Coyote Chris
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Ever learn anything about motorcycling in your driveway? I noted that my wife's old beater car tire was loosing air in its leaky tire faster than normal so I decided to plug the two holes for fun (she never drives the car except to keep it alive).
The tires are so worn a shop wont touch them. Anyway, I know where the nail was and the screw was so I took off the tire and pretended I was besides the side of the road with my NT tire kit. The first thing I found out was I really didnt have any dish soap or a dedicated zip lock bag to hold soapy water, so I made note of that. I pushed the small nail into the tire as I couldnt dig it out without lots of effort and quickly put in a Dyna plug, my go to plug kit for small holes. Next I tried to dig out the screw but that wouldnt come so I just pushed it into the tire, leaving a nice 2/16-3/16 hole. I removed the valve to take out the air more quickly (but I am here to tell you the tire looses its air pretty quickly through a 2/16 -3/16 hole!) and use the "Stop and Go" plug kit to put in a nice big mushroom plug. I found out my needle nose plyers are in my tool bag so I decided to make another note to put a small cheep set in the Stop and go kit. Along with a valve tool. I then blew in a can of Slime "Quick Spair" (sic) that I carry on the bike and found out that there isnt really that much air in the can so its important to have two other ways to pump up a tire (CO2 and electric pump) . I also carry gummy worms with a graduated set of tapered rat tail files (small version) so it the plug doesnt hold, I have a backup.
All these years and I never thought to include a tiny bottle of soap in my tool kit. Yes, I carry a bar of soap in my shaving kit and a bottle of water so that would have done ok to find a leak, but a small squeeze bottle of soap the size of an eye drop bottle (or a motel freebee small bottle of shampoo) is going in my flat kit. I am thinking about a standard water bottle cap with a hole in it to convert a water bottle to a soapy water dispensor, too. Most nails are easy to see but not always....
FYI Just so you know, if this heap were MY car, and I wanted it for a back up, it would get real tires.......
The tires are so worn a shop wont touch them. Anyway, I know where the nail was and the screw was so I took off the tire and pretended I was besides the side of the road with my NT tire kit. The first thing I found out was I really didnt have any dish soap or a dedicated zip lock bag to hold soapy water, so I made note of that. I pushed the small nail into the tire as I couldnt dig it out without lots of effort and quickly put in a Dyna plug, my go to plug kit for small holes. Next I tried to dig out the screw but that wouldnt come so I just pushed it into the tire, leaving a nice 2/16-3/16 hole. I removed the valve to take out the air more quickly (but I am here to tell you the tire looses its air pretty quickly through a 2/16 -3/16 hole!) and use the "Stop and Go" plug kit to put in a nice big mushroom plug. I found out my needle nose plyers are in my tool bag so I decided to make another note to put a small cheep set in the Stop and go kit. Along with a valve tool. I then blew in a can of Slime "Quick Spair" (sic) that I carry on the bike and found out that there isnt really that much air in the can so its important to have two other ways to pump up a tire (CO2 and electric pump) . I also carry gummy worms with a graduated set of tapered rat tail files (small version) so it the plug doesnt hold, I have a backup.
All these years and I never thought to include a tiny bottle of soap in my tool kit. Yes, I carry a bar of soap in my shaving kit and a bottle of water so that would have done ok to find a leak, but a small squeeze bottle of soap the size of an eye drop bottle (or a motel freebee small bottle of shampoo) is going in my flat kit. I am thinking about a standard water bottle cap with a hole in it to convert a water bottle to a soapy water dispensor, too. Most nails are easy to see but not always....
FYI Just so you know, if this heap were MY car, and I wanted it for a back up, it would get real tires.......