Rear tire replacement

[Randy B]

Just as a safety note I would never plug a motorcycle tire except in a pinch until I could get a new tire. Tires for this bike are cheap and easy to replace
You only have one life the way I ride a blow out at high speed could be catastrophic. Also last time i ordered tires from Dennis's Kirk I had them in 2 days literally it was a great buying experience.

I agree with this, but I will say this about the factory Bridgestones....
I hit a piece of broken concrete that was in the middle of the freeway at 75mph and blew out my front tire....and didn't realize it was flat. The steering got a bit heavy so I knew something was up, but I never lost control of the bike or felt unsafe. I didn't know it was actually flat until I got off the freeway....20 or so miles later. Yeah, I probably should have stopped, but being on the side of the freeway in pre-dawn light on SF bay area roads is not my idea of a safe place to be, so I kept going.
Amazingly there was no damage to the inside of the tire that I would have expected to see from riding on a flat tire, only the hole from the initial puncture.

I in no way would recommend doing this, but I really had no idea the tire was flat, and this just speaks volumes to me about the quality of the tire that Bridgestone created for this bike.

Here is a map of how far I rode.