Slime does work

[Wee Jack]

We have had this debate before on here , re the effectiveness (or not) of Slime - and other in tyre puncture sealants.

Well I can report that Slime works - to a degree !!!

I ragged the rear Pirelli of the 990 WAY! beyond it's limits while Chad was here last weekend. Yesterday I left work a wee bit earlier than usual to go and get a new one , and Sod's law - when I got to the bike shed the rear was flat !! After the old , what the hell do I do now ? RAC? / KTM recovery? / torch it? / leave it overnight and hope the elves will fix it? , - I found a workmate with a leccie pump and we gave it a whirl. We discovered air pissing out a hole and turned the hole to the bottom , where, traa-raa !! the slime seamed to do what it claimed and stop the leak !! we got 40lbs into it and it seamed to pretty well sound.

So I decided to run for home with stops at a couple of fuel stations on route to top-up if required. I stopped after about 5 miles of normal running at Wemyss Bay and got about 15 lbs in. Then ran another 6 miles to Largs where , try as I might , there was no way I could get it to hold air. The slime had done it's work for 11 miles and had slowly escaped and splattered over the rear mudguard. I then took my time and rode the half mile or so to the ferry with a tyre with about 10 lbs in it , got on the ferry where the tyre was flat as a pancake.

I then decided to try a wee test , as the tyre was goosed anyway and getting replaced , I decide to try and see if I could limp home on a total flat if really required. I rode the last 4 miles home , standing on the pegs , weight well forward , head over bars , at around 15 MPH with the tail squirming - made it with no real grief , a bit like riding on wet grass !!!

Leasons learned .........

1) Slime works - to a degree
2) You can ride an adventure bike with a rear flat if required to get out of trouble - no way I would try it on a sportsbike !!!!
3) I should have changed the tyre last week when I saw it near it's limits - not after 800 miles of riding with Chad !!!
4) I will start to carry my wee portable leccie pump from now on !!!

[raymo]

thanks, Jack .. good experiment

I stripped the plastic case of my cheap 12v pump.. its real small once you get to the business end.. carry a small hand pump too

[digitalcaptive]

I have used the ride on sealant with great success, having pulled a dirty great nail from the Tigers rear tyre it dragged some of the ride on sealant throught with it and sealed immediately after 6 months I sold the bike having never given the "puncture" a second thought!

[Chad]

well that tyre was properly goosed after we tore up the twistys around your way

still its always nice to see these things work but tubeless tyre are alway easier to deal with in this situation

[Wee Jack]

tubeless tyres are alway easier to deal with in this situation

OK OK GSboy !! the hard sell won't work with me !! I don't think ?? Er no it wont !!

psst (whisper) I had a sit on the 1200 in Avuss last night - but shhhhhhh ! mums the word , careless talk costs lives.

No it wont be a 1200 !!

[Chad]

OK OK GSboy !! the hard sell won't work with me !! I don't think ?? Er no it wont !!

psst (whisper) I had a sit on the 1200 in Avuss last night - but shhhhhhh ! mums the word , careless talk costs lives.

No it wont be a 1200 !!

fat bikes are like fat birds you dont wanna be seen with them but by eck they are fun