Is my luck running out

[winston66]

The question .
Is my luck running out?
I guess that it finally had to happen.
MY FIRST EVER PUNCTURE.
After Fifty Seven years of having a motorcycle licence and riding for most of that time one memorable day last week when checking on the ST. lo and behold To my amazement and dismay I noticed that the rear donut was no longer round in profile, all the air had gone to the top and the damn thing was flat on the bottom.
This I found  especially annoying , as the culprit for this deflation, me, (was my own fault) was a pan head self drilling screw, (which did an awesome job all by itself) , which I had apparently dropped as just the day before I had swept the stable floor and then moved the Steed a couple of feet whilst re arranging and tidying up the garage parking space.
I can not be a very good sweeper.
I guess that if it had to happen I was fortunate that it happened at home and not whilst out on a ride and many kilometers from home.
Any way my little problem was easily and quickly  solved and rectified by the judicious use of the in house,
Stop and go Pocket Tie Plugger tubeless tire  repair kit.
I have carried this little repair kit for many thousands of kilometers since purchasing it when I first obtained my 2003 Ambassador Red ST.
It was easy to use and worked a treat.
I had more trouble trying to  inflate the tire, because of difficulty getting to the tire valve cos someone  (no name) had mislaid the special inflator for the ST tires, Hence my recent post about the Right angle tire valve extensions, now needed for future use.
Cheers to all,
Winston66, Northampton

[West Aussie Glen]

Winston don't be too hard on yourself in reality you could have picked that screw up anywhere or maybe you need one of these:-

http://www.machineryhouse.com.au/M9991

Wait until Hare and Forbes have their annual sale about November.

[winston66]

Hi Glenn,
Thanks for your kind words,
However I recognize the   offending screw as one of the particular  and unusual type ,(literally 100's of) that I have used,  (and have on my workbench) over the years in many jobs and projects  undertaken in trying to stay sane here in the country.
Cheers, Winston66,
Northampton WA.

[Biggles]

AND then there are all those lovely brass screws that the magnetic sweeper would leave on the floor.
Nah.  I'll save the money (and the storage space) and depend on sweeping.
Maybe just buy a better broom- the "platform" variety make a pretty clean sweep.

[West Aussie Glen]

AND then there are all those lovely brass screws that the magnetic sweeper would leave on the floor.
Nah.  I'll save the money (and the storage space) and depend on sweeping.
Maybe just buy a better broom- the "platform" variety make a pretty clean sweep.

I use my magnetic sweeper around my lathe and drilling machine, puts up steel swarf a lot better than a broom.
After I "farkled it" by lowering it reducing the reworking the axles to allow it to get closer to walls etc, a great addition to the workshop.