Afternoon peoples. The valve on my Bandit's rear tyre is most disturbingly leaky around the valve seat, dropping 10 lbs in a day, or totally deflating over the fortnight or so it has been getting before rides. I have a canister of slime bought (but never used) for an old puncture, would it be the done thing to bung it in there, or is slime a bit of a bad thing. I'm how much should it cost me to get the tyre replaced, revalved and refitted. Cheers. Phil -- ALTERNATIVE SAILING TERMS - Battery: Electrochemical storage device capable of lighting a lamp of a wattage approximately equal to that of a refrigerator lamp for a period of 15 minutes after having been charged for two hours. http://www.Love2Sail.co.uk
Nice I've never used slime, but I did stick one and a half canisters of tyre weld into a rear tyre that picked up a nail whilst being wheeled out of the workshop it had just been fitted in. Squirted them in, topped up with air and then rode consistantly for about 15 minutes. That tyre has done 9k miles, shows very little wear and has only needed extra air after an extended period of non use.
It's a tubless tyre so unless you want or have to you shouldn't need to replace the whole tyre. To remove, fit a new valve & re-fit the tyre shouldn't cost more than £20 to a loose wheel, expect to pay more if you want them to remove & re-fit the wheel. I would NEVER use any form of puncture sealant on a performance motorcycle tyre.
Keelworm wrote Stupid ****, get it fixed. Prolly less than you would have earned during the time it took you to ask a damn stupid question in the totally wrong place.
The answer that I was expecting. Guess I'll have to nip the wheel in to a tyre place. Anyone know any M/C tyre/puncture repairers in/around wakefield area. PG
Keelworm posted: If you're getting a new tyre it'll cost a couple of quid for the valve - they'll have the wheel off while they're changing the tyre, and it's such a small job it shouldn't be extra labour. Otherwise, ring a few tyre places and ask them. You'll probably save a small wedge if you can take the wheel out yourself.
Sorry Steve, forgot you had the monopoly on being a complete twat. Can I ask why the question was so stupid? After 5 years of riding bikes with tubed tyres, I meerly asked UK bikers for advice on dealing with a Tubless situation I had no familiarity with? Perhaps your missus has been denying you your mans rights this month... I often find a few sweet words and a bunch of flowers will get you lucky... then again, haven't seen you so wouldn't like to pass judgment on her bad taste? sorry if I offended, PG
Don't use that shit unless it's an emergency. WHich this isn't If the valve has a 10mm nut on it (which most have, tho some are just a rubber press fit) then try tightening the fucker up. Betcha that solves the problem. Why do you want to replace the tyre? If the valve really is fucked (and if it is, it's as likely a problem with the wheel as the valve body) then a replacement valve is only a couple of quid. A dealer would probably charge an hours labour to remove a wheel, unseat the tyre to replace the valve and refit it all
Keelworm let forth with a mighty belch and uttered : Some folk swear by it, most swear at it. Whatever, it'll do no good whatsoever in this situation. If the tyre isn't knackered, why replace it?. Looking at an hours labour to remove the wheel and refit it, 2.50 ukp to replace the valve and all is well. If the valve is a pull-through rubber job, it may have hardened and will require replacement. If it is a bolt through, try tightening it.
Sorry, not explained very well. By replace I ment remove, replace valve and refit tyre... The main reason for my question was that the bike is due a service (11,000mile) in June, and was going to get it done then... wondered if Slime, or similar product would be suitable to 'Put me on' for the couple of rides I'll be getting in until then. The Bindit is my 'Yorkshire Steed' (currently bikeless in London after selling my CG125... looking for a good ever so cheap commuter 250... suggestions welcome) and as I generally only get a couple of weekends up north a month (if lucky) it's nice to get out riding, rather than being stuck in the garage repairing. However, have decided to remove the wheel next time I'm up, (After my ride?) and ask dad to nip it to Castle Motors for new valve. Cheers... PG -- ALTERNATIVE SAILING TERMS - Uniform: As worn by yacht club members and other shore hazards, a distinctive form of dress intended to be visible at a distance of at least 50 meters which serves to warn persons in the vicinity of the long wings and dense masses of hot air associated with these bores. http://www.Love2Sail.co.uk
http://www.motorcycle_tyre_puncture_repairers_in_around_wakefield_area.co.uk From www.google.com (HTH)
HooDooWitch wrote: Keelworm <> somehow managed to http://www.motorcycle_tyre_puncture_repairers_in_around_wakefield_area.co.uk About as much as a dodgy curry helps settle the shits... Reason I asked, rather than google (which I had already done anyway), is that rider experience, can generally pay dividends in respect to value for money, and value of service. I can tell you six or so excellent value M/C service centers in and around London, but of the 3 I have had nothing but Shit with, 2 of them come up with an average google search for M/C services centres in my area. Wakefield, is much smaller than London, and since I have done most of my motorcycling down here (been ripped off along the way too) I wondered if I might benefit from others experience. Cheers. PG.
<fx: goes all gooey-arsed with nostalgia about honeymoon in Sri Lanka> The gamut of "The Fount of all Knowledge" is bound to turn up some useful resources for you. I'm just trying to maintain the optimum signal/noise ratio.
Keelworm let forth with a mighty belch and uttered : The slimey stuff will coat the tyre, not the rim, hence is of no use if the valve stem is leaking. For a cheap commuter bike that is reliable and a doddle to fix, what about an MZ?
Keelworm wrote Not yer actual monopoly as such but a good size holding, ask any of the girls. What question? Tyre innit, yer life fucking depends on it. If you haven't learnt that then you are lucky to have done 5 scar free years. If it is iffy you don't **** about asking a bunch of part time know nothing wannabe bikers for their advice, you go and get it sorted. I am unmarried. and you don't that much about me either. Fucking apologists.
Point accepted! PG -- ALTERNATIVE SAILING TERMS - Life Preserver: Any flotation device that will keep an individual who has fallen off a vessel above water long enough to be run over by it or another rescue craft. http://www.Love2Sail.co.uk
Too right... why should I give a ****! Point taken, and accepted. -- ALTERNATIVE SAILING TERMS - Yacht: ....commonly used to describe any boat prior to its purchase, and by many boat owners to describe their vessel to persons who have never seen it and are likely never to do so. http://www.Love2Sail.co.uk
'kin commedian! <fx: grins> Just trying to deflate Steve's Ego! PG -- ALTERNATIVE SAILING TERMS - Uniform: As worn by yacht club members and other shore hazards, a distinctive form of dress intended to be visible at a distance of at least 50 meters which serves to warn persons in the vicinity of the long wings and dense masses of hot air associated with these bores. http://www.Love2Sail.co.uk
