Re: Punctures?

["Troy Blood" <sprintst_99@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have plugged every puncture that I have gotten with no ill effects
(fortunately they have all been in the rear tire, I wont plug a front). I
ride them until they need to be replaced.  I bought a cheapo plug repair kit
from wal mart. I haven't had one fail me yet.  I consider myself a rather
aggressive rider and constantly ride in the mountains. The plug repair kit
is small enough to keep under the seat.

Troy



- ----- Original Message -----
From: "barry.croft" <barry.croft@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "ST/RS List" <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 2:32 PM
Subject: Punctures?


> I came back from a rather, er, 'spirited' ride to Boxhill today, and as I
> peeled off for home the Bandit I'd been jousting with came past and tried
to
> signal something, but then blasted off up another road. So I got home and
> parked up and went for a cuppa. About an hour later I came out to find the
> back tyre totally flat! The back wheel turned out to be easy to remove,
and
> my local dealer was able to plug it, he thought pretty well.
>
> 2 questions though: 1) how safe are plugs, really, and 2) has anyone else
> had a puncture that early in the life of a tyre? I'm on BT020s, and I've
> done about 2100 miles now.
>
> I was celebrating because I've managed to sell my Bros. That's a Hawk to
you
> guys in the US. In a way I'm sad because I loved the bike, but at least it
> goes part way to paying off on the RS...
>
> ...which is still beautiful. More or less run in now - still a bit tight
> above 8000, but I'm still more than happy to surf along on the torque at
> 4-6000 most of the time. When Bandits aren't giving chase anyway!
>
> Barry
> 95 bird
> 00 RS
>
>
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