RE: Radial tyre repair ?

[andrew johnson <sundiaL@xxxxxxx>]

At 4:25 PM +0200 8/9/06, Clive Liddell wrote:
>Michael,
>Some even suggest carrying a selection of self threading (or self tapping)
>screws and, in the event of a puncture, as a temporary repair you just
>slather the self tapper in solution and screw it into the hole.  Ignore the
>clicking sound and ride on :))   I've never done this but what could be
>simpler to get you "home".
>Regards
>Clive Liddell
>Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
>'96 R850R 85kkm
>'01 R1100RT 75kkm
>===========================

Exactly what so many of us have done anyway, when we realize we've 
ridden hundreds of miles on a screw in the tire that has not leaked 
at all... Good point about slathering it with glue as you turn it in.

- - Andrew, Berkeley

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