I recently purchased from Shaun his rear rim & Metzeler tyre 160/70-17. My ST had had an Avon Storm2 that was destryed and emergency replaced with a Metzeler Z8 160/60-17. Good tyre but I preferred the original size. So needing a 160/60 for my CB400SF it was time to take the 160/60 off the ST and fit it to the CB400 and fit Shauns complete wheel to my ST.
Shauns tyre had a slow leak that started to be felt after a weeks riding and I am not sure why but the tyre I took off and fitted to the CB400 had a faster leak on the bead seal. Having both bikes with slow leaks was a right royal pain in the proverbial. So time to try a slime type product.
I purchased a 1 litre bottle of Preventaflat.
http://preventaflat.com and inserted 250 mills in each tyre. Fixed both leaks instantly. Its the first time I have used this kind of product, it worked a treat.
Interestingly I have been using my pushbike pump to pump up the tyres. For the new Michelin Commander II I fitted after removeing the Metzeler Z8, I thought I would need to go to the servo in the car but decided to try the bike hand pump. A couple of heftly thumps with the rubber hammer on the tread as I rotated it round gave sufficient seal to pump it up with no issue at all. Spurred on, I tried the same with the Metzeler 160/60 on the CB400 and it worked just the same. So managed some exercise and got the job done on both tyres.
