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Fix-A-Flat
« on: August 16, 2012, 07:56:33 PM »
Anyone ever use Fix-A-Flat or some other product like it to keep on board in case of a flat tire?
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2012, 08:42:01 PM »
yes with no joy. used twice now not worked. and some tyre places refuse to change your tyre if you have used it. but that way when it first came out on the market. lots of car companys put it in now in the boot insted of a spair tyre so must be better now
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2012, 09:37:17 PM »
Not really Skippy, its still the same story here too. If you pump that into the tyre then it will get you home but you will need a new tyre cos no tyre shop i know of would repair it. My neighbour got a flat on her new car laat year so pulled over to change the wheel but couldnt find her spare. Shes my wifes friend so called her and i ended up going along to help her out. All ahe had was a can of that stuff and no spare was given from the factory, just that sh**. I told her to leave it and i would go get a pump but she said not to bother and just to use that stuff "it must be ok cos it came with the car". It wasnt ok, a 2 month old tyre was trash and she was £79 down for a newtyre.


I would never use it. Unless there was a zombie apocalypse and i was stranded at the side of the road alone at midnight with no gun lr bat  ;D
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2012, 09:41:30 PM »
..gaaahhh!!...

..dont kill zombies!!!

...i think i've seen on some of those cans that it shouldn't be used onn a motorbike anyhow...
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2012, 09:53:09 PM »
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..dont kill zombies!!!

Nah. Not our Zombie. I mean the other non-scooter ridin zombies.

Our one can be killed anyway, he's indestructable  :)
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2012, 10:21:43 PM »
Just my opinion... I'd never use that fix a flat stuff. First it's not a permanent fix and second that stuff is nasty. The entire inside of the wheel gets coated with it and is almost impossible to get back out. It gets in the valve stem. It's just no good.

I'd just carry a plug kit and walk it to a gas station and hope they have compressed air. Or you could get a bicycle tire pump. You could find a way to mount it under the floor panel. I just came up with that  ;D. Might like to do it myself
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2012, 10:28:59 PM »
..i have a 12vdc adapter wired into my battery terminals..

..stashes nicely inside the s9 center hatch...they make compact 12vdc pumps with the "cigarette lighter" connector...

..already carry a plug kit, thatsa MUST HAVE!!...
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2012, 10:30:14 PM »
Do you think the pump would run off these tiny batteries? Maybe with the scooter running  :-\
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2012, 10:52:17 PM »
..i think it would, yeah with the scoot running..

..probably need to look at the amp draw of the pump before i could say for sure tho..

..i just charge my phone, gps etc with it from time to time...


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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2012, 11:30:13 PM »
When I was a kid I had a big can that help compressed air (my uncle handed it down to me) in case I got a flat while on the road. I'd put in a plug and pump it up. If you ran out of air in the tank you could even take some air out of the 3 good tires and partly fill the tank so you could then ride with 4 semi filled tiers to a gas station.

So does anyone know of a small compressed air tank that you could use (even as a 1 shot deal) on a scoot? not that I want one, will go for the air pump myself, just wondering out loud.
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2012, 11:32:49 PM »
..well, i be damned...

...080 is baaack!!!

..where the hell you been??

                     ???


..we ALL missed you..been talking about you like mad!!

..a can of air would be a good deal, if even a one-shot...

..somebody google it!!
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2012, 11:42:51 PM »
That is a good idea
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2012, 12:36:34 AM »
I was away on vacation but didn't want to announce it in advance, Vivo can track you down (as we've seen) and I ddin't want a bunch of scooter geeks squatting in my house when we came back. ;D

Thanks for missing me, just went to the shore house for a short stay with the girls,and some day trips. I'm back pretty steady now until my next vacation (Which I haven't picked yet.) .
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2012, 12:47:13 AM »
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Re: Fix-A-Flat
« Reply #14 on: August 17, 2012, 12:54:22 AM »
..my planned vacation...carrabelle...fell through this year...

..i miss the beach......
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