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Love my 2016 Road King, the only thing I am not crazy about is the spoked wheels. Tour with it on thousand mile plus trips all the time. BUT!, there will come that time when I am going to get a flat. Does anyone even try to patch the tube on the road? To those that do, how do you do it? Lay the MC on its side? Is it even worth the bother and just call AAA and send it to the shop? Some people have made the suggestion to throw in a tube of Ride On to lessen the potentials.
Done it several times on the Shovel loaded on a road trip, but that was years back before cell phones and the support system wasn't what is today. You had the tools, the supplies and a foot pump you worked the problem with what you could, means stripping half a bike out in the boonies on a cattle gated single lane somewhere you got busy. Had the bike over against the kickstand with my helmet and branch holding the rear off the ground before. Ugly but got it done.
Todays products like Ride On I'd have loved to have back then, good stuff but not sure how it'd work in a tubed tire, tubeless it's great. Thankfully gods of flat tires have smiled on me as the last flat I got was pulling into the dealers for the 1K service on my RK. Hurt the credit card not the knees or back that time.
Last edited by TwiZted Biker; Feb 24, 2023 at 03:27 PM.
Also, there are kits out there that can seal your spoke nipples to turn your tubed tire into a tubeless tire. Heard good/bad about them, but have yet to try them......
Call for a tow. Unless you carry a jack, tire spoons, big wrench for the rear, patches, and a compressor. Not all tubeless guys carry a plug kit and compressor so just carry a credit card---for the tow.
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This, (fan of Ride On, lol!), and if that fails, call AAA or whoever your insurance carrier is. That's how I'D do it anyways............
Can you use ride on in tubes? Yes, Ride-On is effective in tube as well as tubeless tires. However, as tube tires are thinner, they contain less rubber and are more fragile. This means that the maximum puncture diameter is smaller for tube tires and effectiveness may decrease. Once sealed however, it will last for the entire legal life of the tire.
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Neither have I, in tubes that is, not yet, but it's coming soon though..........
I'm starting to read/hear enough about the main benefit of it's balancing properties, that next tire change, I'm going with no weights and only Ride On. I've been using it in my SGS for cross-country trips for a while anyhow, so why not save a few $$ on balancing and go with just the Ride ON? I was a little gun shy at first, but willing to try it out now.
Believe it or not I have seen a can of Fix-a-flat work on laced wheels. Not sure how long it lasted but I followed one rider about 40 minutes in traffic before he waved me off.
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so why not save a few $$ on balancing and go with just the Ride ON? I was a little gun shy at first, but willing to try it out now.
you're not going to be saving any money. if you have a touring bike, you need 3 bottles of ride-on which is gonna cost almost $60.
i'm gonna need new tires here shortly. i'm currently using ride on, but with the cost, and the expected life of the tires (shinko 777), i may just stick with wheel weights this time around.
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Patching spoked tires
