Getting Your Money's Worth from a Tire!

[BajaRon]

This tire came in this moring. Customer said he was doing 80 mph on the freeway when it went boom. This is by far the worst we've seen. I expect this to be a record which may never be broken.

 

[Lew L]

This tire came in this moring. Customer said he was doing 80 mph on the freeway when it went boom. This is by far, the worst we've seen. I expect this to be a record which may never be broken.

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It would be interesting to know what brand that tire is...

 

[Knizar]

It would be interesting to know what brand that tire is...

I think we all know! A BRP Special!

 

[Lew L]

I'm sure that even a quality tire could have an incident like that if the owner wore it real thin and hit a sharp object. Looks like a one or 2 ply carcass.

 

[Raknid]

That is a catastrophic failure. Or, Rapid Unplanned Disassembly (RUD), to use a SpaceX term for an explosive event.

 

[RetiredBikerKenJ]

DAMN!!!!!!!

 

[Cobranut]

This tire came in this moring. Customer said he was doing 80 mph on the freeway when it went boom. This is by far the worst we've seen. I expect this to be a record which may never be broken.

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What type of Spyder, and what damage was done to the bike?

 

[EdMat]

Who had to clean off the seat?

 

[troop]

Friends don't let friends ride on Kenda's....

 

[Snoking1127]

Hey, that had unused tread left on the outer edges, must have hit a piece of scrap metal on the road.

 

[JayBros]

Now there's a guy who might try playing Russian roulette with an M1911A1.

 

[Jetfixer]

Wow! If you try to patch that one on the inside, you'll need to rebalance the wheel for sure!!

 

[Bfromla]

- additionally; Who else remembers “retreads”?

 

[Peter Aawen]

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Remember them?! I still have nightmares about them, and they still figure fairly heavily in my therapy sessions!

 

[mecsw500]

Remember them?! I still have nightmares about them, and they still figure fairly heavily in my therapy sessions!

And cross ply/bias ply tires. And that's not even retreaded cross ply items.

Growing up in England, lots of people used retreads on their cars as tires were expensive in the UK back then. It was good that most people who used them put them on cars that were really slow.

Some people used to re-groove their tires to try to pass MOT inspections.

Ah, post war Britain.

 

[blacklightning]

Who else remembers “retreads”?

I was a rural mail carrier from 1992-1994. Retreads were my friend on my 1982 ford fairmont. The tread was harder and would wear out slower. The tread pattern was also more agressive which helped with starting and stopping on gravel and dirt roads. In fact, when I could find them, I put mud grips front and rear. When people would ask "why mud grips on the front of a 2 wd car?" I would remind them that tires need grip to stop as well as go. If you don't have traction on the front tires, you might just slide right by the mail box.

 

[BajaRon]

I was a rural mail carrier from 1992-1994. Retreads were my friend on my 1982 ford fairmont. The tread was harder and would wear out slower. The tread pattern was also more agressive which helped with starting and stopping on gravel and dirt roads. In fact, when I could find them, I put mud grips front and rear. When people would ask "why mud grips on the front of a 2 wd car?" I would remind them that tires need grip to stop as well as go. If you don't have traction on the front tires, you might just slide right by the mail box.

Interesting. I know it's way off subject, but here is how I found my USPS delivered parcel one snowy winter day just before Christmas. And I live on a fairly busy road.

 

[Cosmo]

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Big rigs still use retreads

 

[BajaRon]

Big rigs still use retreads

Yes, they do. And if you meet up with one on 2-Wheels, it might change your outlook on life... No fun on 3-Wheels, but more fun than on 2!

 

[EdMat]

A retreads life expectancy can be based on the original carcus used and the care in grinding and prep that goes into it before it goes into the chamber. It's about a 50 /50 mix of new and retread alligators you see on the road, or hopefully on the side.