No planning!

 

Sorry not broke down, worn out, which with routine visual checks, prevents the other.

 

I used to teach MSF in the Air Force and without fail someone would show up with a bald tire but complain to the 1st Shirt when we sent them home after tech inspection.
I cut a 8" cross section out of a bald tire with a zip disk and brought that to class to show how little rubber remained. It gets he point across!

When center tread depth on my tires wears to 1/8" I replace them. It's cheaper than crashing. Wearing them down to cord, let alone the SECOND cord, is dangerously stupid. He's lucky it didn't blow out. Tubeless tires rarely do but that tire is thin enough in the center to do it.

 

Most people never inspect their vehicles. I have always been a big proponent of having safety inspections to make sure brakes, tires and etc are in proper order. If I am about to go on a trip I will take the bike in for a quick inspection at one of the Indy shops I trusted. I have had them catch things mainly tires. Normally they are safe now but will be due about 1/2 thru or be on the last legs on arrival. Easier to get swapped then and move on.

In my last class I took people where shocked to see their tires where low, or in bad shape. They gave out tire pressure gauges to the class I still keep that in my Tour Pac.

I saw this and thought a puncture would suck but is doable. Then the picture came and I just thought poor planning on your end doesn't constitute an emergency on mine.

 

Out of curosity, why wasn't this posted in the section of the forum that lists all the states?

I am the only only ******* to ask this question? Plus, if not going to put in the AR section, putting Help Broke down in AR would be the next best thing.

 

Thanx for that intell, did not know the forums existed. Maybe the OP thought he would get a better response by posting on this thread.

 

I'm not immune to putting things off, procrastinating, etc. But motorcycle tires I do not take chances on. No cheap rubber and replaced well before they get to this point. Only a few square inches between my life and disaster. Tires ain't that freaking expensive, even for good ones.

 

Wow. Some of the replies in this thread are something else. Maybe he made a poor decision but the fact remains a fellow biker is stuck on the side of the road and some of you are calling him an idiot.

 

It is not like there is 100 options. In a handful of post he got his answer.

Maybe we are being critical. Maybe he went a long trip hit some hot roads and burned up his tire. I did 9k miles in 3 weeks when I went to AK. I should have changed the tire in ND. It was to the point if it rained I would have to stop. I was nervous. Braking was decreased quite a bit. You don't realize that when put the miles on slowly.

 

I don't have anything in common with someone who left home on a tire like that OR on it's way to being like that.

It's my experience that you can't help some people; you only assist them to their next "emergency they had no control over".