Modern Vespa

"riding" through rush hour traffic yesterday as you do flying past cars inside and out with that Fuoco ear to ear grin, happy smiley face 'cos it's Friday home time and I am on my scoot having fun 8)

Then I notice the Fuoco aint as responsive in the tight turns kinda like a soft rear tyre BUT it's managable so no big deal.

Checked the rear when I got home, yes it's hot and sticky but I just rode 4 miles so I put the strange handling down to a dzl spill or something similar?

Most here are "old" enuf to know what a rear puncture feels like on a bike but this was diffo, not the full "running on rails" feedback! Most here know the devastation a front tyre / tire blowout instills IE instant tyre off and down you go!!!

Yup, you guessed it my OSF tyre / NSF tire was F L A T and off the rim

Go try this on two wheels, I have, the scars remain as a reminder

Having 2 flat front tyres would suggest they didnt go down by themselves ?

2 years ago I blew a rear tire on my 250. I heard a loud bang and felt a bump, but did not know I had a tire problem until I stopped to see what might have been damaged. I hought I had run over something I didn't see. I found a large hole in rear tire.

Don't tell me an MP3 is not a safer ride.

Of course running a tire this long wasn't the safe thing to do.

Rear Tire Blow Out

NOT 2 I was trying to cover Brit and USA IE..

NSF tyre for people who ride on the correct side of the road.

OSF tire for those who ride on the wrong side of the road and cnt spell properli.

Off side front tyre, near side front tire.

SHEESH

Do you ride on a side or do you dodge roo's snakes and drunks?

"NSF tyre for people who ride on the correct side of the road.

OSF tire for those who ride on the wrong side of the road and cnt spell properli.

Off side front tyre, near side front tire."

Oh, yes, that's all just fine. But why don't you just clear it all up with saying which side is the windward side, ya see?

If I follow this correctly, the right front tire/tyre had some sort of failure. Or maybe it was the left.

Got it.

(One of those cases where information gets in the way of understanding?)