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Blew out a tire today on the highway. Cruising along at 80, started to smell something odd. Turned off cruise control. Felt a little wiggle then a shake in the back end. Got her pulled over to the side of the road and investigated. Rear tire was flat. Thats totally a scary feeling and everything goes from happy to scary in about 5 seconds. Got a tow home and have to wait till Monday to get a new tire put on. But glad it happened close to home and not further down the road.
mine was valve stem core. I checked it and it was fine. Next day went for a ride and immediately noticed something was off. Rear tire was flat. I guess when I checked the pressure it damaged the core. replaced core and all was good. good luck and glad u got her pulled over safe.
I've had 2 rear tire blowouts the last 4 yrs. Both were on Interstates cruise set at 80-82. It gets a little squirrelly but not a big deal as it doesn't take long to shut her down.
One was close to home. With a tire machine in my shop and a spare rear tire, I would be up and running in a couple of hours....
I had a rear tire go flat in the High Occupancy Vehicle ( HOV ) lane. Walls on both sides and no real place to stop. I slowed it down to about 40 and although the rear was very sloppy, I didn't feel that it was unmanageable and kept going. I got it out of the HOV and to a close gas station, aired the tire back up and headed home. It went flat again almost immediately but since I was on side streets, I rode it the two or three more miles home on the flat. It was pretty much a straight line shot with only two or three turns required that I took in first gear. While they were putting a new tire on it ( I trailered it to my indy) he told me that the American Elite tires I was running have a very stiff sidewall and he wasn't surprised I was able to make it as far as I did on a flat.
I am by no means advising anyone to ride on a flat like I did. I simply tell the story to let people know it's possible to keep going to get to a safe place to stop. I ride almost daily and am very comfortable on my bike and know both mine and the bikes limits very well. I realize how stupid it was but I was able to save several hours blocking the HOV lane on hot day and made it home without having to pay for a tow.
I am glad the OP was able to control it and stop safely.
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