Well, there isn’t exactly an option for a spare...but i agree that it would have been better if they called a place to rescue them or have to limp to one...
If you are in the middle of nowhere, and in an unfamiliar area - possibly without cell connection, then you do what you gotta do. And let me tell you that I'm not pushing my 800lb bike for miles - especially around here. Many roads have no place to leave the bike at the side of the road (the side of the road either being a straight up or a straight down without a shoulder). Not that I carry a can of that stuff but if a car happened to come along and that is all the help they could offer - I'd gladly take it!
Yes if you leave the bike behind to go and get help it odds are it will not be there when you get back. I hate the stuff but keep a can in everything just in case.
Yeah I thought that too. It’s hard to find those spots nowadays but they are there and best only to use when no other viable option. I agree
Hard to say but that looks like fix a flat(yellow), not green slime. Not that it matters much, except slime is easy to clean. When you go to pull the valve stem you usually know there is crap in the tire.
If you were there, you'd easily tell it was slime and there were no signs of it with the stem removal. Being a liquid, it lays on the tire below the valve, no way for it to randomly vaporize or reach up to the stem with the flow of air (there's no line or straw to reach down that far. I've had people warn me before hand, and I can manage to not make that mess.
I've changed plenty of tires with a mess in them. I guess my I don't change tires for a living. Only did it years ago working through high school. I only use my manual changer at home nowa days. I've seen guys get pleasantly surprised by tire product. I know it can surprise people and make a mess. In my limited experience, green slime somehow works it's way to not only the bead but valvestem and entire wheel. Not arguing just my observation.
I ride a lot. You can patch a motorcycle tire with a regular plug. To get home at least. I wouldn't run any patched/ plugged tire any longer than absolutely necessary though.
don2222 is it possible for you to get a tube in it? Like mentioned earlier, I’d try to submerse and look for bubbles. It has to be escaping somewhere.
If it has an actual tube in it and it is going down (leaking) it is the tube. Inspect the inside of the tire extremely well to insure there isn't anything punctured through. Best bet, you have it torn all down, put in a new tube.
Those valve stems are easy to change and cheap. Well worth swapping it out to find out if it's the culprit.
If it is a tube then it would be a valve core. If it isn't a tube, looks like you have the valve stem out, once out, throw them away and put in a new one. Nothing more frustrating than a flat tire everytime you want to use something.
Hello https://www.walmart.com/ip/Slime-4-Way-Tool-with-Valve-Cores-20262/45791090 I picked up these 4 valve cores and the removal tool at Walmart for a whopping $1.84 and replaced the 2 cores on the 2 leaky tires, on front and one back on the right side. Then inflated. The seal on the old valve cores seamed good because even though the tires were flat the bead was good and I could hear some air come out! Does this mean the tube is good and the valve core is bad?? Pic 1 - new cores and tool Pic 2 - old core Pic 3 & 4 - New core Pic 5 - The two old valve cores that were replaced. The springs seamed good and springey. Time will tell. How do they look??? Pic 6-7 two good cores for comparison
None taken, none ment. what I meant to say that I boogered in my phone was I guess my atv tires are small enough that the puddle of goo fills them enough to hit the stem and bead? Either way in a car tire in the cold any product causes vibration. Ask me how I know!
