Well it WAS a good weekend

[tford69]

Took the bike out friday night to see the kid and his wife about 220 miles away. nice ride beautiful weather. Then on saterday installed the GIpro and took it for a test run. Worked great. Little over half way home pick up a screw in the back tire going through a town so have to call my other kid to rescue me. For a small screw it really put a big hole in the tire. Dont think i trust patching the tire the local harley shop wants $450 just for the tire. I ordered one tonight for $176 delivered to my house.

 

[cootertwo]

Bummer for sure! Just went through the same thing (tire), a few weeks ago. Same as you, it took 2 large plugs, and 2 large cans of fix-a-flat, to get it aired back up. I hope it's not something that happens very often. My dealer did not have a tire in stock, so I ordered a Bridgstone for around $190 delivered to my home. Paid dealer to mount. I'm afraid the combination of the size of the tire, and the weight of the bike, might make this a problem. Now I'm paranoid with every little thing I see on the road. Kinda screws the pleasure of riding.

 

[Wetrudgeon]

We too picked up a nail recently. It was an almost new tire. Although we know some who will plug and ride, we cannot get comfortable riding on a plug, so the tire had to be replaced. We are on our second Beast with a cumulative of a bit over 15K miles and only one tire mishap. This compares favorably to some other bikes we have owned, especially our 1999 Valk standard that seemed to pick up stuff in the rear tire rather often. People need to stop dumping junk on the roadways.

We trudge on (unplugged).

 

[tdragger]

This was the final straw.



This was the 2nd Metzler to pick up something. Went darkside and never had a problem since.

 

[RKTNMYPKT]

The Oil terminal I work at shares a common road with the local landfill, I picked up a screw in my rear tire on my Touring last year, I figure its just a matter of time before I pick up another with my Roadster...

 

[Rocket Scientist]

I've put about 30,000 miles on mine with no flats (knock on my head). It's a proven fact that the front tire kicks up debris (like screws, nails etc.) and starts them tumbling so they sometimes go under the rear tire standing up. That's why most flats are on the rear. On my ole' Harley I made a flap for the front fender that almost touched the road. I read about it somewhere. The idea is, it sweeps the tumbling debris off to the side so the rear tire misses it. Never had another flat on that bike after installing it. Can't really do that on an R3 as the front fender is kinda short in the back. I've thought about making a rubber sweeper to mount under the engine ahead of the rear wheel. It would accomplish the same thing. Here is a pic of the HD. You can see the flap on the front fender.

 

[skydog1000]

Fred can I have the Olds in the back ground.

 

[cootertwo]

I'll bet the Olds is worth more than the harley!

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Fred can I have the Olds in the back ground.

No











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[Rocket Scientist]

I'll bet the Olds is worth more than the harley!

Yes










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