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Honda ST1100 Section => Tyres...to suit your ST1100 => Topic started by: Brock on October 23, 2012, 07:24:54 PM
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Have you come out to this,
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat.jpg)
Its a bugger aint it.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Screw1.jpg)
Its screwed.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Screw2.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Screw3.jpg)
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Its time to get out the repair kit.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Kit1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Kit2.jpg)
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Now that the screw is out, lock the wheel in gear (its much easier to work with.
Take the reaming tool and clean up the hole.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Reaming.jpg)
Now fit the insertion nozzle to the fitting tool. ( apply a little petroleum jelly to the inside of the nozzlw first, it helps the plug slide through)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/InsertNozzle1.jpg)
and push it into the tyre.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/InsertNozzle2.jpg)
and remove the handle, and you are left with this.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/InsertNozzle3.jpg)
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Take the plug insertion tool, and load a plug into it, back off the allen head screw first.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Insert1.jpg)
Pop in the plug
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Insert2.jpg)
and push the mushroom inside the tool (makes it easier to go into the nozzle).
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Insert3.jpg)
And fit it to the nozzle
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Readytoplug1.jpg)
Use the Allen key to screw the plug into the tyre, screw the plug in til it stops
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Readytoplug2.jpg)
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Remove the insertion tool, and you should have this.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Plugin.jpg)
give the tail a pull until about 50mm long to seat it, let it go and cut the tail off with supplied knife, and you have this.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Trimmed.jpg).
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Now all thats left to do is connect the Slime pocket pump to the power socket on your bike and inflate the tyre. It takes a while, so make sure the engine is running when you do it or you may need to use the Jumper lead mod that you are planning to do next week. :grin :grin
While waiting for the pump, put the plug kit back in its bag and put it put it away. start putting the panniers back on. bynow, the tyre should be inflated, so turn off engine and check for further leaks. put the rest of the kit away, refit the seat and go riding.
I think I have been riding on this tyre in a flattish condition all day, and didnt notice. Its suffered a bit of excess wear and will have to be replaced shortly. I dint notice any handling problems. and I covered about 200 Ks today. ( work pays for most of it :grin guess the mile allowance will have to go to a new tyre)
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Great "How To" there Brock!
I hadn't seen the mushroom type before. They look a little more convincing than the fabric "Worm" type that I have used.
I'd often wondered how you got the mushroom head inside the tyre. Seeing is believing!
I bought the worm type at Supacheap Auto. Where did you get the mushie?
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The worms can work ok, but I have had one case in a car tyre where they did not do the job long term, more of a temporary fix. Another time they worked for the next 20,000kms with no loss of tyre pressure.
I have read that the mushroom types applied form the outside may not work sometimes either as they may shear. The best way, which is not practical, is to take the tyre off and repair from the inside.
Either way, a repair is better than walking or the tow truck.
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Got the kit here Biggles.
https://www.tomcatdistribution.com.au/stop-and-go-tire-repair-kits (https://www.tomcatdistribution.com.au/stop-and-go-tire-repair-kits)
The plug may only last a couple of hundred Ks, but its way better than a 2hr wait for a multi hundred tow. I will let you know if it fails, ( i will just stick in another)
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Hey Brock, is that a temp fix or is it good enough for the remaining life of the tyre.
Looks a great kit, searching for one for myself now. Thanks for the heads up. :thumb
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The tyre is about had it, but the plug will stay in until the tyre is replaced in a week or three. That should be 300 - 1000 ks
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Got the kit here Biggles.
https://www.tomcatdistribution.com.au/stop-and-go-tire-repair-kits (https://www.tomcatdistribution.com.au/stop-and-go-tire-repair-kits)
Strike! $41.95! That's three times dearer than the Worm kit. Still, if they're better...
Seems from various experiences reported so far that you just try and see how they go, regardless of which ones you buy.
For any Newbies reading this, there are plenty of disclaimers about using any of them- accidents have been attributed to failures in the US.
Rather than open a whole new thread of horror stories, you can find lots more info with a bit of research.
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([url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/Flat%20tyre/Kit1.jpg[/url])
Hi Brock - where did you get this little beauty (the pump)?
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Not dure, might have been Repco, Auto One.
I saw something similar in Tyres for Bikes yesterday, it was a slime brand as well.
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How the plug looks from the inside.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/20121103_103420.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/20121103_103431.jpg)
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How the plug looks from the inside.
([url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/20121103_103420.jpg[/url])
WOW! I'll be the first to ask. How did you get the camera inside the tyre? :popcorn
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Looks great Brock!
Thanks for that, I'll be buying me one right now!
:beer
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How the plug looks from the inside.
([url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Avtrician/20121103_103420.jpg[/url])
WOW! I'll be the first to ask. How did you get the camera inside the tyre? :popcorn
Key hole surgery...... :rofl
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Hi Brock - where did you get this little beauty (the pump)?
Just found em on Ebay mate, about to buy one myself.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SLIME-TIRE-TOP-OFF-COMPACT-12-VOLT-PUMP-TURN-OFF-TPMS-/360486458236?pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&hash=item53eeaad37c (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SLIME-TIRE-TOP-OFF-COMPACT-12-VOLT-PUMP-TURN-OFF-TPMS-/360486458236?pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&hash=item53eeaad37c)
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How did you get the camera inside the tyre? :popcorn
It was easy, just stuffed my Samsung galaxy S II down the valve, then used the App i got off the web to take the pic..... It was a bugga getting the camera out again, the App for that wont work until you pay for it.
:popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn
I really took the pic when I had the tyre replaced with a PR3 at Tyres for Bikes in Vic Park. :grin
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Buggar Brock, you let the cat outta the bag, we had em going for awhile... :thumb
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Called into the local REPCO today and the little slime pumps are $41.00. Bit cheaper on ebay for $12.99 and $16.00 shipping.
:bl11
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Called into the local REPCO today and the little slime pumps are $41.00. Bit cheaper on ebay for $12.99 and $16.00 shipping.
:bl11
Did the Repco one have a pressure gauge and LED light? It's not on their website. I see Amazon have also got them for US$12.99 plus postage.
There is another one on eBay for $35 that doesn't appear to have a pressure guage but may be more compact. It mentions a pencil gauge. It delivers 300 psi!
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I bought three of the slimes on special over ebay - forget how much but they were pretty cheap. They are the ones with LED and pressure gauge, but you don't set a pressure. The pressure gauge is reasonably accurate, but I check with a pressure gauge anyway. While a pump might deliver 300psi, if the volume is small it might take a while.
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Did the Repco one have a pressure gauge and LED light? It's not on their website. I see Amazon have also got them for US$12.99 plus postage.
There is another one on eBay for $35 that doesn't appear to have a pressure guage but may be more compact. It mentions a pencil gauge. It delivers 300 psi!
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Yes Biggles, had the gauge and light.
:bl11
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Sorry for the delay, but this is a photo of the tyre repair kit, compressor, cable ties, contact cleaner, not the 90 degree tyre adapter (have 90 degree valve stems to put on)
I put these items in one half of a 2 litre milk container (no need to the lite white milk, full cream is fine, ha ha ha) and I then place the second milk container over the top. My brother and I, used old cleaned brake fluid containers as the plastic is stronger and hold the two halves together with a piece of car inner tube, like a big elastic band. It lives in the tail of the bike.
Puncture repair is the same as Brock's in above post.
(http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q791/vegapup/Honda%20ST1100/1100tyrekit001a.jpg)
Cheers
Dave