Is 200klm's out a rear tyre good?

[mick_dundee]

I bouht one of thoose puncture kits for the trip to Broken Hill llast Easter, not had to use it yet touch wood. Wasn't too keen on the idea of riding to B Hill and being stuck out butt fuck nowhere with a puncture.

Keep mine in the bottom of the bag that is always on the back of the ZZR.

[red_dave]

You don't use a front wheel on a 10 do you?

Aren't they always in mid air anyway?

[Glen]

You don't use a front wheel on a 10 do you?

Aren't they always in mid air anyway?

Good point mate. Unfortunately it was the back bastard

[hoffy]

yeah mate, dont get a new tyre.

$25 to get an internal plug, and she's as good as new.

Castle hill motorcycle repairs did my rear tyre mine last weekend, after an adventure with a 1 inch wood screw.

[ZX10R King]

. I carry one of the "tyre in a can" jobs from motol, I don't know if there as good but they look east to apply.

What happens if you look west?

[Phil]

yep, one saved me from a nite in the middle of no where ....one of the reasons i always have my bag, its full if shit i might need sometime.

i like being a bit self sufficient - must be that army training comming out

[Phil]

Yeah those tyre repair kits are great- $10 at supercheap. I had a nail in the rear of my GT550 and the repair is still good after 3000km. Dunno if I would trust it in a ZX10- they have slightly more power than the GT...
I also bought the $6 electric tyre compressor from supercheap, which you can make smaller by removing the outer case and chopping off halp the wire- will fit in under your seat too, then you can inflate your tyres anywhere!
As long as the damage isn't in the sidewall, or torn past a certain limit it can be repaired- a mate of mine had a punture on his Buell which I couldn't believe they repaired- but it held until he replaced it- which included lotsa burnouts. (hooligan bikes! )

Compreesor would be good. The three Co2 bottles got it to 18psi which was enough to get me out of the shit but I'd hate to be 100klm's from a servo.

I think the more permanent plugs are cool, cause they whack them in from the inside. I presume they take the one I shot into it out and replace it.

the gadget ive got you use it to puncture the cylinders and it also doubles as u pump to get the rest of the pressure in.

BTW i carry 4 bottles.

[Neka79]

. I carry one of the "tyre in a can" jobs from motol, I don't know if there as good but they look east to apply.

What happens if you look west?

looking west doesnt apply

[Glen]

Yeah those tyre repair kits are great- $10 at supercheap. I had a nail in the rear of my GT550 and the repair is still good after 3000km. Dunno if I would trust it in a ZX10- they have slightly more power than the GT...
I also bought the $6 electric tyre compressor from supercheap, which you can make smaller by removing the outer case and chopping off halp the wire- will fit in under your seat too, then you can inflate your tyres anywhere!
As long as the damage isn't in the sidewall, or torn past a certain limit it can be repaired- a mate of mine had a punture on his Buell which I couldn't believe they repaired- but it held until he replaced it- which included lotsa burnouts. (hooligan bikes! )

Compreesor would be good. The three Co2 bottles got it to 18psi which was enough to get me out of the shit but I'd hate to be 100klm's from a servo.

I think the more permanent plugs are cool, cause they whack them in from the inside. I presume they take the one I shot into it out and replace it.

the gadget ive got you use it to puncture the cylinders and it also doubles as u pump to get the rest of the pressure in.

BTW i carry 4 bottles.

Your right Phil, 3 bottles gets you to 18 psi which feels pretty shit and probably isn't too good for the tyre. An extra bottle would've been good.

The pump gadget thing sounds good, where'd you get that from I might invest in one.

[mike-s]

My neighbour lent me a small hand plunger type pump to pump up the tyre on Michelle's mountain bike (55psi on that? s'if!!). I got to 40psi and was farked. But up to 35-ish PSI it did the job quite well, its pretty compact at 20cm long and only 4cm across at the valve end and narly half that for the handle/pump bit. I popped into supercheap and i think i saw them for about $15-20 or so, useful bits of kit to have in the emergency pack i think.

Speaking of which, i should put an emergency toolkit together some time to fit under the seat...

[HemiDuty]

Hand pumping a Motorcycle tyre to a given pressure is much more hard work than a pushy tyre coz of the volume involved.

Oh and I am really pushing to get 200kms out of a rear tyre on the R1, but we are talking QR here.....

[Nanna10r]

Hmmmm I thought i replied to this last night but ......


Jerk a Pilot Race on it Glen, you'll love it & they are Much harder to puncture.

Cheers Brett

[Glen]

A bees dick too late Brett. I dropped the wheel off at Narellan Kawa yesterday to get another Power whacked on.

Cheers