2002 Buell M2 Rear Tire
Adam writes:
Kid bought it and while riding on highway tire decided to let go. Bike went down but not bad. Kid’s all right. That’s all I have now. It was a OE Dunlop D205. Not the best tire Dunlop ever made………
Sorry for the blurry pics. Blame Adam actually!
Wow! I’ve never seen a bike tire blown-up that bad. Was there any evidence of anything like green slime, etc in the tire (that is what remains of it)? Other causes might be that the former owner put a lot of heavy competion mile on the tire(tread does not look worn enough for this explaination) or ran the tire for a long time with low air pressure.
Comment by nunyac 08.04.09 @ 9:51 pmMy M2 OEM D205 went 10K to the center cord.
Glad to hear that the rider wasn’t hert.
nunyac
I’m not certain what happened. Looks like road hazard damage to me. There was no slime or anything else in the tire. And you’re right, the tire had a lot of tread left. A mystery!
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