EXCELENT Yamaha Shop in Eastern Arizona

[V7Goose]

If you are traveling through Eastern Arizona, you might want to tuck this info away for future reference - there is an excellent Yamaha shop in Show Low, AZ: Show Low Motorsports.

 

I was heading back towards Texas this morning, and about 10 miles east of Show Low I blew the rear tire at 65 MPH - pretty bad, it un-beaded from the rim and the bike was virtually uncontrollable, went into a sideways 'slide' from the tire rolling off one side of the rim and it drifted into the left lane and off the side of the road before I could scrub off enough speed to get it stopped. Thankfully the oncoming traffic avoided me, and I kept it right side up! Wife was on the back, and she handled herself perfectly in the situation too - probably the only reason I kept it under control.

 

With the tire loose from the rim, no possibility of repairing it on the side of the road. But we were wonderfully fortunate to have another rider come by who know the local area (also a Venture owner, but on one of the 'other' brands today!). Bill Poor told me about the shop in Show Low, and after we contacted them and waited a while for them to get back in touch, he decided to ride back and coordinate our rescue - a REAL class act. Hopefully we will see him on the site soon!

 

Anyway, the shop came out and picked us up, had a tire in stock, and got us all fixed up in about 4 hours total. The final price for everything was extremely fair. I strongly recommend Show Low Motorsports!

Goose

[Kirby]

Glad to know ya'll didn't crash and burn. Hope this doesn't discourage the wife from riding again. Any idea why the blowout? Did you run over anything that might have caused it?

[Phoneman1981]

Glad to hear you are ok and got out of the mess okay. Thanks for the info.

[dacheedah]

Kudo's to the wife, you have to appreciate a good back seat passenger. It's the hardest thing is not having control and staying calm ,trusting your driver. Glad you worked it out, next the tire companies need to make a run flat tire for a bike. I have also seen a car tire that http://news.cnet.com/8301-13639_3-10098240-42.html has has a honeycomb pattern that is an airless tire, need to come up the sidewalls but this would be cool. . .

[playboy]

Wow glad you two came away unscathed. Be interested to know what your wife did that helped you maintain some control in this situation so I can pass it on to my wife.

[OB-1]

If you are traveling through Eastern Arizona, you might want to tuck this info away for future reference - there is an excellent Yamaha shop in Show Low, AZ: Show Low Motorsports.

 

I was heading back towards Texas this morning, and about 10 miles east of Show Low I blew the rear tire at 65 MPH - pretty bad, it un-beaded from the rim and the bike was virtually uncontrollable, went into a sideways 'slide' from the tire rolling off one side of the rim and it drifted into the left lane and off the side of the road before I could scrub off enough speed to get it stopped. Thankfully the oncoming traffic avoided me, and I kept it right side up! Wife was on the back, and she handled herself perfectly in the situation too - probably the only reason I kept it under control.

 

With the tire loose from the rim, no possibility of repairing it on the side of the road. But we were wonderfully fortunate to have another rider come by who know the local area (also a Venture owner, but on one of the 'other' brands today!). Bill Poor told me about the shop in Show Low, and after we contacted them and waited a while for them to get back in touch, he decided to ride back and coordinate our rescue - a REAL class act. Hopefully we will see him on the site soon!

 

Anyway, the shop came out and picked us up, had a tire in stock, and got us all fixed up in about 4 hours total. The final price for everything was extremely fair. I strongly recommend Show Low Motorsports!

Goose

 

WOW!!! Glad you guys made it through the wild ride.

 

Any idea what caused the blowout?