and how about vise versafront tire blows, do you brake L, M, or H on your rear brakes? and if your bike goes down, do you jump off or stay on your bike?
DO NOT HAVE IT FLUSHED , EVER . But at that mileage just go ahead and have it changed If there's a filter change that too .Sometimes different cars have a reusable and cleanable filter BUT AVOID A POWER FLUSH
The only time a flush might cause problems is if the fluid is well sludged up, when flushing might dislodge a lump of crud which can block up fluid pathways. I doubt if that's the case at your mileage.
If your bike has cast wheels, most are safety rims and even though it's flat, the tire will stay on the wheel. I once cut a big gash in the rear tire of my bike and even though it went flat in a hurry, I was able creep home about a mile on a dirt road. The rear end was squirming around, but the tire never came off. My old '79 Kaw has a safety rim on the rear only while my '84 Kaw has them on both front and rear. As far as braking, you want to use which ever end that isn't flat. If the rear tire comes off the rim, then you have problems and probably using plenty of front brake is the way to go. Not only will you get slowed down or stopped sooner, but you will take weight off the rear tire, making it's inputs less noticable. As far as going down, I've been down once after hitting an oil slick where a guy's pickup blew the oil filter gasket. I was riding a full dresser with a passenger and there was no going down. One moment I was upright (going around a curve at about 35 mph) and the next we were sliding. We probably slid 125-150' and there was no time to think about getting off or anything else. Certainly not jumping off because it's hard to jump when you're sliding sideways. I guess if you're going 150 mph like the racers do and you slide for a half mile, then you have time to think about what to do. Otherwise, forget it. The biggest problem is you and the bike are both traveling the same direction and speed and even if you do get off the seat, you're going to be going the same direction at the same speed. So much for getting away from the bike. Unless you're like Joe Dirt when he said, Luckily my neck broke my fall.
If your rear tire blows you should ease on the front brakes and try and keep your weight ahead on the bike and vise versa for the front tire blowing and if she goes down try and get away from her, cause if u stay with the bike she could put u in a whole lot more danger.
as Blake said. I have had them both with passengers and without. Its not a big scarey deal. just dont panick. easily slow down with the front brake and shift yourself toward the fron of the bike and you will stop easily and saftely. I litterally have ridden on a blowout on the highway until I could get to a town to repair it 30 miles +. the faster you are going, the less you can tell that its blown. the centrificle force causes the tire to expand and keep you off the rim. I woldnt recommend doing this unless you were in my situation out on a desert highway with no traffic because of the potential damage to the rim, but in any event, its nothing to go down over as long as you dont panic. However, a front tire blowout is not so easy to recover from if you are not prepared. Do some research on a frontal blow out so you can be prepared if that ever happens. Thats a great question. I think We should do a writeup on it.
