My Great Adventure- Friday!

[That looks like fun]

Reminds me to look up how to repair the tubeless tyres on the GS. I found a packet of rubber kelloggs nutrigrain looking things with some kinda big needle looking thing & dried up glue. I assume they're all related together? Better start googling I spose.

Thats them describe to a tee
Try shoving them in the hole and see what happens
Try reading the instructions on the side of the road when your eyes are not as good as once they were and some Bavarian twat has written them so small that even if you prop them on a post and walk backwards (due to short arms) and you finally get some focus then find you still cant read them because the blurry font is like insurance fine print

[Padmei]

I should be right then as I don't have any instructions- I'll just shove them in the hole

[clint640]

Doood... You should have given me a call... I could have easily swung out that way on Friday & given you a lift, &/or fixed the tyre. I must have done well over 100K km since the last time I got a flat on a bike, probably about due for one myself.

Cheers
Clint

[ducatijim]

Mate, do you know yet whether this episode is in any way related to that little problem I had at Waiouru?

Oh yes, that shitty little kiddys size 17" tube they fitted there was at fault-I had forgotten all about it having been away for so long.
Whats worse is the dicks at my local servo didn't mention/do anything about it when they swapped tyres for me a week before I used it.....

[ducatijim]

Doood... You should have given me a call... I could have easily swung out that way on Friday & given you a lift, &/or fixed the tyre. I must have done well over 100K km since the last time I got a flat on a bike, probably about due for one myself.

Cheers
Clint

I could have done that Clint.....

IF.......

1) I had cell coverage/ found people home out there!
2) I knew your fone number!

Thanks for the thought.

A pix of all the all the good gear I have to rescue myself from these predicaments -
( that I left at home!)

[NordieBoy]

A pix of all the all the good gear I have to rescue myself from these predicaments -
( that I left at home!)

A pic of your repair gear takes up much less room on the bike and if it's a good enough pic the bike will never know the difference.

Reverse psychology again.

Bikes are dumb. They fall for this stuff.

[ducatijim]

Well, its all good now- blisters are healing just nicely( good excuce not to put my gumboots on each morning!!), but I don't think i will pursue a career in long distance walking anytime soon.

Lesson learned: I now know what I must do................................................ ......................

[NordieBoy]

Lesson learned: I now know what I must do................................................ ......................

Satellite phone.
AA Card.