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From: blanchard@beta.DEC (DENNIS BLANCHARD 264-5813)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Tires
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Date: Fri, 10-May-85 07:36:36 EDT
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Hi Folks:

	Just wanted to make a few quick comments on tires and problems 
around them.  Having many years experience with flats, a patch is only a 
temporary fix, replace the tube as soon as possible!  Enough on that.

	If your machine doesn't have tire tools ( at one time they all 
did), get some, tires are very easy to remove and replace, the larger they 
are the better, dirt bike tires can be a BEAR to remove!  The best tire 
tools on the market are the ones that BMW sells (approx. $18 two years 
ago).  It comes with a tire pump thats not too good, but the tools and 
lubricant (to make the tire slide back on the rim easier) are really worth 
the money.  All my Honda riding friends buy them, and wouldn't be caught 
dead without them.  

	When putting a tube back in a tire that has had a puncture, if the 
puncture was of any size more than a pin head, (or nail), replace the tire, 
I know it hurts, but do it.  What happens is the small or large slit 
created by the puncture turns into a small nibbler that chews on the tube 
with the flexing action of the tire and twice in twenty years I had 
blow-outs due to this.  IF and only if you could get some sort of positive 
patch device to totally cover the hole and keep it very smooth should you 
attempt to reuse the tire.  Just be sure!  

	To lubricate the tire for replacement on the rim, liquid soap can 
be used in place of the above mentioned product with good results.  

				Have fun and safe riding!



				Dennis Blanchard
				Hampstead, N.H.

K1YPP