[ramonesfreak]

My 911 has been stuck in the shop for a suspension refresh since the first week of June. I’ve lost most of the driving season and I’ve been sitting in my empty garage bored thinking/obsessing about un-retiring from motorcycling. I’ve already decided I’m ready, have the bike picked out and made a list of mods…. but I guess I’m waiting for my wife’s blessing which won’t be coming anytime soon so…most likely I’ll just end up buying it and dealing with the aftermath.

Thinking back on my riding years, my biggest fear was a catastrophic tire blow out at highway speed. I once noticed a nail in my back tire as I was leaving the driveway on a 500 mile trip. Got it plugged and off I went. I hear people say, mostly when arguing in favor of laced wheels with tubes, that such an occurrence is rare and not worth worrying about. I don’t know, with my car, not a year goes by when I don’t get a nail in a tire at least once. Just a few weeks ago I picked up a nail in the dealers lot while getting an oil change. My second nail of the year. Not that a nail in a tire means a blow out is inevitable….rather it’s just another reminder that tires are very vulnerable

Anyway, if you ride/rode did you ever have a blow out at high speed? What happened, how did it turn out, and what if anything did you learn from the experience?

Btw, my next 2 biggest fears are white tail dear and hitting a pool of standing water after a storm