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55 mph front tire failure
09/25/17 at 07:41:02

Yesterday I experienced a front tire failure at 55 mph. It felt like the wind was blowing hard from the left for 5 seconds then bam..... It pulled me off the road to the right into a field. Not sure if this is what you are supposed to do, but I grabbed the clutch, pumped the back brakes, and it steered itself 30 yards off the road to the right. If I was going to completely lose control I was prepared to push the bike to the left and go as far right from as I could. I was able to keep it up right, but holy $hit. I looked at the tire and it looked just fine. I think I'm going to move onto something with aluminum wheels and tubeless tires.

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Re: 55 mph front tire failure
Reply #1 - 09/25/17 at 09:02:06

You are lucky if the beads stayed in place......when they come off the tire just wanders around aimlessly - and there is no control at all.

I am glad you got of of it without falling over......a 55mph skid is never a good thing.

I have a friend who just converted his Triumph spoked wheel to tubeless.....but the rim has shoulders like a tubeless rim. I don't know if the Savage rims can be converted safely.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 55 mph front tire failure Reply #2 - 09/25/17 at 09:02:47 Most of the '80's GS series uses a similar wheel that'll fit on the savage. The GS450 has a disc that's the same thickness but needs the diameter cut down. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1366486692
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 55 mph front tire failure Reply #3 - 09/25/17 at 09:15:37 Punctured or just Poof?
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: 55 mph front tire failure Reply #4 - 09/25/17 at 10:34:51 pq, thank God you are ok. And thanks for letting us know what it is like. I hope to never experience it, but hopefully will be better prepared now for such an event.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10667 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: 55 mph front tire failure Reply #5 - 09/25/17 at 11:28:24 springman wrote on 09/25/17 at 10:34:51: pq, thank God you are ok. And thanks for letting us know what it is like. I hope to never experience it, but hopefully will be better prepared now for such an event. YEP YEP YEP
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Online Thumpers Rule Posts: 5111 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: 55 mph front tire failure Reply #6 - 09/25/17 at 12:16:28 Go buy some lotto tickets cause you are one lucky mofo ! Great save , Scary huh ! You can toss that pair of shorts !
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pg Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 5273 In Transit	Re: 55 mph front tire failure Reply #7 - 09/25/17 at 12:59:08 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/25/17 at 09:15:37: Punctured or just Poof? No didn't poof. I'm going to look at better protective gear as well. No more 3/4 egg shell for me, and the thought of 1000 cordura doesn't sound that expensive anymore. Best regards,
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engineer Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 872 Gender:	Re: 55 mph front tire failure Reply #8 - 09/25/17 at 18:25:05 Congrats on saving the day (and yourself) with some skilled riding. It could have been so much worse it makes feel a little queasy just reading about it. Glad you're OK. Do you have any info about the tire you can share like was it old, worn, new, did it get punctured or did it fail in some other way etc.
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Re: 55 mph front tire failure
Reply #9 - 09/26/17 at 09:14:13

Yea PG

I love my LS but all my other bikes have mag wheels . The LS will too if I fall into a deal on a pair of them GS wheels someday.

Glad your still LIVING and LEARNING !

What do ya think initiated the failure ? I had a similar failure (puncture) on the rear once and the rear brake by it's self kept me strait till I got stopped.

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pg Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 5273 In Transit	Re: 55 mph front tire failure Reply #10 - 09/26/17 at 09:42:18 I inspected the tire and it couldn't see any abnormalities. I suspect it had to do with the spokes. I remember looking at the rim strips the last time the tire was changed, the old ones were a bit chewed up. I cut off the gas idled away whatever was in the carb. I put it up for the time being. Best regards,
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 55 mph front tire failure Reply #11 - 09/26/17 at 10:01:10 Front tire failure is usually the prelude to a bad get off. I'm glad you got away with it. Knowing what did it could help us all avoid it.
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Re: 55 mph front tire failure
Reply #12 - 09/26/17 at 10:09:56

pg wrote on 09/26/17 at 09:42:18:

...I cut off the gas idled away whatever was in the carb. I put it up for the time being.

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FYI there is still gas in the bottom of the carb. It's mostly below the jets so is should be fine. Still, I'd at lease run it on full choke till it runs out.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 55 mph front tire failure Reply #13 - 09/26/17 at 12:08:53 I'd open the bowl drain. I hope you air the tube up to see what happened.
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MShipley Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 681	Re: 55 mph front tire failure Reply #14 - 09/27/17 at 07:41:17 God bless you, glad you are OK.
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