BIGMIKE 08TR3T
BIGMIKE 08R3T
Whenever I do an overnighter or a long desolate ride to nowhere, I always bring "fixa flat" Can't really salvage the tire. But it'll get u back on the road---no muss/no fuss I got a R3T as well
Fixing a flat in the middle of nowhere
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hoopla
Mained to ride!
Flat tires are always a possibility, I've had 2 and was lucky in both cases,one was in my garage, other in Canada getting off of the ferry from Nova Scotia, got to a garage and a real friendly guy just stopped what he was doing and helped me out.
Having said that, I'm sure that will not always be the case, so I'm thinking this through. I think the biggest issue will be rolling the bike so that the problem can be found or moved so that it can be worked upon. Most punctures are slow and the air pressure loss can be felt sooner or later, but can be observed immediately if one has TPS on the tires. (several options here, stand alone 2 tire TPS, or a GPS unit with TPS monitoring capability) So if one sees the pressure decreasing, it's time to investigate, bike can be easily rolled
to find the issue. Plugging is easily done, then insert air by your chosen means.
I think this avoids having the tire loosen the bead and makes it a lot easier to deal with before the worst happens.
Anyways just wanted to share my thoughts on air leaks and how it can be not such a big deal.
Hoopla
Having said that, I'm sure that will not always be the case, so I'm thinking this through. I think the biggest issue will be rolling the bike so that the problem can be found or moved so that it can be worked upon. Most punctures are slow and the air pressure loss can be felt sooner or later, but can be observed immediately if one has TPS on the tires. (several options here, stand alone 2 tire TPS, or a GPS unit with TPS monitoring capability) So if one sees the pressure decreasing, it's time to investigate, bike can be easily rolled
to find the issue. Plugging is easily done, then insert air by your chosen means. I think this avoids having the tire loosen the bead and makes it a lot easier to deal with before the worst happens.
Anyways just wanted to share my thoughts on air leaks and how it can be not such a big deal.
Hoopla
cusso ken
Living Legend
Flat tires are always a possibility, I've had 2 and was lucky in both cases,one was in my garage, other in Canada getting off of the ferry from Nova Scotia, got to a garage and a real friendly guy just stopped what he was doing and helped me out.
Having said that, I'm sure that will not always be the case, so I'm thinking this through. I think the biggest issue will be rolling the bike so that the problem can be found or moved so that it can be worked upon. Most punctures are slow and the air pressure loss can be felt sooner or later, but can be observed immediately if one has TPS on the tires. (several options here, stand alone 2 tire TPS, or a GPS unit with TPS monitoring capability) So if one sees the pressure decreasing, it's time to investigate, bike can be easily rolled
I think this avoids having the tire loosen the bead and makes it a lot easier to deal with before the worst happens.
Anyways just wanted to share my thoughts on air leaks and how it can be not such a big deal.
Hoopla
Both times I have been let down(literally) by flat tyres on bikes that could not be fixed on the roadside has been from split valve stems, both were right angle stems and if you are not careful when you check the air pressure you can bend the rubber stem multiply this by 100 or so weekly checks and the stem splits,on my R3T one of the first thing I noticed when I bought it was the substantial metal valve stems on the rims
other punctures have been roadside repaired with the cord/plug and my little 12v compressor I carry in the panniers but I keep a can of pressure pack tyre repair goo as a back up,
rocketjohn
Top Fuel
I ordered me a dynaplug kit...I really should have been carrying one for ages!
EasTexRIII
Living Legend
I carry a dynaplug kit but also a mushroom plug kit because the dynaplug will not plug larger holes from screws ect
cr0ft
Living Legend
Just picked up a PackJack - Home - not sure yet if it will hoist the R3 Touring but I'll be testing it this weekend for the first time. They caution it might not work on big cruisers, but I don't see why not, the R3T has a giant axle bolt to lift off. Very lightweight aluminium piece too, should be a doddle to carry on a trip.
