A little update for any onf you who are running the recalled tyres or know of anyone who is.
The recall was started by a english biker, having had a tyre fitted was riding home heard a bang and felt something not quite right with his bike for a split second....
Once home had a quick look at his bike and noticed his caliper was loose....at his point his wife pointed out that there was a chunk of rubber missing from his tyre.....
So INSTEAD of cantacting Michelin about it (i must point out at this point it is more likely he hit something in the road and damaged the tyre than it being a fault) he contacted a well known british MotorCycle News paper.......<<<<<
They then with out asking any questions contacted Michelin and said that it was a fault with the tyre and proceded to call on a daily basis asking what they were going to do about the now faulty batch of tyres....or they would publish the story...
Now remember that at this point Michelin have not evan seen the so called faulty tyre....
After this happening for a while Michelin caved into the fact that the publicity could do some serious damage to the company profile and sales figures for the future so they recalled ALL the tyres made from the same batch.....Still having not seen the tyre....
It was a case of damage minimisation and customer relations. And to my knowledge and from a very relaible source......could well be a Michelin Rep!!!!!!!!!
The tyre is looking like it was not faulty and the damage could have been caused by a impact....
As a result of this the chances of getting hold of Michlin sports front tyres this year is non at all....as they have had to recall 58000 tyres and re-supply customers already using them, smaller outlets and then large distirbution hubs....
The power of the press hey....and what some companys will do to minimise the damage they can cause..
