2008 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTCU Tires Problems

THE INSIDE OF TIRE CAME APART. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHTCU MOTORCYCLE, WITH DUNLOP D402 TIRES, LINE SIZE MU85B16 M/C77H, DOT NUMBER: 301823DAF4M18M. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH, WHEN THE REAR TIRE WENT FLAT. THE VEHICLE SKIDDED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, AND LANDED FLAT AS THE CONTACT AND PASSENGER WERE THROWN 100 FEET FROM THE VEHICLE. BOTH THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE TIRE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE TO THE CONTACT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,000. UPDATED 8/29/11 *CN UPDATED 09/26/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HARLEY DAVIDSON ULTRA CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THIS WAS THE SECOND SET OF TIRES THAT DELAMINATED. THERE WERE ALSO LARGE PIECES OF THE TIRE SEPARATING ON SEVEN DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE TIRE; ALTHOUGH, THERE WAS 95% OF THE TREAD DEPTH THAT WAS STILL ON THE TIRES. THE TIRE BRAND NAME, METZLER ME880 MARATHON, SIZE MU85B/16, DOT# XE13J7032609 AND SERIAL #E375R0023664.