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[Dale Johnson]

On my way to work today.. Guess what happend? Yes I got my 3rd flat in 1 month, 1st flat I walked 4 miles to buy a tube and tire irons and fixed it myself on the side of the freeway, 2nd flat was my front tire blowout where i did a pavement slide @ 30mph. now on the way to work this morning i am just zippin along and went to change lanes, hey that doesn't feel right, rear tire was all loose feeling, so i got off the freeway and sure enuff i was slowly going flat.. so i drove as far as i could on a low tire then walked a mile or 2 to a place i could air up drove 3 miles aired up and then made it to a bike shop.. paid the guy 40 bux to fix my flat,ohh that was with the discount the guy SAID he would give me for working at Honda (2 bux cheap fu#$),damn rip off. But i had to get to work, couldn't spend the time doing it myself and come to work all dirty.. Anyone with gripsters get a lot of flats? I don't remember getting this many with my kenda's.. btw the service guy said "how old is that bike? thats a lot of miles (31000) I told him it was a Y2k and he was amazed.. Dale screwd by the dealer

[Kurt Simpson]

> Anyone with gripsters get a lot of flats? I don't remember getting > this many with my kenda's.. > > btw the service guy said "how old is that bike? thats a lot of miles > (31000) I told him it was a Y2k and he was amazed.. > > Dale > screwd by the dealer

Have you checked carefully inside the tire carcass for something causing the flats? Same thing with the rim? Tried heavy duty tubes? I had a pinch flat on my Quota this past weekend. It wasn't fun but I was pleased to discover I had all the tools and spare tube to get underway. I was way off-road. Had it back up and running in 35 minutes. Thank you centerstand! Kurt

[monahanwb@yahoo.com]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Dale Johnson" wrote:

> On my way to work today.. Guess what happend? Yes I got my 3rd flat > in 1 month, 1st flat I walked 4 miles to buy a tube and tire

irons

> and fixed it myself on the side of the freeway, 2nd flat was my

front

> tire blowout where i did a pavement slide @ 30mph. now on the way

to

> work this morning i am just zippin along and went to change lanes, > hey that doesn't feel right, rear tire was all loose feeling, so i > got off the freeway and sure enuff i was slowly going flat

Dale, carry a bike pump with you. At least it may get you a mile or two down the road before you need to pump it up again. A nice Blackburn pump is maybe $25 at a bike shop; you can velcro it to the handlebars if you lack luggage space. A pump is more reliable than CO2 cartridges, by the way. Bill Aureola, CA

[Dale Johnson]

inside the tire carcass for something causing

> the flats? Same thing with the rim? Tried heavy duty tubes? I had a > pinch flat on my Quota this past weekend. It wasn't fun but I was > pleased to discover I had all the tools and spare tube to get

underway.

> I was way off-road. Had it back up and running in 35 minutes. Thank

you

> centerstand! > > Kurt

Checked the tire and rim for "Stuff" nothing there.. Just bad juju i guess

[Devon Jarvis]

Yes, and a dead flat motorcycle tire takes 3-4 of the cartridges to inflate it. You need to carry a lot of them. I am in the process of rigging up one of theose little 12v tire inflators, until then I carry CO2 and a pump. Devon monahanwb@... wrote:

> snip

A pump is more reliable than

> CO2 cartridges, by the way. >

[Kurt Simpson]

> Yes, and a dead flat motorcycle tire takes 3-4 of the > cartridges to inflate it. You need to carry a lot of them. I > am in the process of rigging up one of theose little 12v tire > inflators, until then I carry CO2 and a pump.

I was surprised that my front only took two to bring it to 26 lbs. The rear, of course, would be more... Kurt

[Tengai650]

At 9:40 PM +0000 8/3/01, Dale Johnson wrote:

>On my way to work today.. Guess what happend? Yes I got my 3rd flat >in 1 month, 1st flat I walked 4 miles to buy a tube and tire irons >and fixed it myself on the side of the freeway, 2nd flat was my front >tire blowout where i did a pavement slide @ 30mph. now on the way to >work this morning i am just zippin along and went to change lanes, >hey that doesn't feel right, rear tire was all loose feeling, so i >got off the freeway and sure enuff i was slowly going flat.. so i >drove as far as i could on a low tire then walked a mile or 2 to a >place i could air up drove 3 miles aired up and then made it to a >bike shop.. paid the guy 40 bux to fix my flat,ohh that was with the >discount the guy SAID he would give me for working at Honda (2 bux >cheap fu#$),damn rip off. But i had to get to work, couldn't spend >the time doing it myself and come to work all dirty..

Some people never learn.... SLIME!!!!!! It works! Mark B2 A2 A3

[RichardM]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Dale Johnson" wrote:

> On my way to work today.. Guess what happend? Yes I got my 3rd flat > in 1 month,

1. Heavy MX tubes 2. Slime 3. More air pressure RM

[Tengai650]

At 8:55 PM -0500 8/3/01, Tengai650 wrote:

>At 9:40 PM +0000 8/3/01, Dale Johnson wrote: >>On my way to work today.. Guess what happend?

By the way, I just wanna say "Thanks" to all who emailed me their kind thoughts on and off list pertaining to my high-speed, front tire puncture induced crash 2 weeks ago. I started physical therapy yesterday and hope to be walking with a cane in less than a week. Mark B2 A2 A3

[Tengai650]

At 9:08 PM -0400 8/3/01, Devon Jarvis wrote:

>The slime bottle clearly states the tires are not to be used over 75mph >after being Slimed. Is this just laywer talk, or is there a genuine >safety issue? Has anyone had trouble with slime and fast highway speeds?

I did 100mph indicated non-stop from Jacksonville to Daytona with Slime in Gripsters on my Tengai. No problems. Mark B2 A2 A3