I have about 150,000 miles on motorcycles but have not had this happen before so I want to share.
Posting this to help others that have not experienced this yet.
While on a tip from Indiana to North Carolina I had a puncture in my rear Shinko 705 rear tire while south bound from Owensboro to Bowling Green.
Not knowing it at the time I experienced a vibration at 70 mph . Though it was the road so to check I changed to the fast lane to see if it was the road. Same feel so back to the right lane.
Then it got dramatically worse. Front turn signals were shaking and I realized the rear was going down. By the time I got it slowed down both beads broke loose from the rim and I could not steer at all. Bike drifted to the left lane and at the very end I thought I was going down for sure as the shaking became violent.
Held it upright and stopped on the 24" left median.
Got off and the rear tire was smoking.
After traffic cleared I was able to limp across to the right lane.
I could see through both beads between them an the rim so a patch and repair was out of the question.
If you feel something that just aint right Pull Over and check things out.
I was able to get it picked up for repair with the help of my friend who was along with me.
Thanks to Star Motorcycle and Rv in Bowling Green for picking up my bike after hours and getting me back on the road by 10:30 the next morning.
Regards
Scooper
Posting this to help others that have not experienced this yet.
While on a tip from Indiana to North Carolina I had a puncture in my rear Shinko 705 rear tire while south bound from Owensboro to Bowling Green.
Not knowing it at the time I experienced a vibration at 70 mph . Though it was the road so to check I changed to the fast lane to see if it was the road. Same feel so back to the right lane.
Then it got dramatically worse. Front turn signals were shaking and I realized the rear was going down. By the time I got it slowed down both beads broke loose from the rim and I could not steer at all. Bike drifted to the left lane and at the very end I thought I was going down for sure as the shaking became violent.
Held it upright and stopped on the 24" left median.
Got off and the rear tire was smoking.
After traffic cleared I was able to limp across to the right lane.
I could see through both beads between them an the rim so a patch and repair was out of the question.
If you feel something that just aint right Pull Over and check things out.
I was able to get it picked up for repair with the help of my friend who was along with me.
Thanks to Star Motorcycle and Rv in Bowling Green for picking up my bike after hours and getting me back on the road by 10:30 the next morning.
Regards
Scooper