A friend of mine recently experienced a rear tire blow-out while traveling on the interstate. He stated the first indication of something wrong was his bike started losing power and he continued riding for approximately 1/2 mile messing with the throttle. As he was slowing down, his Ultra Classic began pulling hard to the left and then the rear tire blew. At that point the bike began fish-tailing and he was lucky to get it stopped without going down. The rear tire on the Classic had 10k miles on it, but he believed the tread was okay, so maybe he picked up something in the tire that caused the blow-out.

Is the loss of power a common sign for your rear tire losing pressure?

Thanks.

I bet thats what it was....tired probably picked up some debry. And he was lucky. Glad to hear he was okay.

Was his tire at the proper psi ????

According to my friend, yes, he believes the tire was at proper psi prior to riding.

Then probably road debris like posted earlier. I had something slice the sidewall once and had a blowout. Its a real crap your pants moment.