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[kz1000st]

www.madisonrecord.com/news/244001-motor-scooter-fatality-blamed-on-deflated-tire

[Bashan]

I got a comment....5,000 MILES!! He let the tire go 5,000 miles on a scooter!? What an idiot, motorcycle tires don't go that long. Good luck suing Qlink too, they're toast. Rich

[kz1000st]

Not just any scooter, Rich. One with a 10 inch rear wheel. My wife just smoked off her rear tire on the Rebel at 5200 and the front is on the wear indicators at 6,000. It's an 18 inch wheel front, a 15 rear and a Bridgestone to boot. Plus his and her injuries indicate a lack of headwear to me. I won't ride my bicycle without a lid, much less a 70 mph scooter.

Oops. I guess I did comment.

[tmec]

Its always someone elses fault. Welcome to America where people take on no personal responsibility and have no common sense.
Hot coffee will burn you so be sure to just sue McDonalds for MILLIONS when you spill it on yourself.

[nulldevice]

May 15, 2012 16:07:14 GMT -6 Bashan said:

I got a comment....5,000 MILES!! He let the tire go 5,000 miles on a scooter!? What an idiot, motorcycle tires don't go that long. Good luck suing Qlink too, they're toast. Rich

I typically get 5000 miles from the rear tire on my scooter, two times that on the front, and they aren't bald when I change them.

[nulldevice]

May 15, 2012 17:01:43 GMT -6 kz1000st said:

Not just any scooter, Rich. One with a 10 inch rear wheel. My wife just smoked off her rear tire on the Rebel at 5200 and the front is on the wear indicators at 6,000. It's an 18 inch wheel front, a 15 rear and a Bridgestone to boot. Plus his and her injuries indicate a lack of headwear to me. I won't ride my bicycle without a lid, much less a 70 mph scooter.

Oops. I guess I did comment.

The ten inch wheel is a non-issue. A ten inch wheel with a high profile tire has nearly the same diameter as a 13 inch wheel with a low profile tire.

[kz1000st]

Let me ask you.

the rear tire became severely worn after only five thousand miles of use and failed," the suit states.

At what point did the owner notice the tire was severely worn? I don't know about you but I know what shape my tire is in and it's in need of changing before the season's out. Part of owning anything on wheels is knowing what shape your tire is in. If you can describe it as "severely worn" and you still ride or drive on it you're only begging for trouble.

As I said to my infant stepson years ago, "If you go looking for trouble and you find it don't come crying to me

[89newbie]

May 24, 2012 13:03:28 GMT -6 kz1000st said:

Let me ask you.

the rear tire became severely worn after only five thousand miles of use and failed," the suit states.

At what point did the owner notice the tire was severely worn? I don't know about you but I know what shape my tire is in and it's in need of changing before the season's out. Part of owning anything on wheels is knowing what shape your tire is in. If you can describe it as "severely worn" and you still ride or drive on it you're only begging for trouble.

As I said to my infant stepson years ago, "If you go looking for trouble and you find it don't come crying to me

People and tires are idiots. Had a woman last week that wanted to replace a bald tire, (legally by DOT standards all of her tires were bald), but she was worried about the one showing cords from bad allignment!