nklr - duro tire trip report

[Ryan Newman]

> Check out some pics I posted in the PHOTOS section, under the DURO > TIRES folder. > > Joe > in Kansas

Where???? Ryan Phoenix

[John Marshall]

I got rear ended at about 10 mph on a highway exit ramp last week. A wrecker, one of those big ones slammed into a car behind me that hit me from the side then the wrecker nailed me from behind. Clay Henry (my KLR) threw me in front of him and fell down in front of the wrecker that was sliding to a stop. I rolled a number of times into highway 183 landed on my feet watching the big wrecker finally come to a stop with poor Clay Henry under the front end. The driver of the wrecker got out and asked me if I was "OK". Yeah right. I started to appreciate the fact I was still alive. In short we dug the bike out from under the wrecker both wheels of the wrecker were pointed outward and I noticed the tie rod for the front end that seemed to be about 1.5 inches in diameter was bent up in the middle about 12 inches. The rig was not drivable. After the police reports and all the non-sense that went on I put the key back into Clay Henry and he started up taking me home. The rear sub frame in bent enough that the muffler is rubbing the tire but he runs. Really tough bikes. John Marshall Austin Texas