Punktures

Ritzah · Nova Slayer Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

Had my second punkture this morning in a week, with a brand new inner tube and tyre on the back, as i was riding my tyre went, i thought i went over some oil or because it was new, it was still bedding in, so i went abit further, and the back of the bike shook all over, almost came off, pulled over, flat tyre, sweet Thumbs Down

as anyone come off because off a flat tyre or anything?

cyberglass · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Karma :

get yourself some tyre slime its a life saver when your far from home
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its well worth the £20 and its better than going arse over tit and destroying £500 worth of fairing

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Bomberman · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Karma :

Goddam. I expected a huge amount from the title. As it is, you just can't spell. Gutted.
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JeffT · Crazy Courier Joined: 05 May 2004 Karma :

punCtures!

argggh! use the spell checker!

Ric · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 22 Nov 2004 Karma :

punctures caused by punks?

Grubby · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Karma :

Tubed tyres! Christ I ain't used them since the days of my old Z650!
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Ritzah · Nova Slayer Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

i'll spell punctures like punktures if i want

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superstacker · Traffic Copper Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Karma :

tyre slime is not a quick fix, is a preventtion measure which is well worth the money.

dont confuse it with tyre weld! which is the bain of the tyre fitters life!

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

You drove over her hair... Shocked

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Blimey, I hope she is OK!
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ali-b · Trackday Trickster Joined: 19 May 2005 Karma :

Tyre slime kinda works...I use it because its convienient. The plugs are pretty good, I've ridden round on tyres with a few plugs in (can't remember how many they recommend you bin the tyre at though), but the plugs take a while to put in and you need a bunch of equipment to do it (stuff you don't normally carry round). The slime lets you get to a garage where they'll bin the tyre anyway Wink

I had 3 punctures in 1 day once, got the 2 I got on the way to work (rear tyre) plugged while I was at work, then I got another one on the way home (front tyre)...figured they were bad luck and got 2 new tyres...they had only been on about 2 weeks at the time...

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Robin · Scooby Slapper Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Ignoring all the wannabee English teachers in here (and my punktuation Razz

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Sound like you've still got good old fashioned spoked wheels if you are running with inner tubes.

Have a good check of your rim tape (ooer missus Shocked

) it should be sound to stop any rough ends of your spokes from rubbing on the inside of the inner tube and causing punctures.

Also if the insides of your rim is a bit rusty there might be small bits of rust flaking off and holing the tube.

Apart from that it might just be bad luck.

Ritzah · Nova Slayer Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

You dont start off a sentence with AND if you are such an expert and they shouldnt really be all uppercase. Its a forum, you think i cant be fucked to type everything out perfect.

Yeah i got the spoked wheels, i found what the problem was, i took off the tyre and found a sharp piece of metal was lodged into the inner tube, so i repaired it myself today with a repair kit. All seems fine now.