oldgoat
04-29-2013, 02:02 PM
A month or so ago I put Slime in the 3 tires on my '08 GS. I used the quantities recommended on the Slime bottle.
From my first ride of the season I was not happy as I was getting vibrations from one of or both of the front wheels.
It lasted from 85kph to 95kph then went away. Now, I spend a lot of time in that speed range off the interstates, so I was pi**ed.
Today I removed the front wheels, broke the beads on each side of the tires so the rim was loose & flushed it all out. Dried it inside & inflated them with the tire in exactly the same place on each rim (had marked them)
Tested on the freeway & back to normal again now. I will just fix a flat if I get one now.
Have put Slime in the last dozen or so motorcycles/maxiscooters I've had without this problem. Don't know what happened but glad it's fixed.
BTW: I messed up the appearance of both rims with my tire irons & will have to live with that. GRRRR.
As I have no more vibrations I will make the assumption the rear tire is OK & leave the Slime in it. I wouldn't be able to break the bead myself anyway as it is too wide for my largest C clamp.
One very hot, very tired & very sore old Spyder ryder.
From my first ride of the season I was not happy as I was getting vibrations from one of or both of the front wheels.
It lasted from 85kph to 95kph then went away. Now, I spend a lot of time in that speed range off the interstates, so I was pi**ed.
Today I removed the front wheels, broke the beads on each side of the tires so the rim was loose & flushed it all out. Dried it inside & inflated them with the tire in exactly the same place on each rim (had marked them)
Tested on the freeway & back to normal again now. I will just fix a flat if I get one now.
Have put Slime in the last dozen or so motorcycles/maxiscooters I've had without this problem. Don't know what happened but glad it's fixed.
BTW: I messed up the appearance of both rims with my tire irons & will have to live with that. GRRRR.
As I have no more vibrations I will make the assumption the rear tire is OK & leave the Slime in it. I wouldn't be able to break the bead myself anyway as it is too wide for my largest C clamp.
One very hot, very tired & very sore old Spyder ryder.