Michelin Pilot Road 4 GT tyre blew going down freeway on my Honda ST1300PA Using recommended 42psi. I had checked tyre-pressure and oil-level before ride, both perfect. I did figure-8 in front of house to verify steering and wheel-bearings OK. First 10-minutes of ride went fine. Then I started hearing rhythmic sound like ridin…
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Michelin Pilot Road 4 GT tyre blew going down freeway on my Honda ST1300PA Using recommended 42psi. I had checked tyre-pressure and oil-level before ride, both perfect. I did figure-8 in front of house to verify steering and wheel-bearings OK. First 10-minutes of ride went fine. Then I started hearing rhythmic sound like riding over washboard surface. Then I got rear-end weaving back & forth, so I pulled off. Halfway down off-ramp, I felt rim touch down from loss of pressure! I certainly didn't hit anything to cause even a single hole that large. And definitely not something 10x in row to cause that many holes. Regular spacing shows it's some sort of internal delamination of cords? Tyres have about 7-8k miles. Wear-bars shows I've got another 2-3k miles left. Bike has 19K-miles and on 2nd set of tyres. Everything was running perfectly with no problems until this happened. Damage looks like blood-packs used in movies, blowing from inside out.
ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES, THE OWNER'S MANUALS CONTAIN INCORRECT CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S (NHTSA) VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: THE LANGUAGE IN THE OWNER'S MANUALS IS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS.
Remedy: HONDA WILL SEND A POSTCARD TO DEALERS AND OWNERS WITH THE CORRECT NHTSA VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE INFORMATION AND WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO INSERT THE CARD INTO THE "REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS" SECTION OF THE OWNER'S MANUAL. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 2, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HONDA AT 1-800-999-1009, ACURA AT 1-800-382-2238 OR HONDA MOTORCYCLES AT 1-866-784-1870.
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