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Re: Punctures?



Hi,

I had a nail in my tyre during my tour of Europe (happened in Poland). The
hole wasn't all that big, so I tried some chemical stuff you put in your
tyre (it's like a sort of foam, works on cars, trucks, motorbikes, etc). It
worked perfect (still does), have done 6000 km's with it since the puncture,
and still no loss of pressure (I check it very often since...)! (It's a
Bridgestone BT57).

Grtz.
Q.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "barry.croft" <barry.croft@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "ST/RS List" <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 8:32 PM
Subject: Punctures?


> I came back from a rather, er, 'spirited' ride to Boxhill today, and as I
> peeled off for home the Bandit I'd been jousting with came past and tried
to
> signal something, but then blasted off up another road. So I got home and
> parked up and went for a cuppa. About an hour later I came out to find the
> back tyre totally flat! The back wheel turned out to be easy to remove,
and
> my local dealer was able to plug it, he thought pretty well.
>
> 2 questions though: 1) how safe are plugs, really, and 2) has anyone else
> had a puncture that early in the life of a tyre? I'm on BT020s, and I've
> done about 2100 miles now.
>
> I was celebrating because I've managed to sell my Bros. That's a Hawk to
you
> guys in the US. In a way I'm sad because I loved the bike, but at least it
> goes part way to paying off on the RS...
>
> ...which is still beautiful. More or less run in now - still a bit tight
> above 8000, but I'm still more than happy to surf along on the torque at
> 4-6000 most of the time. When Bandits aren't giving chase anyway!
>
> Barry
> 95 bird
> 00 RS
>
>
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