Sexagenarian Posted March 9, 2014 #1 Posted March 9, 2014 I have scanned through the threads on emergency tire repair but they all seem to deal with inserting plugs into tubeless tires. What about those of us that used tubed tires.. What does everyone carry with them to get you home or to the next tire repair facility?
MiCarl Posted March 9, 2014 #2 Posted March 9, 2014 I'm not aware of any way to repair a tube without dismounting the tire.
dacheedah Posted March 9, 2014 #3 Posted March 9, 2014 On old off road bikes we would slip the tube out and tie a knot in the split, re air and ride. Get u back but not good for a street bike Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
csdexter Posted March 9, 2014 #4 Posted March 9, 2014 I don't know about the US customs, but in the EU pretty much any gas stop will have a small shop which sells car bits, such as spare bulbs, brake fluid aaaaand kits for fixing flat tires. They're mostly targeted at bicyclists but in an emergency, it could take you home. In the old days they were called "cold patches" to distinguish them from the "hot patches" that a proper tyre shop would use to do the same repair. Also in the old days you could buy emergency hot patch kits which came with a number of patches, adhesive, a rasp to roughen the patch site, a small vice-like thing to hold the patch down and a matching number of something which looked like a biscuit only made of the same stuff that match heads (the ones you light your cigarette with) are made of. You would take the tube out, find the puncture, roughen it up, apply adhesive, put one patch on, use the mini-vice to hold it all steady and then place one of the biscuits on the plate of the vice and then light it up. It was far away from a properly done job at the tyre shop, but has brought many unlucky drivers home safely. I don't know what's still available to buy nowadays, in the era of tubeless.
Sexagenarian Posted March 9, 2014 Author #5 Posted March 9, 2014 Keeping in mind that I am still a newbie, (been riding my own bike for less than a full Minnesota riding season)...I thought I had read somewhere that it is better to use a tubed tire over a tubeless one or to even go so far as to place a tube in a tubeless tire... But after reading the flat tire threads, it seems that getting a flat tire on a tubeless tire is far easier to repair along the road than getting a flat tire on a tubed tire....If tubed, it seems your only option is to remove the tube and patch it. This would require getting the tire off the ground to remove the tube.. This alone would make me want to go tubeless.. or am I missing something important here???
dacheedah Posted March 9, 2014 #6 Posted March 9, 2014 I have one of these and a small compressor [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfOEriGi8GU#t=101]Bike Master Tire Repair Kit Features Overview - Jafrum.com - YouTube[/ame]
MiCarl Posted March 9, 2014 #7 Posted March 9, 2014 Keeping in mind that I am still a newbie, (been riding my own bike for less than a full Minnesota riding season)...I thought I had read somewhere that it is better to use a tubed tire over a tubeless one or to even go so far as to place a tube in a tubeless tire... That is backward. A tubeless tire runs cooler and is much less likely to experience sudden deflation. That is why cars and trucks went strictly tubeless decades ago. The only reason to have a tube is if the tire won't seal for some reason. They are used with wire wheels because the air would leak out around the spokes. And yes, a tubeless tire is much easier to patch on the side of the road. Most motorcycle tire manufacturers recommend that you not repair tires. Personally, I'd repair one to get home but would replace it ASAP.
aharbi Posted March 9, 2014 #8 Posted March 9, 2014 I don't buy bikes that have spoked rims (ie. require tubes) including dual sport.
Sexagenarian Posted March 9, 2014 Author #9 Posted March 9, 2014 (edited) That is backward. A tubeless tire runs cooler and is much less likely to experience sudden deflation. That is why cars and trucks went strictly tubeless decades ago. The only reason to have a tube is if the tire won't seal for some reason. They are used with wire wheels because the air would leak out around the spokes. And yes, a tubeless tire is much easier to patch on the side of the road. Most motorcycle tire manufacturers recommend that you not repair tires. Personally, I'd repair one to get home but would replace it ASAP. I don't buy bikes that have spoked rims (ie. require tubes) including dual sport. You guys Rock!!! Now that you mention the wired spokes, I remember that it was on the Harley forum where I read about putting tubes in tubeless tires, and as you both mentioned, it was for spoked wheels.. My wife's bike is a Harley sportster with the wire spoke rims... I will stay tubeless for sure on my RSTD, and my wife will just have to use her HOG membership for getting her bike towed somewhere to have the flat fixed.. Am I being too insensitive towards her on this?? Go ahead gals, give me your opinions!! I would rather you all called me insensitive rather than feel the wrath she would unleash upon me Edited March 9, 2014 by Sexagenarian
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