Friday afternoon, 4:30pm, Labor Day weekend 2012... I40 just west of Little Rock AR. 2up heavy loaded trailer, 80(+)mph passing an 18 wheeler, when I heard whoosh whoosh whoosh...
When my Driveguard RF had been installed on a new (to me) spare rim they had failed to change out the valve stem I had brought them, but I hadn’t noticed that i was still on the OEM rubber mounted valve stem. It failed. Completely. 0 air.
With the heavy air coming off the truck, I felt a bit of a wiggle. Kept the throttle steady and continued my pass. Pulled off on the next exit, about 2 miles later (did I mention 0 pressure?). Realized what had happened, got back on the bike and rode the bike at 65mph on up the interstate another 15 miles to a Loves Truck stop tire shop. Holiday weekend, 4:50pm, they informed me they were waiting til 5 so they could close the doors. They wouldn’t work on a motorcycle. I asked what would happen if I walked the tire into their shop before 5? Would they break the bead and replace the valve stem with a shorty rubber stem? They laughed and bet me that that was a hypothetical that wouldn’t happen, but if it did they’d do it if it was in their shop before 5pm when they closed. I unloaded my tools, threw the bike over on her side in the grass in front of their shop and popped the tire off, rolling it into their shop at 4:58.
At 5:15 the bike was back on its feet and the guys in the shop were standing and watching with their mouths open. No charge, weekend riding in the Ozark saved (it would have been Tuesday before anything would have happened if the tire had been a MT)
Rode that tire another 17k after that with no issues...
And that’s my story. Nothing but RF for me....
YMMV
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