I love your top tips. many thanks for video!!!! I particularly enjoyed your second top tip min 2: 20 " just because you find 1 hole, don't stop" got me out of trouble many a time
The homemade 'Snoop' is a good idea! Throw away the CO2 canisters, and always carry a compressor. Carry a small bottle of Isopropyl Alcohol. Whatever type of plug you use, use some rubber cement to lubricate and seal the hole/plug (if plug is pre-lubed, clean that off with the Isopropyl and use rubber cement). Buy new tubes of rubber cement each year or two (as it does harden in the tubes over time) - cheap enough off ebay or Amazon. Carry a couple of different types of repair plugs, even if it is between a few riders. Use the most appropriate for the puncture. Carry a few spare valve inserts.
Thank you. I like to bring needle nose pliers, diagonal cutters to get the nails out and also cut off the excess plug. My dad also taught me years ago to bring along a cigarette lighter to burn the plug and melt it. It bonds with the tire better. It works! And I saved a brand new tire and continued to use it for its lifespan with the plug.
A small bottle of soapy water is a great idea. Thanks! I carry a Lezyne bicycle pump because it is all too easy to run down your battery trying to pump up a tyre with a battery driven compressor.
Cheers for that. I try to keep gadgets simple and repairable. The Lezyne pump is simple, very well engineered and really is effortless. My sidecar combination has a 45Ah battery in the chair, so power is not a problem - reliable gadgets are!@@colin20cal
🇵🇹😜 i made a repair once on a tube tyre, not knowing i had a tube, but it save me 100 bucks, because i just had to change the tube. I repaires it with the same set as you, at the shop they refuse to do it now... but my old F650GS will not reach tremendous speed tough😅 Hope you had fun in Portugal 😊😜
I had a puncture on my adventure bike rear tyre could not find the leak I used water from a puddle the reason was the tyre was totally flat ,I connected my pump put some air in and the bubbles appeared and I found the nail deep in the rubber which I removed with pliers then a Wriggle worm job sorted 👍😂
My bike has spoke wheels.....I very much fear getting a flat a long way from home....but I do li=ove my Chrome Spoke Wheel's and would not part with them...my bike is a 2020 Triumph T100. You say get a flat with a spoke wheel...means a ride home on the back of a recovery truck....yes I do have recovery insurance. But....as well as caring 6 co2 cartridge's I also carry a small neat 12 pump....even those small mountain bike hand pumps will put 30psi in you tyre in between 5 and 10 mins. But more important....I carry a bottle of TUBE SLIME.....supposed to be formulated for inner tubes on motor cycles. Not needed to use mine touch wood....but lots have with good results if used correctly. I fitted tyre pressure monitoring a few years ago.....to keep an eye on my tyre pressures....and hopefully give me a heads up if I have a leak....I have set the monitor to alert me if the pressure drops by 3psi....cheap as chips on ebay....£20.....very accurate and fast responding. Nick from Cheshre UK.
Is that compresser a rocky creek pump If so, do you know any UK companies that sell the battery lead, as mine has gone missing Good valuable advice and straight forward video
I love your top tips. many thanks for video!!!! I particularly enjoyed your second top tip min 2: 20 " just because you find 1 hole, don't stop"
got me out of trouble many a time
Thank you for your comments, appriciate the feedback.
The homemade 'Snoop' is a good idea! Throw away the CO2 canisters, and always carry a compressor. Carry a small bottle of Isopropyl Alcohol. Whatever type of plug you use, use some rubber cement to lubricate and seal the hole/plug (if plug is pre-lubed, clean that off with the Isopropyl and use rubber cement). Buy new tubes of rubber cement each year or two (as it does harden in the tubes over time) - cheap enough off ebay or Amazon. Carry a couple of different types of repair plugs, even if it is between a few riders. Use the most appropriate for the puncture. Carry a few spare valve inserts.
Thank you. I like to bring needle nose pliers, diagonal cutters to get the nails out and also cut off the excess plug. My dad also taught me years ago to bring along a cigarette lighter to burn the plug and melt it. It bonds with the tire better. It works! And I saved a brand new tire and continued to use it for its lifespan with the plug.
I cary little bottle like that for also spraying around tyre edge to help remove tyre if needed.
Great tip thank you! 😊
A small bottle of soapy water is a great idea. Thanks! I carry a Lezyne bicycle pump because it is all too easy to run down your battery trying to pump up a tyre with a battery driven compressor.
Have you thought of having the engine running whilst using the compressor to stop the battery running down 🤔
Cheers for that. I try to keep gadgets simple and repairable. The Lezyne pump is simple, very well engineered and really is effortless. My sidecar combination has a 45Ah battery in the chair, so power is not a problem - reliable gadgets are!@@colin20cal
You are supposed to have your engine running whist using a mini compressor to inflate your tyre , to prevent flattening your battery .
thank you my good sir. top quality
Great tip, thank you. You forgot to mention that as well as finding punctures, you also get a clean tyre....
Good point!! ;-)
🇵🇹😜 i made a repair once on a tube tyre, not knowing i had a tube, but it save me 100 bucks, because i just had to change the tube.
I repaires it with the same set as you, at the shop they refuse to do it now... but my old F650GS will not reach tremendous speed tough😅
Hope you had fun in Portugal 😊😜
Great tip .. one question though, why the washing up liquid and not just water? Thanks
Good question, the washing up liquid is to make bubbles easier!
I had a puncture on my adventure bike rear tyre could not find the leak I used water from a puddle the reason was the tyre was totally flat ,I connected my pump put some air in and the bubbles appeared and I found the nail deep in the rubber which I removed with pliers then a Wriggle worm job sorted 👍😂
Good Tip!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
My bike has spoke wheels.....I very much fear getting a flat a long way from home....but I do li=ove my Chrome Spoke Wheel's and would not part with them...my bike is a 2020 Triumph T100.
You say get a flat with a spoke wheel...means a ride home on the back of a recovery truck....yes I do have recovery insurance.
But....as well as caring 6 co2 cartridge's I also carry a small neat 12 pump....even those small mountain bike hand pumps will put 30psi in you tyre in between 5 and 10 mins.
But more important....I carry a bottle of TUBE SLIME.....supposed to be formulated for inner tubes on motor cycles.
Not needed to use mine touch wood....but lots have with good results if used correctly.
I fitted tyre pressure monitoring a few years ago.....to keep an eye on my tyre pressures....and hopefully give me a heads up if I have a leak....I have set the monitor to alert me if the pressure drops by 3psi....cheap as chips on ebay....£20.....very accurate and fast responding.
Nick from Cheshre UK.
Hi, I don’t think I mentioned spoked wheels?! I was talking about tubed tyres and tubeless tyres! Tyreweld and gloop can work well. Ride safe. Oly
@@RideSpain No you didnt...but did mention tubes....tubes normal go with spoke wheels.
Is that compresser a rocky creek pump
If so, do you know any UK companies that sell the battery lead, as mine has gone missing
Good valuable advice and straight forward video
Yes it is! well spotted. And sorry I do not know where to get spares.
I owned a bike for nearly a year til i needed a new back tyre and found I'd been riding round on tyreweld. Good product. Why faff with anything else?
Just got xcape can you fit just the top bx without the side bars as don't want panniers .
CHEERS
Yea, absolutely you can!
Thanks buddy might fit panniers at a later date