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From: ogden on 2 Jul 2010 15:29 rick wrote: > ... like the one who put two penknife blade sized holes in my back tyre > while I was in the supermarket yesterday. I watched bemusedly as two > security guards ejected some oik from the motorcycle bit of the carpark and > when I came back out found the tyre virtually flat. It turns out that the > oik is a constant problem - always hanging around vehicles but never going > in to the shop itself. Pah. That's nothing. I picked up a nail in the back tyre yesterday. I was about to ride past FWR when I noticed it, so I stopped in to get it plugged. They couldn't get a plug to hold (the second one, the first having been acquired less than 80 miles after the tyre was fitted) so I had to have a new tyre. Except they were all out of Road 2 rears in that size, so I had to opt for a full set instead. Still, all's well that ends well. And then V phoned to tell me the landlord's decided he's selling the flat and we've got to find somewhere else to live. Frankly, I'd rather have two penknife-shaped holes in a rear tyre and leave it at that. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250
From: Nige on 2 Jul 2010 15:49 On 02/07/2010 20:43, wessie wrote: > > Bummer. > > I did 6000 miles with Slime in my tyre after a puncture in a new tyre. > Worked very well. > http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/2692 > > Recommended by my usual tyre fitter. He fitted a new tyre to the wheel > yesterday and had no problem cleaning the stuff off. Been looking at this slime stuff, cheers for the reportage on it. N.
From: Catman on 2 Jul 2010 16:02 Nige wrote: > On 02/07/2010 20:43, wessie wrote: > >> >> Bummer. >> >> I did 6000 miles with Slime in my tyre after a puncture in a new tyre. >> Worked very well. >> http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/2692 >> >> Recommended by my usual tyre fitter. He fitted a new tyre to the wheel >> yesterday and had no problem cleaning the stuff off. > > Been looking at this slime stuff, cheers for the reportage on it. > I used it as well. Made a bit of a mess, but it definitely worked. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: rick on 2 Jul 2010 16:15 "wessie" <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> wrote in message news:Xns9DA9D2D588A8Dwtymmmsas(a)188.40.43.230... > I did 6000 miles with Slime in my tyre after a puncture in a new tyre. > Worked very well. > http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/2692 > > Recommended by my usual tyre fitter. He fitted a new tyre to the wheel > yesterday and had no problem cleaning the stuff off. Thanks for that. -- Rick Brown Sprint RS 955i
From: rick on 2 Jul 2010 17:27
"Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote in message news:8971fbFoddU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Give your local tyre place a call and tell them Cambrian Tyres[1] have > all sizes of Stradas on special offer at the moment and they are silly > cheap, so they surely won't mind passing the saving on to you. > > Why do you think my bike is wearing Stradas at the moment. > > [1] Probably the UK's biggest supplier of bike tyres to the trade. Thanks for that but it's probably too late - they've had my credit card number since 9 o'clock this morning :-( -- Rick Brown Sprint RS 955i |