deftoner
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Hello guys!
Yesterday I got a flat tired on the route 41 on south florida, on a NO signal zone. I was aware that my rear tire have 2 plugs, and I notice after a 1 day trip to key west (more than 350 miles trip) there were green liquide coming out from the plugs (thje slime that I putted on the tire a couple months ago).
So, I changed both plugs, with new and well glued ones.
I hit the road with my wife (on same bike), and when I was on that cell signal dead zone, started to fell like the motorcycle was loosing power... and when I realized that my rear tired was almost flat. I moved right and stoped most on the front break, no problem at all (just the rear car that never leave space between us... and pass thru super near....) Just because I was aware of that, I took the plug kit and the inflator with me. I noticed that the plug went off completely. I inserted a new plug, with rubber glue. I waited like 15 minutes for the glue to dry, (on all that time, lot of cars crossed, no one even tried to stop... ).
I inflated the tire, checked with water, no air coming out. So we decided to come back home.
Couple of miles again the plug went off. This part of the route have almost no space to be stopped. There was a more secure place to stop a couple of meters in front so with my wife walking behind the guardrail me on te bike, walking with the engine one and in 1st... sudently the tire go of the rim.. Thats when I knew that I was screwed.... I keep waling, I parked the bike, no signal. My inflator hasen't the power to inflate quickly enough to re insert the tire on the rim...
The place was this alligator boat trip, but was closed, 5 pm Saturday... We almost started to do signals to the cars, in order to get a ride to the next signal place to call the AAA, but from nowhere came a truck, I explained the guy my situation and he has a compressor! he went to pic up it and meanwhile I inserted another (the last I had) plug. We inflated and it worked. The plug hold in place until we got home. (today is flat again).
We were like 20 miles from home, but we felt like we were million miles, since we started to worried. No cars stop, no signal, night coming... Anyway, another adventure to the book.
May be anyone here know a trick to get the tired in the rim. For now I'm goging to test a bigger portable inflator if that works, or even a mini air tank, so I can pre-inflate (with the portable inflator, not carring it filled) and then using the presure to inflate. In this week I'm goging to change both tires. I love metzeler but someone offered me a pair of "Shinko", I googled it and have great reviews, but most from small motorcycles (KLR 650, gs 650, etc.)
Some pictures (attached):
1- My wife helping on the first plug
2- Tired out of the rim
3- T-Mobile coverage map, and the mark where we were.
Yesterday I got a flat tired on the route 41 on south florida, on a NO signal zone. I was aware that my rear tire have 2 plugs, and I notice after a 1 day trip to key west (more than 350 miles trip) there were green liquide coming out from the plugs (thje slime that I putted on the tire a couple months ago).
So, I changed both plugs, with new and well glued ones.
I hit the road with my wife (on same bike), and when I was on that cell signal dead zone, started to fell like the motorcycle was loosing power... and when I realized that my rear tired was almost flat. I moved right and stoped most on the front break, no problem at all (just the rear car that never leave space between us... and pass thru super near....) Just because I was aware of that, I took the plug kit and the inflator with me. I noticed that the plug went off completely. I inserted a new plug, with rubber glue. I waited like 15 minutes for the glue to dry, (on all that time, lot of cars crossed, no one even tried to stop... ).
I inflated the tire, checked with water, no air coming out. So we decided to come back home.
Couple of miles again the plug went off. This part of the route have almost no space to be stopped. There was a more secure place to stop a couple of meters in front so with my wife walking behind the guardrail me on te bike, walking with the engine one and in 1st... sudently the tire go of the rim.. Thats when I knew that I was screwed.... I keep waling, I parked the bike, no signal. My inflator hasen't the power to inflate quickly enough to re insert the tire on the rim...
The place was this alligator boat trip, but was closed, 5 pm Saturday... We almost started to do signals to the cars, in order to get a ride to the next signal place to call the AAA, but from nowhere came a truck, I explained the guy my situation and he has a compressor! he went to pic up it and meanwhile I inserted another (the last I had) plug. We inflated and it worked. The plug hold in place until we got home. (today is flat again).
We were like 20 miles from home, but we felt like we were million miles, since we started to worried. No cars stop, no signal, night coming... Anyway, another adventure to the book.
May be anyone here know a trick to get the tired in the rim. For now I'm goging to test a bigger portable inflator if that works, or even a mini air tank, so I can pre-inflate (with the portable inflator, not carring it filled) and then using the presure to inflate. In this week I'm goging to change both tires. I love metzeler but someone offered me a pair of "Shinko", I googled it and have great reviews, but most from small motorcycles (KLR 650, gs 650, etc.)
Some pictures (attached):
1- My wife helping on the first plug
2- Tired out of the rim
3- T-Mobile coverage map, and the mark where we were.
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