Ben_H
Junior Member
A 1% failure rate is NOT ACCEPTABLE IMHO.
Not for bikes anyway.
I know but that's life
A 1% failure rate is NOT ACCEPTABLE IMHO.
Not for bikes anyway.
I do wonder though, how many of these tires have failed, and the story hasn't made it to the internet, or the rider chalked it up to road debris.
OK.. I'm thinking it's time to really spread the word (since this is the 2nd set of PR3s I see this happen to and Michelin reps are being total a-holes about it..). I propose we all post up pictures and short explanation on Facebook and ask others to re-post. BEFORE we do this though, I want to make sure Speed_Racer is OK with this idea and anyone please chime in if you think it's not a good idea.
Did that guy from last year with the PR3s ever post an update? His story always seemed a bit fishy to me.
OP, what was the date number on your tires? The sidewall should have a 4 digit number where the first two digits make up the week of manufacture and the last two are the year.
I am okay with any action taken that might save someone from crashing and/or dying due to a faulty tyre!
+1..too many unknowns at this point.
-Potential road debris.
-Inproper inflation, or loss of inflation due to leak (or road debris)
-Conditions where failure occoured (Temp, speed, pressures ect)
-Mfgr location
-Mrgr Date.
I'm surprised that there are not more issues, if in fact this was a tire (tyre) issue.
At this point, I would suspect one of the top two unknowns.
If this was a real issue (not saying it wasnt for this original poster) I am sure that Michelin would have had a full blown (ha!) recall on the whole lot.
So I went to court and the judge wanted us to have a tire expert on hand. I offered to reschedule and get a specialist there, but the Michelin attorney goes into this sappy spill about how much resources Michelin had wasted sending him such a long way there for nothing and motioned for a dismissal. The judge bought it and dismissed the case... I am so frustrated she wouldn't even hear the case out or reschedule but I'm not sure what to do now. Any ideas? Should I just call it a loss and go on with life? I just hate to think this could affect others and I failed to do anything about it...
So I went to court and the judge wanted us to have a tire expert on hand. I offered to reschedule and get a specialist there, but the Michelin attorney goes into this sappy spill about how much resources Michelin had wasted sending him such a long way there for nothing and motioned for a dismissal. The judge bought it and dismissed the case... I am so frustrated she wouldn't even hear the case out or reschedule but I'm not sure what to do now. Any ideas? Should I just call it a loss and go on with life? I just hate to think this could affect others and I failed to do anything about it...
So I went to court and the judge wanted us to have a tire expert on hand. I offered to reschedule and get a specialist there, but the Michelin attorney goes into this sappy spill about how much resources Michelin had wasted sending him such a long way there for nothing and motioned for a dismissal. The judge bought it and dismissed the case... I am so frustrated she wouldn't even hear the case out or reschedule but I'm not sure what to do now. Any ideas? Should I just call it a loss and go on with life? I just hate to think this could affect others and I failed to do anything about it...
my car tire pretty much started to melt after i caught a nail on my hour-long commute. i suspect the loss of air and high speed, high temp build up caused the tire to deform.
i was able to pull off the hwy and put the spare on. i saw the hole where the nail was, too.
i suspect the same thing happened to you and a few other folks on THE ALMIGHTY INTERNET.
so go ahead and hate me for saying what i think :ban: