I've helped my brother-in-law with his bike twice now, but now it was my turn! I got a nice juicy piece of debris right in the middle of the rear at 65mph. It went down fairly quickly, but enough to slow to the side of a 2 lane country road. The pitch of the road side wouldn't let me put the kickstand down as the bike would tumble over. I tried walking it back to a driveway about 50 feet away, but with a flat tire she sure is a pig! It was like pushing a small car! A fellow from the church there came out and helped fortunately.
I tried my dynaplug kit but with 2 plugs it didn't hold and my canned air ran out. I tried a compressor that someone had, but it was still leaking. So I called my gal, and Irish who has two ST1100s and spare wheels. About 1-1/2 hours (and 40 miles) later she arrived with tools, a new wheel and water. 20 minutes later I was heading home - my day trip was aborted but none-the-worse considering.
Big thanks to Irish for the loaner wheel! I miss him on here, he's a great asset for riders!
So take aways from this, I need to try different tire strings as the dynaplugs failed on my first need. And I need to pack a compressor on the bike, or keep more compressed air canisters.
I tried my dynaplug kit but with 2 plugs it didn't hold and my canned air ran out. I tried a compressor that someone had, but it was still leaking. So I called my gal, and Irish who has two ST1100s and spare wheels. About 1-1/2 hours (and 40 miles) later she arrived with tools, a new wheel and water. 20 minutes later I was heading home - my day trip was aborted but none-the-worse considering.
Big thanks to Irish for the loaner wheel! I miss him on here, he's a great asset for riders!
So take aways from this, I need to try different tire strings as the dynaplugs failed on my first need. And I need to pack a compressor on the bike, or keep more compressed air canisters.
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