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05-14-2006, 09:18 AM
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| Sprocket Pilot   Joined: Sep 2003
Bike: 2003 Honda CGL 125
Location: South Africa
Posts: 857
|  Flat tyre It has now been about three weeks, but I also lack the money to do anything about it. A new tyre is going to run me about R350, and labour R100 or so. Add 14% tax to that, and it comes to around R520.00. :-/ Which I don't have at the moment. The other problem is that the service centre is about 10 km's away, and I have to arrange for my father in law to help with his pick up truck. How do you guys handle a flat, when you have no access to a pick up, or cannot get the wheel off? At least by Wednesday, I should have it sorted. Thank goodness for my wife's credit card!
__________________ I live in my own little world. But it's OK. They know me here.  Its 106 miles to Chicago. We have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, its dark and we're wearing sunglasses.  Hey, psycho, we're not getting back together. Now get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up. |
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05-14-2006, 10:15 AM
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| M-J.Com Master Poster   Joined: Jan 2006
Bike: M50
Location: 1060 West Addison, Chicago
Posts: 3,767
 | http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...DF&cm_ite=auto Now if you have a tube tire and cant get the thing off that’s a problem. If it’s not a total blow out, a can of fix a flat could get you home. |
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05-14-2006, 10:44 AM
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| Sprocket Pilot Joined: Sep 2003
Bike: 2003 Honda CGL 125
Location: South Africa
Posts: 857
| Tried that kind of stuff once - "Slime" - green liquid that you squirt into the valve. It worked for about 15 minutes, I think the hole was to big for it to seal.
__________________ I live in my own little world. But it's OK. They know me here. Its 106 miles to Chicago. We have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, its dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Hey, psycho, we're not getting back together. Now get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up. |
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05-15-2006, 04:01 PM
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| Throttle Jockey  Joined: Apr 2004
Bike: '05 Boulevard C50
Location: Central Kentucky
Posts: 3,208
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__________________ Tim Wisner AMA, SCRC Happiness is something we create | |
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05-16-2006, 07:50 AM
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| Et cetera ad nauseum   Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 18,296
| Why can't you remove the wheel from the bike and take it yourself?
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05-21-2006, 04:08 AM
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| Sprocket Pilot Joined: Sep 2003
Bike: 2003 Honda CGL 125
Location: South Africa
Posts: 857
| Do not have a 17" spanner, but also I am worried that if I do take it off, I will not be able to put it back together again properly. There is nothing in the user manual about removing wheels. It says "In the event of a flat tyre, please see your local dealer." 
__________________ I live in my own little world. But it's OK. They know me here. Its 106 miles to Chicago. We have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, its dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Hey, psycho, we're not getting back together. Now get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up. |
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05-21-2006, 07:38 AM
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| Et cetera ad nauseum Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 18,296
| There's not much too it as long as you record (digital camera, notes, parts taped to cardboard) what you've done and reverse the operation later. What's a 17" spanner?
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