Tires
#22
03-23-2024, 03:17 PM
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I like them very much.
Have run Dunlop Elite 4’s with good success as well.
#23
03-23-2024, 03:24 PM
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Another "Internet expert."
Maybe this will help. This is what I wrote to a law firm after the incident. I ended up not filing the lawsuit. By the way, I have dozens of other pictures, but this is my last word on the subject. It's worthless arguing with "Internet experts."
The order number has been X'd out for obvious reasons.
On July 21, 2022 I ordered a Dunlop American Elite tire, Twin Power tube and rim strip.
Order Number: XXXXX
All were installed on my 2020 Heritage 114 by an authorized motorcycle repair shop.
On Friday, August 12, I was riding eastbound on Interstate-10 with my wife
on the back. The tire inexplicably went flat at 70 miles per hour and the bike went into an
uncontrollable wobble. We were extremely lucky not to crash; if we had crashed, it would most likely
have been fatal. At the least, we both would have been seriously injured.
To make a long story short (we spent four hours by the side of the interstate until a tow truck was
available), when myself and the repair shop were finally able to get a good look at what had happened days later, we
discovered serious defects that resulted in catastrophic failure.
There have been many similar incidents involving these tires.
I have photos available, as well as the tire and tube. Here is a link that might be useful, and I have
many more.
https://www.chaliklaw.com/areas-we-s...ecalls/dunlop/
Maybe this will help. This is what I wrote to a law firm after the incident. I ended up not filing the lawsuit. By the way, I have dozens of other pictures, but this is my last word on the subject. It's worthless arguing with "Internet experts."
The order number has been X'd out for obvious reasons.
On July 21, 2022 I ordered a Dunlop American Elite tire, Twin Power tube and rim strip.
Order Number: XXXXX
All were installed on my 2020 Heritage 114 by an authorized motorcycle repair shop.
On Friday, August 12, I was riding eastbound on Interstate-10 with my wife
on the back. The tire inexplicably went flat at 70 miles per hour and the bike went into an
uncontrollable wobble. We were extremely lucky not to crash; if we had crashed, it would most likely
have been fatal. At the least, we both would have been seriously injured.
To make a long story short (we spent four hours by the side of the interstate until a tow truck was
available), when myself and the repair shop were finally able to get a good look at what had happened days later, we
discovered serious defects that resulted in catastrophic failure.
There have been many similar incidents involving these tires.
I have photos available, as well as the tire and tube. Here is a link that might be useful, and I have
many more.
https://www.chaliklaw.com/areas-we-s...ecalls/dunlop/
1. I also don't see the resemblance of your picture to a Dunlop AE tire. Is that a picture of the outside or inside the tire?
2. Since you didn't crash, seems you had a controllable wobble.
3. I'm not understanding the particular issue you have and the attorney link you provided as it relates to various Dunlop tire model lawsuits from 1999 on. I don't even think the Dunlop AE was available in 1999.
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03-23-2024, 03:28 PM
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03-23-2024, 03:37 PM
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Another Internet expert here.
1. I also don't see the resemblance of your picture to a Dunlop AE tire. Is that a picture of the outside or inside the tire?
2. Since you didn't crash, seems you had a controllable wobble.
3. I'm not understanding the particular issue you have and the attorney link you provided as it relates to various Dunlop tire model lawsuits from 1999 on. I don't even think the Dunlop AE was available in 1999.
1. I also don't see the resemblance of your picture to a Dunlop AE tire. Is that a picture of the outside or inside the tire?
2. Since you didn't crash, seems you had a controllable wobble.
3. I'm not understanding the particular issue you have and the attorney link you provided as it relates to various Dunlop tire model lawsuits from 1999 on. I don't even think the Dunlop AE was available in 1999.
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