Who's had tyre go flat while riding fast?

[rocketman1]

Its something that has not happened to me on a motorbike, but it has happened to me on pushbike and in a car, and the results in both cases were that I was all over the place, before I could stop... pretty scary stuff.
How dangerous could this be if it happened on a bend at high speed on a motorcycle, how much warning would you get that its going flat.
Just a very scary thought.
Any KBrs had this happen?

[ital916]

happened to me, on a bend at 110 on woodcocks road, the bikes front tyre decided to go bye bye, I was lucky.Only had a small tankslapper, gotta a little air over some railway lines, but stopped her on the side of the road. Bike got written off, too much damage from the impact of the rim landing and rolling for a while. Kinda scary as handling goes out the window, used on the rear brake. came away lucky I guess.

[quallman1234]

My old DT did it twice too me, being a dirt bike it was no biggy. (This was on the road tho).

Main thing is don't panic.

[Motu]

Quite a few years on the road and not a lot of flatties considering.Had a rear go on the Southern Motorway at about 70mph...say 140kph - full lock sideways a couple of ways,but all gathered up to a safe stop.Had a couple of front tyres go down - one in a powerslide on a gravel road,just an added bonus to the thrill....didn't go down then either.The other front went down in a 100kph corner....but I was suspicious after hitting something on a bridge,so waiting for the soft feeling.I don't see them as any greater hazzard than what we already have to deal with out there.

[sidecar bob]

Some years ago i was leaving a mates place late at night on my '81 Katana 1100, which incedentally i still have, & i noticed while turning it around in the dark that the front tyre was completely flat.
Rather than deal with all the drama of it (& being a few braincells shorter at 21 than i am now) i said nothing & departed.
It was aprox 12 km's home with around half of that 100km area, i found the faster i went the more stable it got in a straight line, & i cracked 160kmh for a few seconds at one point, the cornering was very stodgy.
I have occasionally marvelled at my stupidity over the years & pondered what may have happened if it had de beaded.

[Headbanger]

Front tire blew heading down the steepish hill into Tekuiti, Doing well over the speed limit on a HD Sportster, Just held onto the bitch and wrestled her around the corner and pulled into the BP.

Bear in mind I have super-human abilities, Plus it was raining...actually, make that storm conditions.

Fuck it, we will go with Hurricane.

Rode my bike at wicked speeds down a hill steep enough to be a cliff with no front tire during a hurricane.

[speights_bud]

Hasn't happened to me yet (Touch Wood :Pokey: ) but it happened to whoever was riding the RG150 (#12) during Round 5 on the weekend at manfield, apparently he felt it going flat and then decided to charge through the hairpin where it broke the bead and rapidly removed itself from the rim...

Glad i was passing him on the inside at the time coz the bike went skiddy-ska-doo pretty quickly across the track into the gravel:doh:, i was nice about it and gave him a wave the next time around :rolleyes:

[scracha]

Mates GPX750. The thing handled so badly I didn't realise the rear tyre was flat until a mate at work pointed it out. Hell, I'd been cruising at about 150k's (UK motorway) on it like that.

[Hinny]

Had a leak on a Dunlop rear tyre. Had to pump it up every thirty minutes. Had to ride flat out to cover as much distance as possible before it went flat. Wobbly as an Avon Storm through the corners.

[fatzx10r]

had a rear tyre that blew out on me once, i was doing about 150kph at the time. i was accelerating then all of a sudden the back end was all over the fuckin show :shit: i hit the front pick's to get the weight off the back, pulled off the side of the road. there was bloody big chunk of rubber the size of a 50cent peice missing off the side of the tyre

[ralley]

Blew both tyres out when I hit a pile of rocks left on a freeway on ramp in South Africa (favourite practice of car high jackers). Destroyed both wheels and tyres and my front brake disks. Kept it upright because I saw the rocks just in time and got the bike upright (was cranked over for the on ramp and doing over 100). More good luck than good management.

Rob.

[slimjim]

yup had the rear blow on the gsx-f......fucking made me whistle dixe.....run it down to a stop....gota thank my dad for years of solo track riding....no brakes mum.....lol

[jtzzr]

Had the rear go flat on the bird going into a right-hander , at the speed limit of course , arse was in a drift sort of fashion (yes the smell of fear I will never forget), had a chunk of glass in it and pando couldnt help , it cost me $130 to get someone out to fix it . Make the smell go away!!

[flossiejayno]

I had the front tyre puncture while doing a 155kmh on the M40 (UK) outside lane (righthand corner) on a VFR. A wee bit of fun trying to get the bike across 3 lanes while trying to slow.

I have also had two rear punctures, after the first I started to use ultraseal in the rear.

On the XR650 I had a rear puncture, that was the worst of the lot. Trail tyres flop from side to side when flat, causing the bike to crab down the road. Took a bit to get under control and slow.

[vifferman]

I've had three or four rear tyres go flat, but luckily all of them were noticed at low speed.
Had one go flat on the Wankermobile we used to own, somewhere between Te Awamutu and Pio Pio. Thought it felt a bit wobbie in the corners, so decided to check it at Pio Pio. By then, it was totally fucked, but being a stout 37-ply 4WD tyre (Dunlop Adventurer), it stayed on the rim and the Pajeor was still quite driveable. Cost me a bit though - had to buy two new matching tyres in Hawera.

[beyond]

I was eighteen years old with a Suzuki T250 hustler in mid 70's commuting into Orks on the Southern Motorway at Takanini. Came on at Takanini gassed it to 135kmh and just after coming over the bridge the rear blew out totally.

Was a hell of a bang and next minute I was riding the wildest bull at the rodeo. Arse was off the seat, legs everywhere, bike going side to side but managed to get it over to the edge of the motorway and then spent the next hour sweating like a pig in heavy a frost in full gear pushing my bike to Manurewa motorcycles. Felt pretty sick after that with all the effort. :(

I've had a few slow flats on the rear with the resultant warning of powersliding prematurely around corners.

If you get a blow out on the rear and luck is on your side you may pull through but a blow out on the front at any reasonable speed means you are going to tuck and roll wether you want to or not.

Thankfully modern tyres are so much better and they have to be. Horsepower figures, torque, grip and speed have all increased so much more so technology has kept up with it. Imagine a rear end blow out at 250kmh :( :( :(

[vifferman]

...then spent the next hour sweating like a pig in heavy a frost in full gear pushing my bike to Manurewa motorcycles. Felt pretty sick after that with all the effort. :(
If only cellphones were around then, huh?

It's amazing how heavy even a skinny little bike is, especially when you're dressed for sitting on it, not pushing it....

I used to live at the top of a steepish hill. I also used to borrow my sister's boyfriend's CB350 whenever he came to visit (no, I didn't have a licence, but this was the 70's, so so what?!?) One day it ran out of gas about 3 or 4 km from home. I tried flicking the fuel tap to reserve, but I couldn't work out if the lever had to be on "RES" or the little pokey bit at the top had to point to it. In any case, it didn't seem to want to go in either position, so I started pushing. Luckily, this was the 70's, so I was lightly dressed. :rolleyes: Luckily, I was also a fit (if somewhat lightly-built) teenager. Luckily, most of the trip home was downhill. The last few hundred metres weren't though, and I thought I was going to die. Paul was pissed off that my short jaunt took so long, as he had to go to work. He got his revenge by taking a quick look at the fuel petcock, flicking it to "RES", cranking up the bike, giving me a superior look as it fired into life, and pissing off down the road. Man, did I feel like a dick. :Oops:

[OutForADuck]

I've had it happen twice over the years and have come to the conclusion it has alot to do with bike, frame stiffness, suspension and tyres.

First time was decades ago on the skinny pirelli's of the time on a Katana 1100... rear blew and it slewed around pretty quickly. But came to a safe stop, bike first heart a long time later.

Next time I was on a modern stiff sports bike with tubless low profile tires and just noticed the handling go off.. whilst I was going off on a twisty road.. kept going hard and when I stopped to check why it was weaving into corners and loosing grip coming out... well, the tire was completely flat. Barely any drama at all :shit:

[rocketman1]

[QUOTE=OutForADuck;1770102]
Hey thats great to hear, and very reassuring.
Thanks for the post