Return-Path: X-Sender: cygnus@utkux.utcc.utk.edu Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 15:08:19 -0500 To: [TriDoD] From: cygnus@utkux.utcc.utk.edu (Michael Ragsdale) Subject: Re: RCR-V Observations At 01:24 PM 6/24/96, sjgarnie@eos.ncsu.edu wrote: >>BestGrin: Mike Ragsdale after cruising hwy 45(??), wishing he could have >>scraped pegs... Hey, I tried..I tried!!! Those damned engineers at Suzuki gave the bike too much ground clearance. Yeah, that's it.....that's the ticket... ;-) ob.tech.question: As I was returning from the RCR (total milage: 1308 - it will be closer next year, right Oompah Martyn?) I was trying to consider what I would do if I had a flat. Not a blowout at 90 mph, Baud forbid, but a slow leak that would eventually force me to pull over. I believe I have heard that some of you carry flat repair kits on your bikes. I would assume that these are the kits with the patch that you glue or epoxy onto the inside surface of your tire. Here's my question - Even if you have an air pump on your bike (Goldwings have them, I think) How do you break the bead? It appears to me that the tire repair kit would also require a bead breaker and some tire irons to get the tire off and back on the rim? Am I missing something here, or is a tire repair kit only valuable if you are near a service station? And if you were, wouldn't they carry tire repair patches anyway? Confused, --------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Ragsdale mragsdal@utk.edu '72 Suzuki T500-J Programmer/LAN Mgr '76 Kawasaki KZ750-B The University of Tennessee DoD #1672 '96 Suzuki GSF600ST Bandit