I think I used up my allotment of luck today
 

I had the rear tire blowout on my motorcycle at 65mph on the way home from work just a bit ago.
I'm obviously OK, and other than the tire, the bike is fine, but I'm pretty sure my pants are going to need a good cleaning.

Congrats on not dying.

Now play the lotto just in case..

damn! Glad you're ok dude

I think I would rather the rear blow out than the front. Havent had either happen personally. *knock on wood*

Glad you are okay as well.

So what happened when the tire blew out? Did you just instantly lose control of the bike and fly off? Or were able to control it enough to slow down and I guess slide as safe as you could? What was that like?

I heard a kind of, but not extremely loud (think 20g shotgun) pop and then the ass-end started jumping left/right/wherever it wanted to go. I kept thinking about tying one in the back of a truck and told myself, Keep the front stable and the back will be OK....it can't fall over (while also looking for a place to jump if need be). Stayed off of the brake and rode it to a stop.
All in all, not very dramatic, but it scared the hall out of me for a minute.

I agree with you though Scorp, probably better the back than the front. it's the first time that's happened to me in over 25 years of riding as well.

Too much air pressure or just went boom?

Glad you are not on a morphine pump now with severe road rash

Back in the 80's when I was young I decided to open my bike up a little to see what she'd do. We rented a farmhouse on a lonely blacktop so I thought what the heck.

Got it up past 95 and was coming up on our corner so I backed it down. As I slowed down the bike started to wobble in the rear end. Got it stopped and found a nail in my rear tire. Since my daughter was less than 2 years old I considered it a sign from a higher being. I never screwed around like that again.

just went boom....needed replaced in about another 2K miles or so (or so I thought)

Thanks all....I just thought it was kinda interesting and since I never have anything interesting worth sharing....

Get a big bike 1600cc+ and everytime you look down at the speedo you are going 80mph

When I got my Roadstar Silverado (2002) 1602cc I rode it to work the first day and on my way home a small toyota pickup passed me.... he got like 100ft ahead of me in the left lane and her had a blowout in the front right tire and it sprayed me with metal and rubber.... Scared the hell outta me

I live on 3 miles of gravel now so keeping a bike clean isn't worth owning it.

That is some seriously scary shit meng. Glad to hear you are safe.

you are lucky,dude
never had one let loose over 30 mph