

Just a bit of advice, change the tires as a set. The above is the result of only changing the rear because I thought the front looked good enough for another season. It lasted 5 months.

Brad bt