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Riding => It's not a Concours - other Bikes => Topic started by: Fretka on October 07, 2011, 01:49:13 AM

Title: I think me tyre has gone bad, call NHTSA
Post by: Fretka on October 07, 2011, 01:49:13 AM

http://www.ducatisti.co.uk/forum/ducati-chat/64838-supercorsa-bsb-b-careful.html (http://www.ducatisti.co.uk/forum/ducati-chat/64838-supercorsa-bsb-b-careful.html)

This is another example of what tire companies have to deal with!

And yes, I do think this guy hasn't a clue!

fretka

Title: Re: I think me tyre has gone bad, call NHTSA
Post by: Awaz on October 07, 2011, 10:44:37 AM

Ok. You will have to educate me on this....I could not see the pictures from work, but are you saying he abused the tires and blaming it on the tire companies?

Title: Re: I think me tyre has gone bad, call NHTSA
Post by: Kazairl on October 07, 2011, 12:52:46 PM

Not so much abuse as an unrealistic expectation of what the tire was meant to do. In other words, The owner picked the wrong tire and is blaming it on the tire company.

Title: Re: I think me tyre has gone bad, call NHTSA
Post by: Fretka on October 08, 2011, 12:24:40 PM

The center of the tire is worn down to the belts from riding in a straight line. Pure and simple. Now don't get me wrong, I am not a particular friend or mouthpiece for tire companies, it's just from time to time the "sky is falling" attitude mixed with "can't be my fault" further worsened by ignorance can turn a trivial thing into "mass hysteria". There was another example of this in the previous iteration of this board about "flexi-tires". Never did hear how that turned out, but I do know a "hawk from a handsaw when the wind is from the east" (apologies to W.S.) and there was nothing amiss with those flexi PR-2's.

Fretka