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Scooters - 50cc => Agility 50 => Topic started by: blue on August 13, 2010, 08:14:34 PM

Title: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 13, 2010, 08:14:34 PM
ok this is the deal Im tight with cash so keep that in mide. My back tire has 3 or more small
nail holes one has got biger with rideing it and I batched ounce. should I go with green slime
or take tire off rim and batch from the in side. or should I just give up and wait tell I can get new tire.
looking for a fix that well last a while I was looking to take a long road trip but maybe not. thanks guys
tell me what I should do.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: art on August 13, 2010, 08:24:05 PM
  I've had good luck with the tire slime,been running a small tractor on it for years now. It does accasionally go flat refill drive around and re-seals.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: thebatman on August 13, 2010, 10:42:50 PM
with that i would try a patch if gotten bigger, slime or fix a flat dont hold as good unless pin hole size......drive by a scooter shop, may be sum wore out ones laying around better than yours..(some here toss outside when changed).
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 14, 2010, 12:57:43 AM
hay ya thats a good idea thanks. maybe ill do that drive by some scooter shopes.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 14, 2010, 10:49:38 AM
..you can always plug the holes with a plug kit..

..i had three plugs in that old Kenda tire...
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 14, 2010, 11:17:56 AM
put the slime in seems to be holdeing air and picked up a plug kit just for safty if I have to do that.
and I guess ill have to safe up for a new tire found some I like on monsterscooterparts .com thans for the help guys.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 14, 2010, 02:45:14 PM
...here's what you really really want...

 ;D


"http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/5/32/404/12010/ITEM/Avon-AM63-Viper-Stryke-Rear-Scooter-Tire.aspx"
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: sidthesloth on August 14, 2010, 06:47:50 PM
Ahh 'slinger, you tease me, we dont seem to have them around here, I bought a Continental twist for $75, a bridgestone was over $100.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 14, 2010, 10:47:23 PM
...sid, i LOVE these tyres...

..these are, relatively speaking, the best tires i've ever bought for ANY type of vehicle...


..there's a LOT of rubber in the center-line of this tire...reduces wear, aannnd, as you begin to corner, the tread frequency increases, giving awesome grip in th' turns..

..i lay the guilty over pretty drastically from time to time, and have never felt the least bit of slip....
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: sidthesloth on August 15, 2010, 11:18:48 AM
Aww, there you go again, teasing me. ;) Trying to order from over seas is too expensive. American companies don't seem to ship os, and from england it was 70 pounds, nearly $140, just for the shipping, tyre was 40pounds. Too expensive for me.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 15, 2010, 01:22:52 PM
...wow....

 :o
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: sidthesloth on August 15, 2010, 02:13:45 PM
Wow, indeed. she runs fine on the conti~twist, just gotta get rid of that cheng~crap on the front.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: sidthesloth on August 15, 2010, 02:25:51 PM
Hey blue, to get back on subject, plugs are good to get out of trouble, I had one hold for 12 months, but, if you want to go long distance, short of a new tyre, I would suggest patching the holes from the inside.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: art on August 15, 2010, 05:04:59 PM
 Hey sid did you ever check SIP for shipping prices, just wondering,cause it was cheap to the states
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: sidthesloth on August 15, 2010, 05:08:59 PM
I haven't had a look yet, got too much money going elsewhere, none to spend on scoot....yet! :-)
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 16, 2010, 05:00:32 PM
http://www.monsterscooterparts.com/kenda-130-70-12-k761-dual-sport-scooter-tire.html (http://www.monsterscooterparts.com/kenda-130-70-12-k761-dual-sport-scooter-tire.html)

I thing ill try this tire on my kymco.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 16, 2010, 07:50:54 PM
...wow...you going off-roadin'??

..look like mud-slingers to me!!

 ;D
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 16, 2010, 10:21:21 PM
lol no I had theam on my honda ruckus when I had it so I like the way they handle.
they are realy good on wet roads and im in michigan and I ride in a little snow at times just short distance to work.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 17, 2010, 11:40:06 PM
...i had a blast on my a50 in th' snow last winter...

..and yeah, i bet you could get around with those!!!
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 18, 2010, 12:33:59 AM
Im hopeing so. would you happen to know how much most the shiping cost would be on tires.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: art on August 18, 2010, 12:37:20 AM
 Free in the states from mcsuperstore on orders over $100 i think. Good store
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 18, 2010, 01:16:28 AM
..over 75 buck, i think...might be wrong...
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 18, 2010, 02:04:20 AM
no way im better off ordering from a scoot shope from here
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: art on August 18, 2010, 06:50:08 PM
 You sure about that.  http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/viewcart.aspx?A=1&Item=143339&Style=15133&DivisionGroup=5&Division=32&Department=405 (http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/viewcart.aspx?A=1&Item=143339&Style=15133&DivisionGroup=5&Division=32&Department=405)
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 18, 2010, 07:42:49 PM
to late already on order there going to be 37.00 dollars from a scoot shope here. takes 2 days for shiping.and thats free because I do busness threw theam. I guess it pays to give good service.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 18, 2010, 08:51:48 PM
You sure about that

..yup..you're right...lol..i was thinking about scootertronics...
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 21, 2010, 01:00:26 AM
ok ill be puting new tire on soon but frist should I ride with old and wait closer to winter befor I put new on. I have had the old tire on when I frist got  the scoot new in 03 has over 1500 klm on theam so I beleave it time for a change the front ill get later. whats your guys opinion should I finsh out the year with a tire filled with slim or put new on when it gets closer to winter,
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 21, 2010, 01:02:35 AM
..i gotta just say, do what you think is safe...

..the tires will not wear significantly between now and winter...

..especially not the viper strykes!!
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: thebatman on August 21, 2010, 01:17:14 AM
put it on there.  :D  itll ride better, handle better, be safer in rain... ;)
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 21, 2010, 01:17:53 AM
1500 klm ???
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 21, 2010, 02:34:26 AM
ya 15 sorry about that
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 21, 2010, 02:37:24 AM
was 12 but now 15 how many miles is that in usa terms .
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 21, 2010, 02:52:23 AM
...lol..ok, 15,000 kms...not 1500...

..yeah, it's time for some new rubber...front and rear...

 ;)


..if not just to get rid of th cheng shins, and into some really GOOD tires!!
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 21, 2010, 03:09:03 AM
ok thanks for your help .
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: art on August 21, 2010, 03:52:21 AM
 It's .60 x kl to convert kl to miles rouphly'  :D
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 25, 2010, 10:58:09 PM
just got my tire on its about time.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 26, 2010, 11:01:04 PM
...so, hows it perform!!..hows it feel??
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: art on August 27, 2010, 12:21:15 AM
 Better than the flat one I hope  ;D
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 27, 2010, 12:27:57 AM
..lmao....
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 27, 2010, 02:17:54 AM
performs realy well And fells good I guess ill know more ounce I hit the wet roads with it.
reminds more like a dirt bike tire traction is realy good.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 27, 2010, 02:24:17 AM
...dang...you could go 4-wheelin with those treads...

 ;D

..rain is gonna b a breeze..snow is gonna be one damned helluva fun ride!!!

 :o
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 27, 2010, 02:25:05 AM
..you need a good grippin front tire too!!!
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: art on August 27, 2010, 02:52:47 AM
  Just a few tech screws in the front tire and you can shred the frozen lakes ;D (short one's ;) )
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 27, 2010, 03:01:22 AM
...the cheng shin wont take the tek screws!!
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: art on August 27, 2010, 03:03:28 AM
  ;D   ;D    ;D Yep!
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: sidthesloth on August 27, 2010, 04:42:40 AM
Mrs. sid just got a screw in a front tyre on her car, no ice to shred, but she now has two tyres on order.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: blue on August 27, 2010, 09:40:43 PM
ya front tire or tyre is on order soon. what realy sucks is I put the tire on back words the frist time .
then had to switch it around.
Title: Re: flat tire help
Post by: wordslinger on August 27, 2010, 09:54:24 PM
what realy sucks is I put the tire on back words the frist time .
then had to switch it around.


..yeah that would really suck butt....

 :-\