Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihu1m.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ihu1m!gadfly
From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Tires, or lack thereof...
Message-ID: <412@ihu1m.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 3-May-85 14:27:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: ihu1m.412
Posted: Fri May  3 14:27:27 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 4-May-85 01:24:48 EDT
References: <566@hou2e.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Lines: 31

--
> The other day I was out riding my Sabre, and I passed by someone
> changing the flat tire on their car.  Hmmm.
> 
> What does one do when one gets a flat tire on ones motorcycle?
> I guess I know the answer, but I'd like to hear it just to be sure.
> 
> Thanks.
> Dan Masi

I'll tell you what you *don't* do--never patch a tube, except as a
last ditch measure to get to a place you can buy a new one.  If
you're riding any great distance, especially through remote sorts
of territory, carry a spare tube so you won't ever have to ride on
a patched one.  If you're worried about dealing with flats, go
outside today and change your tires.  It does take a little
practice to get the new tube and tire on without the latter pinching
the former.

If you've got them new-fangled tubeless tires, changing one is a lot
harder, as you need a supply of compressed air to make a good seal.
You might travel with a can of one of those pressurized leak-stop
compounds.  Someone already posted asking for reviews of the various
brands.
-- 
                    *** ***
JE MAINTIENDRAI   ***** *****
                 ****** ******  03 May 85 [14 Floreal An CXCIII]
ken perlow       *****   *****
(312)979-7188     ** ** ** **
..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken   *** ***