Uh no excuses... I dodged a bullet today and not by much. The Aero is my "grocery getter" I mostly play around with XS650s, anyways I didn't think the rear tire had that many miles. Big fender, the leather fringe thing, guess I haven't looked for a while.
I even checked air pressure this spring without looking at the tread. I had warnings today; some extra vibration coming and going, Well about 20 miles out I was playing with trucks at 75MPH on I90 when I heard the bang.
I even looked at the truck along side me thinking backfire. But the backend started to swing and let me know what it was. Had to keep a bit of throttle in and slow down slloowwlyy and get off on the shoulder. I was only a quarter mile from a rest stop so idled it over there with the rear end slewing around. Wife was home, brought the van rode it up the ramp and now the tire is off the wheel and the new one is on order, no damage to the bike or wheel but it could have gone bad, very bad.
With all that I still made it to the meeting and got my work done but it might have been my last day....
I even checked air pressure this spring without looking at the tread. I had warnings today; some extra vibration coming and going, Well about 20 miles out I was playing with trucks at 75MPH on I90 when I heard the bang.
I even looked at the truck along side me thinking backfire. But the backend started to swing and let me know what it was. Had to keep a bit of throttle in and slow down slloowwlyy and get off on the shoulder. I was only a quarter mile from a rest stop so idled it over there with the rear end slewing around. Wife was home, brought the van rode it up the ramp and now the tire is off the wheel and the new one is on order, no damage to the bike or wheel but it could have gone bad, very bad.
With all that I still made it to the meeting and got my work done but it might have been my last day....
