Take this stuff https://www.motul.com/gb/en/products/p3-tyre-repair
If it fails to fix it use your credit card
I tried fixing a puncture with my credit card, it didn't seal the hole and ruined the card.
Take this stuff https://www.motul.com/gb/en/products/p3-tyre-repair
If it fails to fix it use your credit card
Not sure which Islands the op is visiting, but I can speak from experience. On Gran Canaria it's actually quite possible to be a long way from help. Plenty to screw up your entire day. It gets quite rugged in the interior...It’s the Canary Islands not the ends of the earth and there’s two bikes. In the unlikely event of a puncture on one of them push it to somewhere safe, take the wheel off (tools, you have got the tools haven’t you) and get on the pillion of the other bike. Ride to the nearest bike shop or tyre fitter and ask for a repair. If you don’t know where one them is ask someone. If they don’t speak English and you have insufficient Spanish point at the flat tyre and say kaput or broken or something . They’ll soon get the idea. You’ll be back on your way in a few hours all the richer for your experience and with a great holiday story.
Back dosnt break down that easily. JJHWith tubed tyres, you can normally break the bead with your thumb. If that fails, just stand on it.
As far as I can remember the 700 has alloy rims and should be tubeless. JJH
Personally, I think you haven't read my post correctly.Personally I think you are totally over thinking this.
You are going to the Canary Islands not the wilds of Africa. The odds of getting a puncture are, while not zero, extremely remote. I did 23,000 miles through 14 countries on my Americas trip, sometimes on some pretty rough gravel roads, and didn’t get a single puncture on my F800GS. Even when the tyres had almost 12,000 miles on them and were needing to be changed.
I would just make sure the tyres on each bike have a decent amount of tread, that you have contact numbers for the hire company and then plan on having a good trip. If you carry on worrying about things that might happen, even before you go, you’re going to spoil the trip before you get on the airplane.
I have no desire to sit at the side of a road waiting on a Spaniard to finish his two hour siesta before coming to my aid, especially if I have somewhere I need to be ie a ferry, an airport or the pub.
I took that as 'breaking the bead' isn't so easy? Or am I losing it!What???
Ok I had a gsa 800 and my experience is that the rear tyre didn’t break down easily. The rim is a safety rim which has a hump around each side inside the rim the same as a tubeless rim and the tyre has to be got over that hump. That’s my experience and I replaced the tyre 3 or 4 times and also made it into tubeless by sealing the spokes and tapeing the Center of the rim. I didn’t do it on the front because it’s not a safety rim and the tyre bead almost falls off the rim. That’s my experience and if it’s any help to anyone-great. JJHWhat???
2000 miles over the five islands.Wow. 2000 miles just in Gran Canaria!
Look forward to some pics of you manage to get some up
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It's still a lot! Sounds like a great trip2000 miles over the five islands.
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