My Tire has a Z I T

I am afraid your tire has cancer, it desperately needs chemo.

thats crazy, only tires i have seen bumps like that on was on that mustang in nitro circus that travis pastrana was drifting. how old are these tires?

dude you finally found how to reproduce tires, did you use artificial insemination? :eekster: :yikes:

Let me guess, UST tires with stans sealant?
If you go on the stans forum, it's a common problem. My dad just pokes a small hole in his and it fixes it, but they usually come back.

if that is not malignant then I don't know what it is.

COLINx86 said:

Let me guess, UST tires with stans sealant?
If you go on the stans forum, it's a common problem. My dad just pokes a small hole in his and it fixes it, but they usually come back.

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Yeah, I was using Stan's. How can this happen?

I would guess the sealant/air has worked it's way in between the different layers. If you have enough travel up front, you shouldn't even feel it.

That pool looks nice btw.

Seen that a few times, luckily none of my tires though. For some reason the sealant makes the tire separate. You may be able to use an internal patch if you feel like trying to get more life out of that tire.

Da Dook said:

If you have enough travel up front, you shouldn't even feel it.

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That's hilarious....I'm going to try and ignore this huge bulge in my tire by throwing a softer spring in my fork and letting it all work itself out. :thumbsup:

kenbentit said:

Seen that a few times, luckily none of my tires though. For some reason the sealant makes the tire separate. You may be able to use an internal patch if you feel like trying to get more life out of that tire.

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I think its ready for the trash..

What tire compound are you running?

I heard Stan's messes tires up if you leave em sitting around for a while...I hope mine are OK at home.

it was 70a i think.

wow................

thats wild....

I say pop it.

I have run probably 10 Maxxis UST tires with Stan's sealant and have never had that problem. Might be a defective tire.

Swine flu has spread to tires!

That right there is the reason that pretty much EVERY tire maker says not to use sealant, unless it's their own.
We all do it anyway, but there is always that risk.
How is this for a scary thought: ....what if that delamination happened during a very high speed run, on a turn with some real consequences?

Send Maxxis a picture, see what they have to say.

poke a little hole in it. Then sqeazzzeeee.

Get it on tape.