SuzukiSavage.com - Flat Tire?

Arizuno Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 227 Prescott, AZ Gender:	Flat Tire? 09/28/11 at 11:58:13 Please forgive me if this is posted in the wrong place. My searches here have come up empty. It occurs to me that I have no way of dealing with a flat tire when far from home. Has this been much of an issue for y'all? How do you deal with it? What do you cross-country travelers carry with you for repairs, temporary or otherwise?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28642 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Flat Tire? Reply #1 - 09/28/11 at 12:08:54 A flat with a tube tire and you're pretty much SOL... Flat fix rarely helps, because tubes tend to rip open when they blow... Unless you're going to carry tire irons and a spare tube, you just need to get your bike or tire to a shop...
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Arizuno Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 227 Prescott, AZ Gender:	Re: Flat Tire? Reply #2 - 09/28/11 at 12:37:03 Yeah, kinda thunk so. Have you (or anyone else) experienced many flats?
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Re: Flat Tire?
Reply #3 - 09/28/11 at 12:53:12

One on this bike,... two on my Yamaha DP... that's over about 50k miles...
Many more before that, when I rode dirt... (back then, I changed my own tires)...
Learned my "FlatFix" lesson on the first one... What a mess!...
Now,.. I just get my buddy to trailer it home, pull the wheel, and have the shop replace the tube...

Tubeless tires would be so much better...

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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Flat Tire? Reply #4 - 09/28/11 at 13:53:05 CAA Plus, and a cell phone.
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Re: Flat Tire?
Reply #5 - 09/28/11 at 14:08:36

I've had three flats; one with a tubed tire.

I carry a tire repair kit (plugs) and a CO2 inflator for long trips on the FJR. Lightweight and a piece of cake for tubeless tires.

Some folks like to carry Slime or some such. Some folks use PJ1 Balance Plus all the time to automatically balance the tires and to seal up any punctures instantly.

Tubes are worse. Like stated above, the tubes often get hurt if they blow, or as you slow down. The only real option is to carry tire irons and a patch kit, and to have the skill to fix the tube along the side of the road. What a pain.

Overall, I'd just find some way to get the bike to a shop. With AAA and cell phones, things aren't as risky as they used to be.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Flat Tire? Reply #6 - 09/28/11 at 14:30:40 Unless you're experience in the art of changing tires, don't bother. This is a skill you're not going to learn on the side of the road. The tires fit pretty tightly on the rims and using regular tire irons will most likely pinch the tube and punchure it. If it can't be fixed with a tire-in-a-can product, you're SOL.
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Re: Flat Tire?
Reply #7 - 09/28/11 at 17:48:30

The front tire isnt so bad to get off the rim,, the rear, OTOH,, is a Genuine Rasslin Match, This isnt a Solo Roadside task, Its time to call for help if the thing cant be ridden, Ive ridden on a flat rear,, If the tires pretty new, itll handle straight lines pretty well,, Go REAL Slow in any turns. I havent ridden on a flat front, but Ive sure found it seriously underinflated & still rideable.

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lukeduck Full Member Offline "Come to terms with the ass that bears you" Posts: 166 Ontario, Ca. Gender:	Re: Flat Tire? Reply #8 - 09/28/11 at 19:58:06 Might want to check out AMA. With auto renewal they offer roadside asst. for I believe $39 a year. Used it once, flat tire on the CB250. Very professional, knew what they were doing. Hauled me and bike about 25 miles to shop. Well worth the $39 to me.
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Re: Flat Tire?
Reply #9 - 09/29/11 at 07:30:35

Gyrobob wrote on 09/28/11 at 14:08:36:

I've had three flats; one with a tubed tire.

I carry a tire repair kit (plugs) and a CO2 inflator for long trips on the FJR. Lightweight and a piece of cake for tubeless tires.

Some folks like to carry Slime or some such. Some folks use PJ1 Balance Plus all the time to automatically balance the tires and to seal up any punctures instantly.

Tubes are worse. Like stated above, the tubes often get hurt if they blow, or as you slow down. The only real option is to carry tire irons and a patch kit, and to have the skill to fix the tube along the side of the road. What a pain.

Overall, I'd just find some way to get the bike to a shop. With AAA and cell phones, things aren't as risky as they used to be.

One thing I forgot to add,...

The Savage has no centerstand. It is almost impossible to fix a flat by yourself along the side of the road with a sidestanded, tubed-tired bike.

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