No dunlops
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I'll have to agree, although still very sad that someone has died and prayers go out to the friends and family. Every brand of tire will undoubtedly have a blow-out every now and then, even if they are new. The most common reason for this is improper tire pressures, don't know if that was the cause or not in this case. But if you remember 10 years or more ago, Ford went through the same thing with the Firestones that were OEM back then. The cause was found to be too low a pressure in the tires. Who's fault is that? The owner of the vehicle. We should be checking our tire pressures if not every ride, at least once a week to be sure they are up to the correct pressures. You have every right to choose what brands you buy, and even giving a warning. But it was likely not the tire make that was the problem
Sorry for the loss of a loved one and prayers go out to the family.
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another possibility
Ok here ya go tires BRAND NEW had them put on just 2 weeks before their trip. ANd he is VERY **** about checking EVERYTHING before each ride and at most stops(when traveling multi state). He is like myself I grew up offroading and mxing so I always go over my ride if I am stopped might just save your a$$. And as far as one I said I have seen of another dunlop blowout causing the same result wife died and rider badly injured. And it was a sidewall blowout not tread side. So i am thinking bad tire.
As for the tire, there have been many theories on what caused the blowout, and ALL are valid, but there's one very possible cause that I'd like to add. If the tire was mounted incorrectly. A cut between the inner liner (what makes a tubeless tire tubeless) and the main body of the tire will let an air pocket form. This type of damage will cause the sidewall to blowout. This can happen with no tire defect being apparent, and when it happens the tire failure is immediate. One of the trucking company's I worked for had a sudden rash of sidewall failures with the then new radial steering tires. Michelin's tire engineers and the NTSB found the tires inner liners were being cut with the tire irons as they were being mounted. A new tire machine and a better tire mounting procedure cured the problem.
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