I thought I'd be quick but everything that could go wrong, went wrong. People would drive by and gawk as well, which only made things worse.
The old, I thought it would be quick but wasn't quick and people were gawking like idiots scenario. Classic.
Flats always happen at the worse possible time right? Minus 25? A little bit chilly.
Worst time was on a motorbike. No spare, no tools, nothing. Middle of nowhere. Ended up driving on the flat rear tire all the way home. Dropped the bike off at the shop the next day since I had to work. They fixed the tire.
Bike was ready for the evening so I went out again. Another flat. Ten minutes into the ride.
Same thing, drove home on the flat. Took the bike in to the same shop next day. Stuck around while a different guy worked on it. The tire was full of shop towels...
Who puts shop towels in a tire!
I ride too and have ridden on a flat rear which is no fun at all, fortunately it wasn't too far. Getting that second flat though...towels in the tire? Lol. That's some nutbag shit right there!
Stupidest things happen to me. You get used to it...
I've seen spinifex grass used to stuff a car tyre in the outback just to limp it into Alice Springs, (wasn't me) and it worked reasonably well, the car made it, but it's not ideal and certainly towels in a motorbike tyre doesn't make sense. What did the dude who did that think was going to happen?
Could have been trying to scam me into buying a new tire but the other guy wasn't in on it. I don't really know but that's the reason I settled with in my head. They knew if there was a problem I'd come back to the same shop. Common mechanic scam.
Spray something flammable around the rim and light it. That'll pump a flat back up in seconds.
Indeed it will...I've seen it done but haven't needed to do it myself. I carry a co pressor on board my 4x4...did a post on it a while back. I have to really as I air-down often when I off-road.