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Apr 1, 2009 | 06:18 PM

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Definitely.. I can't really tell you if I was using the breaks or not because I was in panic mode I guess. But I highly doubt I could have used the front brakes considering how terribly bad the bike was wobbling.

Oh, and the tire is like that all the way around... Its not really one flat spot, its all burned up equally throughout the tire.

Apr 1, 2009 | 06:27 PM

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Oh, and the tire is like that all the way around... Its not really one flat spot, its all burned up equally throughout the tire.

An explanation could be that as you slide a bike going down , the rear wheel quite often still rotates ..and it prolly was going sideways as well !!

This acts like a humongous sanding machine running across the tire, scuffing it up all the way around..

just my2cents worth

Apr 1, 2009 | 07:40 PM

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The flat spot looks to be pretty proportionate to the center. Now unless your bike ended up with the rear still spinning (in the center) ,somehow, after you bailed, I can't really see what could have happened there.

I have heard somewhere; Rule #1: Don't Panic

Apr 1, 2009 | 08:12 PM

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Nar
..rule #1 = don't crash
..rule #2 = try not to panic
..rule #3 = if you do panic , don't tell anyone LOL

and hey ..my tire theory was just a shot in the dark LOL

But I have this picture in my of him totally under control , all sideways .. hard on the front brake, full gas , doing the most incredible power rear wheel burnout to try to save her as she was going over and all as calm as a cucumber

Apr 1, 2009 | 08:32 PM

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I have heard somewhere; Rule #1: Don't Panic

...easier said

Apr 3, 2009 | 02:28 AM

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No doubt, I don't ever want to meet this creature called the "Death Wobble"

Apr 3, 2009 | 03:45 AM

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No doubt, I don't ever want to meet this creature called the "Death Wobble"

In the old days we called these terror attacks from our rides , "Tank Slappers!!" because when they got real bad , your legs and knees would get chucked back and fourth , side to side slapping the tank !! as she bucked and wobbled...

I have been unfortunate to have had this happen ALLOT! on my first road ride ,a 1975 new 900 kawasaki ZIB
(I rolled over 100,000klm on her

) , before I moded her frame and quite a few other things, would do these tank slappers at anything over 100mph if she got unstable from bumps or dips on the road..