RE: [ST] Flat Repair

["Jeremy Witt" <jeremyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Motorcycle Consumer News back issues are good for this.  There are several portable repair kits, most of which are designed for repairing without removing the tire.  I have one that is slightly smaller than a brick, can't remember its name at the moment, never had to use it, so I can't speak for its usefulness.

As for reinflation, many of the kits come with compressed air cylinders, but the best idea I've seen (Rider Magazine, or MCN??) involved dismembering a 12v portable unit designed for a car's trunk and paring it down to about palm size.  Stores in a Tupperware container and then connects to your electric vest connection, or what have you.

Goop works, but is a serious mess to clean up.  I know the place that installs my car tires gets pretty upset at the prospect of having to deal with gooped tires.  

Jeremy Witt
Field Engineer
Corrugated Networking Services Inc.
603-621-9099

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard D'Amours
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:13 PM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ST] Flat Repair

That slime in a can works ok.  Not sure of the brand but it both inflates
and fills the inside of the tire with goop.

Hope I didn't get too technical there.  I pack the stuff on long trips and
it works if you're in a bind.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Masiak, Richard" <Richard_Masiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 1:58 PM
Subject: [ST] Flat Repair


>A guy I work with went riding with his friend, and after 60 miles the guy
>got a roofing nail in the rear tire.
>
> They limped to a gas station and fil it up with air but it lost air
> shortly thereafter.  After about 4 hours of screwing around they finally
> got home.
>
> He asked me if I had any ideas.  Therefore I ask our list of information:
>
> What is best to carry with you so you can fix a flat if you're out in East
> BF?
>
> Rich
>
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