I've been thru at least a dozen or so 880s over the years and never had a problem.
Tire Ply seperation
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Tire Ply seperation
It finally happened to me. I had a Metzler 888 develop a separation at only 15,970 miles. That's just a little over half worn.
I've been thru at least a dozen or so 880s over the years and never had a problem.
I've been thru at least a dozen or so 880s over the years and never had a problem.
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Re: Tire Ply seperation
Fortunately,I never had it happen on a bike, 
,But we have had it happen a lot on car and light truck tires. 
,But we have had it happen a lot on car and light truck tires. '99 Voyager VXII,'58 Cushman Eagle
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Neal
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Re: Tire Ply seperation
Nothing happened to the bike. No instability or handling or anything like that. It just felt out of balance and made a 'slapping' noise, like a piece of rubber was hitting the pavement. No tread ever came off the tire. No cupping, feathering, or such. Matter of fact you can't see anything wrong when looking at the tire. Looks like it's about 1/2 worn. 
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Mr Jensee
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Re: Tire Ply seperation
I thought you said you had a car tire on your bike.
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Yes, on the back I have a Federal. The front was a Metz 888.
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Mr Jensee
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The front tire separated?? Bummer.
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Re: Tire Ply seperation
The 2003 I bought last spring had Metzler 880's on it. Noticed tread separation on the rear coming back from Mississippi to NY. About half worn. Kept an eye on it, but felt no ill affects. Put E3's on when I got home. Had a set of 880's on my Vstar and wore them out with no issues.