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Dude notices some issues with his Pilot Road 3 rear tires after 10000 miles despite 9999 miles on his bike's odometer (according to people on other forums, it's not a trip), then continues to ride on them, crashing a page later AFTER contacting Michelin, claiming the front blew out at 35 mph. http://www.fz6-forum.com/forum/fz6-general-discussion/35444-michelin-pilot-road-3-here-8.html
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Endless Mike posted:Dude notices some issues with his Pilot Road 3 rear tires after 10000 miles despite 9999 miles on his bike's odometer (according to people on other forums, it's not a trip), then continues to ride on them, crashing a page later AFTER contacting Michelin, claiming the front blew out at 35 mph. Also, there's no way that tire has 10,000 miles on it just based on how much tread is left. I also like how his odometer shows exactly 9,999 miles. He got Pilot Road 3's brand new on a 2006 bike? Trip meters don't display 6 digits like that. Just another rear end in a top hat trying to get rich by making a fuss about a nonexistent problem.
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Jul 2, 2011 02:02
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I'm reserving judgement until he posts a proper picture of the "blown out front". Something weird is up with that tire though. Underinflation can gently caress up a tire, but that's not tearing, that's not consistent, I'd be inclined to say it's a manufacturing defect and he just wasn't forward enough with michelin about it. "Hey guys, I have a problem with my tire" is poo poo they hear every day from idiots who don't know how to ride. Any dealership worth their poo poo should definitely have been on that like crazy. Z3n fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Jul 2, 2011 |
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Jul 2, 2011 02:18
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I really need to check my email more often-- had a chance to ride on the back of the National Guard AMA bike at Mid-Ohio on July 10th but I wasn't one of the first three people to reply to the email that was sent out 
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Jul 2, 2011 02:49
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A guy posted that PR3 article on our local riding wall on facebook and I wanted to call it out for being kinda fishy but figured it'd be a dick move. He listed the title as "STAY THE gently caress AWAY FROM PR3's GUYS!!!!". I mean, I don't think one incident merits completely shunning the tires. The only other bad I've heard is that they aren't as good in the wet as Michelin claimed. The guy seemed way too forward with his "I'm SO anal about my pressures, I promise!" I also think at one point the guy claims that he's so careful because he had an accident with tire pressures over 120mph or something equally dumb. I don't know if I buy for a second that the tires were totally at fault there.
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Jul 2, 2011 02:56
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From page 15 of that thread: Holy hell.
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Jul 2, 2011 14:34
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Crayvex posted:Thanks for the advice, guys. I'll let them "win" for now on. Riding in the 120's was a thrill but it was a pretty big reminder that I don't want to get killed on my bike. Just because you're on a bike doesn't mean you have the exclusive right of being the fastest guy on the highway. I commute to the airport down the M4, and if I don't feel like doing 85+ I stay the hell out of the fast lane, because otherwise I'd have all sorts of minicab minivans up my arse in a hurry to get people to/pick people up from the airport, not to mention all the regional sales managers in their German saloons. Riding someone's rear end is annoying and dangerous, but it all it really means is "I want to go faster than you, move it please" only not so polite. So unless you want to go fast, which lets face it sometimes you do, just move over when it's clear to let the guy past. Only if he wants to play silly-billies and follow you when you move, or block you in, should you get the gently caress out of there. Keep in mind though, if he wants to do 100 and you escape at 120, you aren't really going to be that far up the road once you have to slow down.
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Jul 2, 2011 14:48
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Linedance posted:Keep in mind though, if he wants to do 100 and you escape at 120, you aren't really going to be that far up the road once you have to slow down. You are correct/ I need to take my own advice. Confident, cocky, lazy, dead. I took it real easy on the ride home but I still got a scare when I saw a 18 foot long 1" diameter pipe in my lane.  It was parallel to the road and not across it. It just sort of popped into view when the car in front of me passed it. I just dodged to the right but I think I missed it by only a couple of inches because I just couldn't take my drat eyes off it. I'm not sure what would have happened if I hit it.
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Jul 2, 2011 15:12
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Crayvex posted:I'm not sure what would have happened if I hit it. A perfectly cylindrical motorcycle rider would emerge at the other end, Tom & Jerry style.
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Jul 2, 2011 15:22
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Ola posted:A perfectly cylindrical motorcycle rider would emerge at the other end, Tom & Jerry style. When I was about 10, my dad took me out on a ride on his new XS650 on a curvy road, some kids in a convertible in the outside lane took the inside lane in front of us, leaving us nowhere to go but a field. We went down and I tucked and rolled in a ball, just like gym class gymnastics on those floor mats , for 30 or 40 feet. I'm sure it look like something from a cartoon.
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Jul 2, 2011 15:35
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I thought ai was the furthest away from nerd stuff yet I can't stop imagining super mario sound effects because of the last two posts.
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Jul 2, 2011 18:24
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Ola posted:From page 15 of that thread: Its unfortunate that he wrecked, but this shot is pretty funny with the helmet in the back of the car like he's peeking out immediately after.  e; poo poo apparently that IS him still wearing the helmet. sirbeefalot fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Jul 2, 2011 |
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Jul 2, 2011 18:44
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sirbeefalot posted:e; poo poo apparently that IS him still wearing the helmet.  Well, at least I won't be getting in any accidents right now:  That's a river where the bike path used to be... And I was gonna spend all evening fiddling with my bike and go for a long-rear end ride  EDIT: Other parts of Copenhagen were hit even worse, a measured 150mm in places:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COitSnE43LQ Not exactly bike weather
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Jul 2, 2011 19:30
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Ola posted:From page 15 of that thread: excuse my ignorance as I have never had a tire blow out on me but there has to be more to the story he isn't telling us. Does anyone else think its strange he crashed so hard? Look at the tire to me it looks like the tire just shredded apart and I would think he would have some space to brake, at the very least not ram into his wife so hard as to end up THROUGH the window and fully into the back. or am I completely wrong and that is a perfectly reasonable crash for a blown tire like this?
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Jul 3, 2011 00:40
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SaucyPants posted:excuse my ignorance as I have never had a tire blow out on me but there has to be more to the story he isn't telling us. Does anyone else think its strange he crashed so hard? Look at the tire to me it looks like the tire just shredded apart and I would think he would have some space to brake, at the very least not ram into his wife so hard as to end up THROUGH the window and fully into the back. That's not his tire...its a similar michelin blowout. Looks like the bike made it back upright though.
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Jul 3, 2011 00:46
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Yeah, that's not a Pure, it's either a Power or a Power 2CT. Almost surely:-Inu- posted:a huge recall a few years back for all Made in France Power's and Power 2CT's I will admit that it wouldn't be the first time Michelin has had issues with tires chunking like that. Aside from the Power fiasco, a friend of mine has had a Power Race chunk on him down at Jennings. Not really something you want to happen on the race track. I still think that guy is withholding information though.
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Jul 3, 2011 03:43
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sirbeefalot posted:e; poo poo apparently that IS him still wearing the helmet. Haha, I don't know if that adds or detracts from the tragedy turned into comedy, but it is really funny.
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Jul 3, 2011 14:40
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I think my brain just imploded from the irony: http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...ss=rss_national KozmoNaut posted:
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Jul 3, 2011 16:11
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Yeah, I said "gently caress it" and straightened out my front forks on Friday afternoon. The fender's still a wee bent out of shape, but it's back to being ridable and that makes me happy 
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Jul 3, 2011 16:15
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Forty Two posted:It drat well better improve because I'm going to København this week! What's the occasion, will you be on a bike?
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Jul 3, 2011 16:18
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New York biker dies while protesting helmet laws. http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110703/ap_on_re_us/us_motorcyclist_dies_helmet_protest
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The comments in that article HE LOST HIS LIFE NOT HIS FREEDOM! Doctor Sex Butts fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Jul 3, 2011 |
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Jul 3, 2011 17:35
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quote:Troopers say Contos FTFY, post.
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Slim Pickens posted:FTFY, post. HAD TO LAY ER DOWN
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Jul 3, 2011 19:31
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What blows my mind is that we have mandatory sealt belt laws in all 50 states. Why do motorcyclists think they are special and should be free from safety laws?
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Jul 3, 2011 19:38
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Because, FREEDOM OF CHOICE  *fishtails Harley, dies, jacks up insurance rates for everyone*
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Jul 3, 2011 19:44
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KozmoNaut posted:What's the occasion, will you be on a bike? Unforunately not, I'm just heading through Kastrup on my way to glorious communist Sweden. I was thinking about taking the bike next time though!
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Jul 3, 2011 19:49
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Forty Two posted:Unforunately not, I'm just heading through Kastrup on my way to glorious communist Sweden. I was thinking about taking the bike next time though! Be sure to drop a note if you take the bike next time
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Jul 3, 2011 20:11
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This is pretty drat awesome. Keep on riding, Vince. http://bakersfieldharley-davidson.createsend2.com/t/ViewEmail/r/91ED7FF23CF347D1/E16E7DB8F31470D4C5EC08CADFFC107B quote:Join us to celebrate local hero, Vincent J. Anslinger's 93rd birthday, this Sunday, July 3rd starting at 11:30.
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Slim Pickens posted:FTFY, post. So using your rear brakes also throws you over your handlebars? How are you supposed to stop, then?
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Luckily they don't get going that fast in the first place.
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Uthor posted:So using your rear brakes also throws you over your handlebars? How are you supposed to stop, then? LAYER DAN
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KozmoNaut posted:Be sure to drop a note if you take the bike next time Thanks, I will! I hope your English or Swedish is good, because my Danish is loving awful.
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Forty Two posted:Thanks, I will! I hope your English or Swedish is good, because my Danish is loving awful. I have a couple of Swedish colleagues and have weekly conference calls in English with the Indians we've outsourced a bunch of stuff to. I'll manage 
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Danish head bobble.
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Megabuttes posted:Because, FREEDOM OF CHOICE Equally laughable is how ABATE immediately went into full damage control mode to distance themselves from the rider by claiming: - He wasn't a card carrying member of the organization--"Contos wasn't a member of ABATE...he was one of the public who wanted to join in support of helmet freedom." As if membership would have magically produced a different outcome. - This wasn't his primary ride. "An officer of my group said there may have been equipment difficulties for the rider...apparently he was riding a motorcycle that wasn't his usual one. Some vehicles have different quirks." Honestly, is there a bigger network of douchebags in the entire history of motorcycling? If you've never experienced this particular freedom, let me sum it up for you. It's actually quite lovely up until about 30 mph. Beyond that, the descent into SUCK is exponential. With the possible exceptions of a shakedown ride down your street and a closed movie set, it has near zero practical utility. It's as if the NRA began fighting for your constitutional right to use a side grip at a gun range.
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I had to ride without gloves for about 60 miles yesterday, copping rocks to my hands sucked
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/\/\ That's the thing I don't get. I've had some rocks ding my helmet that would have easily disoriented me enough if not flat out knocked me off the loving bike, that's to say nothing of the countless bugs that splatter on your visor in the summer time.Marv Hushman posted:If you've never experienced this particular freedom, let me sum it up for you. It's actually quite lovely up until about 30 mph. Beyond that, the descent into SUCK is exponential. With the possible exceptions of a shakedown ride down your street and a closed movie set, it has near zero practical utility. I mean, I do a lot of squid riding on my cruiser these days (it's been a while since I've worn my leathers). But even my sense of preservation kicks in at the idea of riding anywhere outside of a parking lot without a helmet. And honestly, if you aren't getting enough 'freedom' from motorcycling in jeans and a tshirt with a full-face on you're most likely after an image rather then enjoying the actual ride.
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Crayvex posted:What blows my mind is that we have mandatory sealt belt laws in all 50 states. Why do motorcyclists think they are special and should be free from safety laws? because ain't NOBODY gonna tell me what to do, specially not no government *checks speed limit, slows down for red light*
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I had a rock shatter the shield on my Shoei X11; no damage to me other than the $35 for a new shield. I'll gladly pay $35 to not take a major league fastball to the face with no protection. I wonder if the no helmet people consider MLB catchers pussies?
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