[ron skeen]

I'm curious if there was a hole in the casing, I'm trying to figure out how the air got out (other than the air you removed). The photos of the casing make it appear to be intact and to have produced just about the neatest tread separation possible.

I would also be interested in the internal condition of the casing once it is removed from the wheel.

I have had two blowout in the past 15 year on a MC. The first was on the inside rear which was my fault for running 10 year old tires. The next was on the right front on 1 year old dunlop. I now run only Michelins along with a tire monitoring system. This monitoring system give you temp and pressure in each tire along with the tow vehicle tires. Blowout are bad news so use as many ++++ you can.