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Coyote Chris
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Thanks! I buy the serious Slime for the lawn tractor tires and I am very impressed. Quite awhile ago, Consumer reports did a test on the "fix in a can" products and for the life of me, I cant remember which one they were impressed with, but I have carried Slime Spair in my bikes kits for years. When I blew a can into my wife's Subaru tire, I was very unimpressed with the final air pressure after the can did its thing... 5 psi. A motorcycle tire has a much lower volume of course so I would expect more of a pressure buildup but it is clear that the electric pump would also be needed. I should check for youtubes on Slime Spair....since I carry my own air compressor I might save space by just carrying a bottle of slime or whatever....I carry a Slime SPAIR with me on any trips out of the local area and had one in my desk at work.
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I've read all the negative comments about Slime. I think they fall into the "fake news" category. Someone said this, and someone else repeated it, and since you read it on the Internet, it must be true. (This also is something you're reading on the Internet, but I'll be glad to tell you in person at Spearfish over a cool one, so it actually will be true.)
I got started with Slime on my Suzuki Burgman when a screw met my rear tire. I tried the sticky worms, but it was still leaking some. Lots of people on the BurgmanUSA forum said they'd never ride with a patched tire...but I wonder how much they really rode. But I took their advice and ordered a new rear tire. In the meantime, I put some Slime in it. A few days later, I thought about not replacing the tire since it had stopped leaking. But since the tire was ordered, I went ahead and changed it.
The Slime was a mess inside the tire. It was a nice bright green runny liquid, just like it is in the bottle. Well...it had been inside the bottle just a couple weeks earlier, so that makes perfect sense.
A few weeks later, I saw a small cotter pin sticking out of my new tire. My wife at this time was looking for any excuse to get me to quit riding, and money was tight, so I didn't want to tell her I was replacing the tire again. I put the remainder of the bottle of Slime in...and the leak stopped. Over the life of that tire, I picked up a total of 4 or 5 nails and screws. The Slime sealed all of the leaks.
When it was time to replace the tire (@ 15,000 miles), I asked to be present when the tire was removed. I wanted to see all the corrosion that supposedly Slime would cause. The mechanic made a loud comment about all the mess...but I think he had primed himself to say that before seeing anything. There was no mess. Over time, just like the Ride-On pictures showed, the Slime had moved to the tread area and become sticky enough to not drip or run. In fact, you couldn't even tell Slime was inside the tire unless you stuck your fingers into the material itself. And as for corrosion...there was none.
The Slime SPAIR package is nice in that you get both the Slime bottle and a good quality compressor. You can find it at most hardware stores.
Chris
My own opinion of tires throwing plugs out due to centrifical force is that it may be possible but I dont worry about a well installed mushroom plug or gooey worm being thrown out....the air pressure if you calculate it is about zilch on the actual plug and I would have a hard time believing the centrifical force would drive either out. On the other hand, if the original nail/whatever hole is big, I go ahead and replace the tire if I have any doubts...it just makes me sleep better....
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