Kawasaki Concours Forum
The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: Shadowofshoe on August 11, 2011, 08:11:48 PM
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On way home from work-less than 1/2 mile to home and well looking elsewhere for a sec and there was a hell of a commotion under my front tire so I watched TPS and of course my rear started falling pretty slow couple lbs a 1/10th mile.
Got home looking at my rear I see a 1/2 " hex buried to the hilt...I thought Wow that nuts( or bolts)
grabbed my pliers & it was a 5 1/2"(no BS) long bolt I was shocked!!!!
Then I thought about something other than the cost of a new PR2 or 3..the PR 2 (3300 mile on) that was on didn't suffer catastrophic failure-serious kudos there and it will play in to replacement choice!!
Mike
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But-but, I thought the front tire kicked all the debri out of the way ;)
On a serious note, I'm glad to hear you made it home safe. Give the Angels a shot, I'm thinking you'll be pleasantly surprised at how well they do.
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But-but, I thought the front tire kicked all the debri out of the way
The front tire kicks it up so the back tire can catch it.
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Gotta love them TPM sensors. 8) They saved me by letting me know I had to go faster on the straights, to get to a town with a station so I could get air when I was just outside of BFE with a tire going down fast.
Years ago, I picked up a 7/16" diameter bolt (shank dia., head was much bigger) in the back tire of my old 650 Nighthawk. No TPMS back then, however I discovered it in my driveway, so I felt lucky. It sure left a big hole when I pulled it out.
I put a patch-plug (patch with a plug molded into the center of it) on from the inside, and used the tire until it was bald. Never did leak after the repair, and you could easily see the plug when you looked at that spot on the tire.
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I don't think a plug would work or am I wrong(please tell me I am!) as vacation is coming soon as is the "Buckeye Bash" that I would like to attend the weekend right before I leave on sunday....money/money/money ::) ::)
BTW-Jim good edit!!
Mike
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If the hole is as big as the one in mine was, then a plug by itself probably would not work (at least for long). What I was talking about is a patch/plug. It's a patch for the inside of the tire, that has a plug molded into the center of the patch. This page shows it with pictures : http://www.artsautomotive.com/publications/8-automotive/66-tires-patch-or-plug (http://www.artsautomotive.com/publications/8-automotive/66-tires-patch-or-plug).
I'm not sure where you would find them, as the one I had was rattling around in my tool box for years, just waiting for the right moment to become useful. ;)