07-20-2018, 07:43 AM
Other than dual sports, I have avoided tube tires, as tubeless are easier to repair on the road. The problem with CO2 is that air may be needed to find the puncture, then more air after plugging, then more air if the plug did not work. If need be, I'd look for a
* screw to drive into the hole, to be able to get home...but by then, most likely the CO2 would be exhausted.
A foot pump or electric pump can provide all the inflations necessary, unless the battery runs down...hence the compact foot pump under the seat.
* Circa 1970, friend and I were hauling dirt bikes through Lancaster (Antelope Valley) out to a dry lake near Randsburg.
His truck. Manual trans. Came to a stop sign on Sierra Highway (before highway 14?) and the clutch did not disengage. Looked under the hood. A cotter pin was missing.
We walked along the highway until we found a nail of suitable diameter and it became the replacement cotter pin. Stayed there until he traded the truck.
* screw to drive into the hole, to be able to get home...but by then, most likely the CO2 would be exhausted.
A foot pump or electric pump can provide all the inflations necessary, unless the battery runs down...hence the compact foot pump under the seat.
* Circa 1970, friend and I were hauling dirt bikes through Lancaster (Antelope Valley) out to a dry lake near Randsburg.
His truck. Manual trans. Came to a stop sign on Sierra Highway (before highway 14?) and the clutch did not disengage. Looked under the hood. A cotter pin was missing.
We walked along the highway until we found a nail of suitable diameter and it became the replacement cotter pin. Stayed there until he traded the truck.