airplane
22nd May 2004, 21:14
Went out on the Red Z this afternoon; getting the running in process out of the way. Over the Paekak Hill and back via Whitby. Coming back thorough Whitby I heard a strange metallic clanking noise coming from the back somewhere. I stopped and looked at the rear tyre; it wasn't flat and there appeared to be no damage or anything else hanging loose. I went on cautiously and the noise seemed to dissappear; I thought perhaps a stone had lodged in the tread at low speed and as I sped up a little, it dislodged and all was well.
Not quite trusting that all was in fact well, I kept the speed down to around 75 - 80k. Sure enough, about a couple of k's up the road the handling started feeling a little odd; as though the rear tyre was about 10 cm wide and unstable. This quickly turned into a feeling that the air was disappearing fast. I stopped and a flat tyre quickly revealed itself.
I had hardly finished inspecting the tyre and starting the process of calling Honda Riders Club callout service when a Total Tyres guy driving past stopped and offered to check things out. He turned on his truck mounted compressor, inflated the trye and a hole in the tyre was quickly found. A temporaty puncture kit was then produced, inserted and the trye topped up and I was on my way. Inside 10 minutes of stopping.
I agreed to the temporary patch being used even though the tyre has only 400k on it as my understanding is that tyre replacement is almost inevitable in the event of punctures. So the downside of using the patch (apparently it makes repairs difficult) is low.
Anyway, the Total Tyres guy would not take any payment, did a great job and happened along at the perfect time. And it was about to start raining - I got home moments befoeer it did so.
If you need mobile tyre repairs (hopefully only for your car - for those that have to have them) - remember Total Tyres. Highly recommended.
Not quite trusting that all was in fact well, I kept the speed down to around 75 - 80k. Sure enough, about a couple of k's up the road the handling started feeling a little odd; as though the rear tyre was about 10 cm wide and unstable. This quickly turned into a feeling that the air was disappearing fast. I stopped and a flat tyre quickly revealed itself.
I had hardly finished inspecting the tyre and starting the process of calling Honda Riders Club callout service when a Total Tyres guy driving past stopped and offered to check things out. He turned on his truck mounted compressor, inflated the trye and a hole in the tyre was quickly found. A temporaty puncture kit was then produced, inserted and the trye topped up and I was on my way. Inside 10 minutes of stopping.
I agreed to the temporary patch being used even though the tyre has only 400k on it as my understanding is that tyre replacement is almost inevitable in the event of punctures. So the downside of using the patch (apparently it makes repairs difficult) is low.
Anyway, the Total Tyres guy would not take any payment, did a great job and happened along at the perfect time. And it was about to start raining - I got home moments befoeer it did so.
If you need mobile tyre repairs (hopefully only for your car - for those that have to have them) - remember Total Tyres. Highly recommended.