I was doing in the neighborhood of 130 over the Dumbarton Bridge and when I slowed on the other side, felt a little wiggle. I came to a stop and noticed a nail had done the job on a tire.
BTW, this was on my VFR. No drama, no worries, but thank God it was on my back tire. You would be amazed at how difficult it is to push a 500 lb motorcycle with a flat tire... Brice -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Matthew Yip Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 8:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Blown tire.... You obviously did something wrong - to properly slow after having a blowout, you should press the brake pedal thru the firewall and saw violently at the steering wheel, ultimately causing the car to flip over numerous times - oh, wait - you don't drive an Exploder... Glad to hear that your trauma wasn't significant. --- [email protected] wrote: > A while ago there was a thread about blowing a tire. > Somebody said that it wasn't real scary and that you > could just slow and pull over. I was doubtful...until > today. I blew a 3 inch hole in a pretty decent tire at > about 70 or so and there was no trauma. Just slow down > and pull over. It was a rear on an A2 Jetta and I still > think a front would be worse, but this was no big deal. ===== Matthew Yip http://www.geocities.com/mgyip/ '81 Rabbit diesel - '87 GTi 16v "General Li" - '88 M5 - '99 F350 psd __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
