chunkygoat
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Well i drove by the scrap yard and saw a mangled bike in there. I'm in need of a new rear tire so I figure why not stop in and talk to the guys there. He tells me its a 650 that some young kid died on a year back. I'm checkin it out, and it turns out to be an SV650, completely annihalated, with the exception of the rear tire - a 180/55 - which appears to have 80% tread and only 1 minor scuff. No cracking, no divots or balling going on.
Well after shootin' the sh** with these guys, they tell me they wouldn't feel right selling me a tire off a dead kid's bike. I threw it out there since it was just going to sit and rot, and offered 40$ provided i come back and rip that beast off. He said come back in 2 weeks. So to me, for 40$ for a damn near brand new tire, seems like a no brainer.
This is racking my brain now, and raises the question, is there any moral controversy over riding a tire from a dead rider's bike?
Opinions? Thoughts?
Well after shootin' the sh** with these guys, they tell me they wouldn't feel right selling me a tire off a dead kid's bike. I threw it out there since it was just going to sit and rot, and offered 40$ provided i come back and rip that beast off. He said come back in 2 weeks. So to me, for 40$ for a damn near brand new tire, seems like a no brainer.
This is racking my brain now, and raises the question, is there any moral controversy over riding a tire from a dead rider's bike?
Opinions? Thoughts?