Tire Tread Separation?

[Anita]

Hmmm... Thats the first I have heard of this from a VX'er. 2 yr-old tires and they did that? That sounds suspect. Glad you were okay.

[etlsport]

how fast do you typically drive? i think the stock tires on the 18" rims are only rated up to like 95mph.. going overly fast could lead to them coming apart faster... when i bought my vx it had duelers on it that were bald .. i couldve mistaken them for racing slicks haha.. so i just replaced them with the same thing.. kinda makes me nervous.. but like anita said, ive never heard of that happening to another VXer

[Capri]

I typically don't drive faster than 75mph. On this long road trip, I was doing about 65-70. The tire shop guys believe if I went 80-90mph, the VX would of flipped...

Glad I survived it (and a horrible fuel leak later on caused by the separation that required a fire truck's attention)

[Joe_Black]

I still have my original Duelers from the '01 Dragon and one of them has a "bubble" about 4 or 5 inches in diameter due to beginning tread separation. They have about 20K miles on them.

[transio]

Wait a sec... did you flip or not?

[Capri]

nope didn't flip, thank goodness

[Mark B]

I have the original Bridgestone Duelers on my 2000 VX. The tires still look good. 38,000 miles. I am getting worried about the tires after reading what happened to Capri. Should I worry about the tires?