Was about 10kms from Rye on the freeway whan it happened must have been good whatever caused it. Went flat straight away and left a hole about half the size of a 5 cent coin.

Not really one to promote the corporate world, but have to give a thumbs up to Harley assist. Got 2 years free when i bought the bike. They had a towie there within half hour, offered me a hotel for the night and a rental car if i needed it. Not bad service.

Wasnt going to renew when it expires but might change my mind.

bad news on the tyre ,good news on the assistance .
cheers

 

And on that note, can anyone recommend a product for a quick fix just ta getcha going again? Is Finilec still on the market or is there something better nowadays?

 

carry a plug kit with a 16 gram cyclinder of CO2

Stop n Go mushroom tyre plugger from the U.S. of A but available here through Tomcat.
I carry one everywhere with 5 standard Co2 cartridges and the cartridge gun. You will need more than one or two Co2 cartridges. I've used the stop n go on my lawn tractor tyre and 4WD tyre. EZ to use.

Don't know why the links never hyperlink here so cut and paste into your browser.

http://www.tomcatdistribution.com.au/tire-repair-kits?zenid=bd2d62274709b9ab3a0faad61d64dfbb

wonder if there is a mc tyre like this?

http://www.goodyear.eu/home_en/tires/run-flat-tires/how-it-works.jsp

Where do you get the CO2 cartridges from??

I might just get me one of those plug'n'go kits.

Used to always carry a spare tube & tyre levers years ago with a spark plug pump. Only used it a few times, but got me out of trouble

last time i got a flat was in the 70s an stuffed the tyre full of grass got me 140klm an a new tube have stuffed a few bike tyres over the yrs sounds stoopid but once you pack it you can sit on 70 /80kph to get to next town

i have a tubed front tyre and bought motul tyre repair, it repairs with or without tubes(so it says)cost $24 from harley heaven have been luckly have not had to use it so dont know what its like.

motul makes some shithot products their oils are top quality as well used it in the twin turbod fxr an in 400hp suzi never had a prob an held its viscosity well

 

Thanks for the tips, the bags on the Springer are skinny buggers but they should at least hold something useful like the products mentioned (and stuff the other one with grass!)   

 

i was pulling my hair out the last time i got a flat. luckily i had dreadlocks at the time so i just stuffed em in and proceeded on my merry way

yea i had a flat in bacchus marsh (west of melbourne) and racv took over an hour to ring me back to say they were organising the local racv guy with the bike trailer..then 3/4 hour later i call them and it turns out he didnt even fuckin have one, and they needed to organise a tow truck,,, i told them it was shit and got a mate to come... not really happy...