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Blowout...

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This turned up on the FB Street Triple group :shock:

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Poster's looking for a new rear muguard & No plate holder,said that she was on a motorway in Ireland,I think she must have hit something sharp :wtf:
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Re: Blowout...

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:shock: Looks like a nearly new tyre too.
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Re: Blowout...

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Wow. Dramatic stuff. :o
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Re: Blowout...

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Ouch

Interesting that the inner carcass still seems to have held its shape, so delamination rather than puncture?

If so:
https://www.tyresnorthampton.com/news/w ... n%20occurs.

"Tyre delamination is the process by which a tyre separates into its various components parts due to wear, heat, improper inflation or a combination of those things."
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Re: Blowout...

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Very strange that. 🤔
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Re: Blowout...

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Defo delaminated.

Either a defective tyre, or because she was on the motorway didn't notice that she'd got a flat (I only really notice when I get to a corner) and it massively overheated.

Not a blow out imho, which is supposed to be a catastrophic instant deflation.
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Makes sense that. 👆
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Re: Blowout...

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I think KFB's theory makes sense,unusual & scary thing to happen all the same :shock: .
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Re: Blowout...

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KungFooBob wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 5:55 pm Defo delaminated.

Either a defective tyre, or because she was on the motorway didn't notice that she'd got a flat (I only really notice when I get to a corner) and it massively overheated.

Not a blow out imho, which is supposed to be a catastrophic instant deflation.
I'd agree - that's a delaminated tyre.

If it had run fast and flat, I'm sure you'd see some blueing, and some little 'rolls' of rubber on the undamaged part.

Tubeless tyres don't - in my experience - blow out... even when someone tossed a bottle under my rear wheel in Wimbledon, and put a 3" gash in the tyre, the tyre went down slowly enough for me to stop under control. Tubes can split and then deflate almost instantaneously. That's seriously scary...
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Re: Blowout...

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I had a blowout on my Triumph tt600 in yellow 🙂 many years ago. Doing about 60/70 probs. It sounded like a bomb going off. One inch hole right through rear tyre and was flat in seconds. It did give me time in pull up without taking a tumble, which was nice.

Completely wrecked numberplate and indicators. The culprit was a great big bolt having a rest in the road, probably belonging to some farmer. 🚜
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