On Board Tire Repair Kits - Page 2

 

JohnAinLA wrote:

There are a number of brands of foam that are unlike Slime in that they
are meant to fill a tubeless tire after a flat/puncture. I don't see why
they wouldn't work for tubed tires, either.  I forget the brand names at
the moment, automotive stores have ones that are the size of a Pledge
wax aerosol canister for as low as four bucks.  I've used them twice,
both times to help other people.  Some bike accessory mfr. makes a much
smaller one for bike tires which is easier to carry but costs more at
the m/c shops.  They all have a little tube with shraeder
valveattachment.  One guy I knew put nearly 4,000 kilometres on his
little scooter before he got around to replacing the tire. The puncture
was in the centre of the rear tire which is about the only place I'd put
a patch.  He had already used the wrong kind, an automotive one, not a
mushroom either.  By the time I gave him the foam, the hole was a good
3/8 inch wide.  Ever since then, I carry a can of it, either in some
bike cavity or other or just taped on somewhere.  After seeing how it
sealed that big hole, I imagine it might get one home from Baja, not
that I know the place, to where one has a full set of tools to do the
tire properly or replace it.  Just my two cents, for the money and
convenience, it's cheap insurance, no need to even lift the bike up.

 

paul c wrote:

nor even carry a pump!

 

Harley police tires are run flat