drrod
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I was wondering if anyone can shed any light or have had similar experience with a PR3.
I am currently in Phoenix, having ridden down from Calgary last week. I am riding with a friend who has a 1200RT. After we got here, the next morning his rear tire was down 10 lbs. No sign of a hole. We pumped it up and rode a bit and it stayed up. After sitting overnight again, it was down 8 lbs. Pumped up and this time we took soapy water and went looking for the problem. We found a very tiny pin hole in center of the tread in one of the grooves. The tire has about 60% of the tread left. This is the second time this has happened to him. The last time, we found 4 or 5 very tiny holes. The tire would lose air when the bike was standing but not while it was in motion. When he change the previous tire out, they could not see anything on the inside of the tire to indicate a problem.
Is it possible for air to literally ooze out of the carcass and when it gets hot, expansion will seal it off? Sounds unlikely, but with no evidence of a puncture, we are stumped. Don't really want to make the hole big enough to put a plug in. May try some RideOn (anyone know where we can get some in the Phoenix area?).
Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this or had experienced anything like it.
Thanks
Rod
I am currently in Phoenix, having ridden down from Calgary last week. I am riding with a friend who has a 1200RT. After we got here, the next morning his rear tire was down 10 lbs. No sign of a hole. We pumped it up and rode a bit and it stayed up. After sitting overnight again, it was down 8 lbs. Pumped up and this time we took soapy water and went looking for the problem. We found a very tiny pin hole in center of the tread in one of the grooves. The tire has about 60% of the tread left. This is the second time this has happened to him. The last time, we found 4 or 5 very tiny holes. The tire would lose air when the bike was standing but not while it was in motion. When he change the previous tire out, they could not see anything on the inside of the tire to indicate a problem.
Is it possible for air to literally ooze out of the carcass and when it gets hot, expansion will seal it off? Sounds unlikely, but with no evidence of a puncture, we are stumped. Don't really want to make the hole big enough to put a plug in. May try some RideOn (anyone know where we can get some in the Phoenix area?).
Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this or had experienced anything like it.
Thanks
Rod