Blow Out

Has anyone ever actually had on eon their bike at say....60 miles an hour? I was ahead of my brother once and he was on his Goldwing. I looked in my rearview and didn't see him. I waited a few minutes and still no brother. I turned around to find him with a blowout on the side of the road. I was mortified, as he had my son on the back of the bike. When I asked my son if he was okay, he was like....Yeah, I didn't even know we had a blowout until we got off the bike.

I'm guessing this is not typical. I know we are to let off the gas and use the breaks of the opposite tire, right? But.......what did it really feel like. Did mess your pants? Did you wreck?

Inquiring minds are freaking out over the fact that she may one day have a blow out.

 

Geez! how did I manage to mess that up so well. It should have read.......hase anyone ever actually had one.......

 

Rear tire isn't too bad... front tire is more challenging.

Typically you loose preasure rapidly (feel it and can respond safely) rather than a literal blowout which you just have to ride out.

Rear tire - just ride it out - bars straight, braking with the front.

Front tire - shift the weight back, coast, hold it straight and use rear brake.

Have you ever ridden with a REALLY under inflated front tire? Something like that - very heavy.

 

Nope, and I hope I never do!

 

Had a front one go many years ago on my 550. Adult pillion on the back. Was not travelling too fast so it was not bad.

The worst part was as I was slowing and almost to a stop the front took a bit of fighting to keep her straight.

I treat a bike blowout the same on a bike as I do in a car. NO BRAKES! Not even engine braking.
Pull the clutch and coast to a stop. car or bike, tuching the brakes upsets the balance and drag of the vehicle and gives unpredictable results.

I have had about six blowouts in cars and while some have been scary (right front on left hand sweeper) all but one have been brought under control by driving it out.

The one that was ugly was with me as a passenger and the driver touched the brakes (about 70mph) and lost control. Wandered from side to side trying to get control before the car flipped in a ditch.

Keep the no brake rule in your head cos if the time ever comes you need to resist the natural urge to yank on that brake.

 

Had one go on my old Honda CB 360 T. I was doing about 50 and thought I wouldn't make it to a stop. The handlebars shook so badly I almost let go. Main problem was the Chen Shing front tire. I never bought or recommended another one.
Had a rear blow out on my Kawasaki KZ750 when a 6 inch bolt ran into the tire. It went flat almost immediatley. Just coasted to the side of the road and came back the next day with a new tire. I can't reven remember how it handled so it couldn't have been bad. That was a Continental tire. One of the best tires I ever had too.
Both incidences were back in the '80's and tires have changed much since then. Back then reinforced beads were the rage for touring and safety.

 

The joys of motorcycling , had several [flat tyres] front and rear most slow let downs , also had a rear chain snap doin 120k passing a semi with a oncoming car in the opposite direction , chain locked up da back wheel . twas one long brake wheelie.

The worst out here can be the wildlife though , they always seem to be in just the right place at the right time...

 

Have never had one one front or rear, do agree with the wildlife, darn squirrels why to they have to run around in circle or back and forth right in fromt of where you are trying to avoid them, it like they are trying to get hit, little sucker makes for a hell of a bump, and a little loose control for just a sec, but not something that is fun at 65 mph.....

 

I have only had one, a rear on my 86 Suzuki race bike. near 170mph front straight Willow Springs Raceway. The loss of control was instant at that speed. I can still walk not even a broken bone, but I was lucky and had all my AMArequired gear on.