Blown Tire Experiences & Reactions

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Looking to hear from riders who have had blown tires while riding high or lows speeds, in corners in straight aways.. Any scenario.

The point is for that have not had it to learn from those that have experienced it.
 
Just had one last week.
Was going to work on the 401 just past Kipling.
I ran over something. I heard it under the front tire, and then the back tire hit it and picked it up and threw it and it bounced around the tail section of my bike.
I thought, that wasn't good. And then I though about how stupid I was to not have see the thing.
Right away, I thought I was going to get two flats, but kept riding.
I kept shaking the bike to see if either was going flat.
Third time I checked, I felt squishyness from the rear.
Damn, I had to get off the 401 quick.
By the time I got to Weston Rd. it has lost almost all of the air.
I had to wait for the light to turn green, at which point it was completely gone.
Limped into Canadian Tire lot, parked it and called the wife to come get me so I could go home and get tools.
Took the rear wheel into Rosey Toes, just around the corner, and on my merry way.
Thank God for Ted.

It was a large gash, could not be salvaged, don't think I would have wanted a repaired tire on my bike anyway.
Luckily I had a spare tire at home.
 
Each time ive had a tire go it was just a flat from a screw/nail not a blow out. At high speed 100kmh+ and at low speed 40kmh felt like the thing was riding on ice. Really squirming around. get off the throttle and let the engine braking slow the bike down, dont slam brakes on.
 
Yesterday on 401 west near port hope my rear pirelli went flat. I originally thought it was an engine failure because I was in sixth trying to accelerate and my duc felt like my 250 lol.
So i downshifted to 5th thinking perhaps my 6th was screwed. Same thing no power. Then the bike just started shaking violently and i thought to myself this is it I'm going down.
Luckily I remained calm, no cars beside me, eased off the throttle, no brakes, and pulled off to right shoulder.
Could have been worse. Like downunder said, use engine braking. Luckily the monster has loads of that
 
Had a blow out (rear tubed tire) at downtown speed. Very wobbly, very unnerving. Lucky to not crash. I would not want this to happen on hiway.
 
Had a rear tire rapidly go flat on the DVP (at night, so I was actually travelling at speed at the time). Very spooky feeling, the bike was yawing like a ship or something.
 
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Had the closest call of my life ever due to a flat - last year.

401 express lanes, right before bayview where the collector lanes merge in.
Doing about 160 and accelerating lightly. Had just gone over a construction patch.

Rear tire goes flat in a few seconds (realized this after I got off the bike) - I thought the rear WHEEL had come loose - recently had new tires put on.
Only way i can describe the feeling is: felt like the motorcycle was drifting on ice from one side to the other, without the tire spinning. VERY AWKWARD.

Immediately slowed down and downshifted... swerved out of the way from hitting a trailer (missed him by a hairs length).
Reflecting back, I had a deathgrip on the handlebars, probably not a good thing.

I don't have any suggestions as i essentially held on for dear life and hoped to not be thrown over the guardrail into the collector lanes.

On a plus note, bike slowed down very quickly
 
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Great thread...
 
Got a punctured front tire a couple weeks ago on highway 11...was trying to fight the bike off the highway into a gas station could barely steer it...didn't even know it was a flat tire at first so I thought there was something wrong with my bike because it was heavy and wobbly and kept wanting to go to one side...luckily a very nice GTAM member happened to stop in the same gas station and patch it up for me :)
 
In 17 years I have not experienced a flat tire. I've noticed that no one has said that they shifted their weight forward or backward depending on which tire blew out? Or is this automatically done? Just ride it out until you stop? Just curious on what steps should be done.
 
My tire didn't blow, but rapidly lost all air, this was at night coming down 400 to hwy 401 West exit, happened as I was turning in, scared me to ****, couldn't steer, limped to a gas station, filled up and taking side roads, got home, didn't deflate again...
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