Roadside puncture repair

[TOMCAT]

Just wondering .. has anyone actually repaired a rear tyre puncture on their Rocket on the side of the road ? Know a lot of Owners carry plugs and CO2 canisters but has anyone executed a repair. Used the repair kit on other bikes but not on a 240 like on the rear. Wondering how you went replacing air once the seal had been broken between the tyre and rim ?

 

[R3Tex]

Plenty of other bikes, primarily off road dirt bikes and ATV's, but never the rocket. I do carry a puncture kit and a 12v compressor though

 

[CanberraR3]

I've put a few plugs in but only once had it the bead come away. I did get it up though with a 12 volt pump and carefully rolling the bike back and forward until it sealed enough to bite. Reckon I was lucky though.

 

[TOMCAT]

Pete just mentioned on his truck it takes a large quick burst of air to re-inflate a tyre. Not that a 240 is truck size but we were wondering if just those pissy little canisters would do the trick.

 

[idk]

I managed to get a nail in my rear tyre and repaired it with a plug kit from Wally Mart. Fortunately I did not loose a lot of air and so I was able to top the air up at a gas station. The tyre had 5,000 miles on it when I got the puncture and the plug worked for the next 15,000 miles without a problem.

I have been wondering about those little air cylinders as well. I have some but cannot see how they would work successfully. I hope I never get to find out.

 

[peter k]

I've put a few plugs in but only once had it the bead come away. I did get it up though with a 12 volt pump and carefully rolling the bike back and forward until it sealed enough to bite. Reckon I was lucky though.

Thanks tc and richard that info will come in handy.

 

[breeze]

my oldest sons rocket back tire has slow leak completely flat a co2 canister filled it up (a 45 gram bottle)did not check tire pressure but enough to ride it to my shop

 

[Mittzy]

TC You could try this with WD40- Pretty scary tho

WD-40 Tire Inflation - YouTube

 

[vanguard138]

Interesting. Not sure as though I would feel comfortable doing it.

 

[peter k]

TC You could try this with WD40- Pretty scary tho

WD-40 Tire Inflation - YouTube

Now that was crazy . Try doin that with the r3 s:flame:she might head into orbit