Re: Cut Tire - Dunlop D60 A2

[johnholt@halhinet.on.ca (John Holt)]

They said.....

>>I was surprised to read that Andrew Duane's Dunlop one month old Dunlop
>>D60 A2 blew out at the sidewall and he had it replaced. I read that
>>Friday morning.
>
>>Going through New York yesterday, my tire did the same thing. It's about
>>...
>
>You mean there's a pattern here? The "old" (1990, OEM) Dunlop D60 I had
>also had a blow-out when I took a trip to Kansas City. I considered it as
>a freak accident then...
>
>(start playing Twilight Zone theme here)
>

A couple of weeks ago, I was out looking at snow tires and while I was
having the Hakkas installed, I asked to see the Dunlop D60A2s as a
consideration for next spring. I was given all the propaganda as the
installer had been to the Dunlop track somewhere in the States (I'm in
Ontario). I noticed that the tire has a very soft sidewall, not the entire
sidewall, just a section of it equidistant from the rim. It is quite
noticeable when the tire is uninflated. Apparently, according to the
installer, this was to to give more sidewall flex. I remember thinking that
*I* could damage that quite quickly in my neck of the woods.

So now I'm curious... was the damage within this soft section OR in the
harder rubber part of the sidewall OR where the two rubbers join?

John Holt (1988 90Q)
Highland Grove, Ontario, Canada
K0L 2A0