front wheel blow out

[johnsf1980]

Your fortunate!!! Never mind the front tyre... I dont even like the thought of the back tyre blowing up at 100 kmph

what fun today a front wheel blowout on the guzzi at 100 kph well untouch stay up
but di end up on wrong side of road lucky for me southland dont have alot of cars around

i took the front tyre off and all this stuff was in there .this stuff is tyre pando
must had been put in a time ago as it had harden the tube which is y it blew out not just go down as any other time i picked nails up
only had bike 2 weeks .so dint know about it

[John]

Man glad you held it up - blown tires are at the top of my 'must avoid' list, good on ya dude

[Wolf]

Sheeeee-it!

The thought of a blown front tyre gives me the shits. Had the back tyre go once and the arse of the bike went all over the show - and I was only doing 30km/h as I was slowing for the lights. I'd hate for something like that to happen to the front end of the bike - especially at 100km/h.

[ajturbo]

years ago i was hooning up the wongamoe's (sp) just out side of nelson... with my then wife on the back .. we got around a couple of corners .....then i thought she was having me on by leaning the wrong way around the corner... so i thought fuck you.. i'll show ya... choped down a gear and flew into the next corner chucked it down and ..... FUCK...WTF are you doing.. the bike wouldn't lean over ... some how i managed to get around the corner and pulled up and spat the dummy... she said what do you mean?????? then i just happen to see a FLAT FRONT TYRE........ woooooops

[250learna]

you're a lucky guy Guzzi! Good on ya for not chucking the whole show down the road.

That man deserves something much better than a DB!

heineken perhaps?
while your getting your lotto do you wana get me a ticket too

[guzzi_nz]

o well only won 100 dallors on lotto but it something

[RON SOAK]

It'll buy a new tube

[Zapf]

Tire Pando? = tube?

[oldrider]

Was that a tyre "pando" or "green slime"? The pando is only to get you to a repair shop, the green slime things are life of the tyre type stuff. Do you know for sure which one it was? I would like to know because I bought one of the slime type thingies and haven't had the confidence to use it because of fear of what has happened to you. You did well to keep it all together and stay alive. I don't mind spending money on tyres. Cheers John.

[vifferman]

Was that a tyre "pando" or "green slime"? The pando is only to get you to a repair shop, the green slime things are life of the tyre type stuff.

I think the tyre pando works on tubed tyres, whereas the slime is for tubeless.
Both of them only work well on small holes.
While they're a good idea to get you home, they are messy, and the slime stuff means the inside of your rim is covered in crap, which should really be cleaned off when the tyre's next removed. Not the best either for a well-balanced wheel.

[Artifice]

There was slime in my second bikes' front tyre. Caused a nasty vibration at 120, an evil shake at 140 and scary at 160kph. aparently the stuff is supposed to produce a smoother ride. hah!