Tires

[tinman905]

I guess I need a new rear tire. I was cruising up highway 400( a major highway heading out of Toronto) and travelling at a good speed for a while 130km/hr or 80 m/hr if you will . I felt a small vibration that I hadn't noticed before and slowed down fast just in time my rear tire peeled apart throwing rubber everywhere. The good thing is that my tire didn't blow just peeled away down to the metal bands . I was still 40 miles from home but managed to drive it home but real slow stopping many times alot along the way.

Not sure what type or make I should go with ? It's a cruiser with Vetter Fairing and bags and I am pushing close to 200lbs any suggestions? Ya I know loose some weight haha!
Should I change both or just the rear? The front looks good with lots of tread left.

[skids]

Re: Tires

It would seem that the compound was not properly cured or had too much catylist in it. I would suspect it to be a factory defect. Avons had a bad couple of years that way. I remember Mike Cummings at the Chama rally needing to replace a rear tire. I once had a car tire form a large separation from the carcass and Big O tire blamed me for overinflating the tire (complete b.s.). I would take a picture of it and let the manufacturer know, and tell them you want a different series tire. Of course, if you are talking Chen shin, you might not want to do that.

Originally posted by tinman905
I guess I need a new rear tire. (snip)Should I change both or just the rear? The front looks good with lots of tread left.

[AlanB]

Hi Tinman,

How old was the tire which came apart?

If it was within a couple of years, get in touch with the manufacturer.

If you have no idea how old it was, then you should have changed it anyway.

If the Front is the same age/manufacturer/type as the rear, I would change it no matter what it looked like!

AlanB

[tinman905]

Just waiting to hear from the guy I bought the bike from in the spring . I am sure he said he put them on last season .I never thought to call the manufacture .I will wait to hear from this guy and take it from there and I think I am changing the front just to be sure ,thanks very much guys .

[hamjam]

Hi have a look here then at your tires I have a Metzler on the front and will be checking where it was made tomorrow
Jim
http://www.hdforums.com/m_2250975/tm.htm

[olebiker]

I cant imagine a newer tire peeling like that. I would think that no matter what the op tells you that tire was OLD.

[tinman905]

I guess I should mention the make, it's a Avon RoadRunner. Old or not the tire had lots of tread and no cracks .Unless these tire rots from the inside out the tire look fine when I got on the bike.

[skids]

Yup. Avon Roadrunners had problems. I had used them up to the time Mike Cummings mentioned their problems.

Originally posted by tinman905
it's a Avon RoadRunner.

[olebiker]

Damn bad tires and bikes are a poor mix. Anyone that produces something like that should be made to ride on them (at speed of course).

[planedick]

Dunlop

I like my Dunlop K491 Elite II and they are speed rated, good mileage and I drag major sh** on the road in corners and freeway onramps and never slid out from under me.

[BrianB]

Bridgestone Spitfire 11F

I bought my Bike recently and reading all the tire threads, I am starting to think Safety first. Mine are the Brigestone Spitfires and although the Bike looks in awesome condition, the tires seem hard. They look good and tread OK but the side wall states 41 PSI and they are at front 24 and rear 27. They look like if I put 41 PSi in they would be totaly hard as a rock. I would like to get a new set because I feel I am worth more than a couple tires installed. Not to start a debate but what is a good tire to go with?

[chopwatchagot]

Use the tire pressure that the BIKE manufacturer suggests. What the TIRE manufacturer prints on the tire is the "do not exceed" pressure.

[tinman905]

I already started that debate?????

[fredintoon]

Bad tires

Years ago I was looking for the odd size tires that fit on a Riley 1.5. I ended up in the back room of a tire wholesaler while the forklift man shifted piles of tires looking for them. And so? You ask? In that room there were over 100 tires, all with horrendous defects, bulgy walls, peeling treads, you name it. So I asked, "what's with these tires?" The tire guy explained, "All the average guy sees is the tires that pass inspection so they don't realize how f**king difficult it is to make a good tire"