Nail in my tire

I found a nail in my tire on the way home from niagara!!

its probably still there.

 

almost three years riding, and over 72,000 km and never a flat. Dammit, I'll proly get one tomorrow.

 

24k miles here. Not a single flat either.

 

I got my first flat the second month I had the VFR which was my first motorcycle.


Good Part...Luckily I noticed it on campus before I got out of the 25mph zones. The bike stalled on me as I was manuevring slowly through the parking lot. Thought it was odd, until I realized my steering was f***ed up. Must have happened as I was riding out of the parking lot of a dorm that was under renovation. Went from a full rear tire to a flat rear tire in less than 10 minutes!!

Bad Part...stranded on empty college campus two weeks before school started at 3am on a Sunday morning and almost 70 miles from home. It was a long 5 hours before my dad could bring my truck over to pick me and the bike up.


I hope it's my one and only.

 

Lucky, you obviously don't ride on well shagged Piliot Powers in the wet.

 

Two sets of Dunlops and Michelin Pilot Road2's as we speak. And your right. I haven't run on ragged tires. I can't afford that risk as the vast majority of my riding is freeway speeds +. I change tires soon as they are needed. Lots of tread always left on the shoulders but the center is smooth.

And I do get wet. I have developed webbed feet. Rains 13 months of the year here.

 

Once while riding in the middle of the Gobi Desert I......