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Qikhawk
02-13-2010, 07:58 PM
Well today was interesting, the passenger side rear tire on the hawk blew out on the highway... Luckily I was able to keep control, some pics of the aftermath...

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh63/HumboldtHooter/Firehawk/0213001207.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh63/HumboldtHooter/Firehawk/0213001207a.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh63/HumboldtHooter/Firehawk/0213001238.jpg

They found a large nail in the bottom of the tire shreds, popped at 80mph on 121 south



Pics of the new tires :D not amazing but it shows how much better they are compared to the others... they're 20mm wider

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh63/HumboldtHooter/Firehawk/0213001741.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh63/HumboldtHooter/Firehawk/0213001741a.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh63/HumboldtHooter/Firehawk/0213001741b.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh63/HumboldtHooter/Firehawk/0213001742.jpg


275/40/17 BFG Gforce Sports, night and day difference between the Michelin snow tires
BlackSheep
02-13-2010, 09:39 PM
BF Goodrich is a great tire.. It is a Michelin!
Vandit
02-13-2010, 11:03 PM
It had probably been riding low for awhile. That's the problem w/ low profile tires, they go flat and you don't see/feel it until something like this happens.
RaceMX-M3
02-14-2010, 01:33 AM
damn glad you didn't get hurt. I've never seen a tire separate like that.
Qikhawk
02-14-2010, 08:32 AM
It had probably been riding low for awhile. That's the problem w/ low profile tires, they go flat and you don't see/feel it until something like this happens.

It has gone flat a few times before, was just too old and wasn't holding air anymore, I had to fill it up about every 3 days. Probably weakened the sidewall quite a bit so that even something like a nail made it just go :(

damn glad you didn't get hurt. I've never seen a tire separate like that.

Thanks Scott, I got out of the car (a good 3 minutes later after calmin down lol) and saw that had could only think "WTF"
SAFE4NOW
02-14-2010, 09:17 AM
It had probably been riding low for awhile. That's the problem w/ low profile tires, they go flat and you don't see/feel it until something like this happens.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.. :thumbsup2:

This is exactly what happens when any tire is run flat. The tire runs low, the rim runs like a knife along the sidewall(s) until it cuts all the way through.:eek:

Glad you are ok and it didn't happen when you could keep it under control!:driver:

Let these pictures help all of us keep an eye on our tire pressures!

TPM don't always work correctly... :banghead:

Be safe!

S