Rear Tyre Down

Bugger. Big flashing red light on the GTR's instrument panel, and "Rear
Tyre Pressure low: 25PSI", "20PSI", "15...". It was on 8 when I made the
layby.

Auntie Carole to the rescue. At least (for once!) the tyre was just
about fucked anyway.

 

I picked up a nail last Thursday. Thought the handling was a bit funny
as I tipped it in at the Old Kent Road, by the Elephant and Castle
roundabout it was all over the shop.

First chance I got to really check it was at some lights on Kennington
Road. Spitting distance from FWR. On the one evening a week they open
late. Lucky lucky.

 

Good grief what a Gaylord bike. Does it have tyre pressure control too?

Don't you carry a tubeless repair kit? they have you back on the road in 15
mins. I even carry one in the cage.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog

Of course, it's mine.

Don't be silly.

Can't use gunk (sensors), and I've never made on of those plug thingies
work, so no. That's what recovery's for.

 

Go into a BMW dealer and shell £20ish for their glue/plug type repair kit.
Comes with CO2 to reinflate. Brilliant they are. They say 50mph/replace tyre
but I've used one on a Gixxer and it was happy for 500 miles of remaining
tread and 180mph. A tyre depot can ream them out and put a proper mushroom
in anyway (feed line).

 

Our mechanic at work recommends against the BMW type puncture repairs
as the tyre has to be reamed out quite wide to accept the huge looped
temporary plugs. He reckons that trying to fit a proper repair plug in
at a later date is almost impossible. That means your tyre is basically
scrap once one of those plugs goes in.

He says the sticky string type are far more tyre friendly and can
normally be sorted later with a proper repair. Bearing in mind he was
the general manager of three tyre depots, I'm inclined to take his word

 

Sticky string??? wossat?

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http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9015&frostProductName=Infra Red Thermometer

Some string.

Some gaffa tape.

Some longer wires to extend the display to the handlebars.

Job done.

Next?

 

Much like Silly String, only rather more ... err ... sensible.

 

http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&q=infrared+thermometer&scoring=p

 

Dunno but I have a few contacts in F1 - they may know. I'll ask. Not
sure if they constantly measure tyre temp. I'd be surprised if they didn't.

 

Just a bit of soldering once you've prised the case open. You could
test the principle by pointing one at the back tyre whilst riding
pillion before tearing it apart.

 

Colour me confused. I assumed you knew there were already kits
available & were looking for a cheaper option?

 

Well quite. I'd use the Beemer solution and just leave the feckin thing in.

 

<cancels patent filing>

 

Not by much, IWHT. Rubber is not a good conductor.

That'd be my take on it.

 

I've got one of these in my toolbox:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=220790

 

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