Post by Azza ( AB ) on Jun 14, 2014 8:28:45 GMT 10
On Thursday while on my way to work when I was down around bunnings at Carlsildine I heard at that horrible clunk clunk clunk that can only mean something is not right with the drive train. So I made my way over to the Harley lane I mean breakdown lane to have a look, can't find anything obvious so jump back on and ride it up to the lights but the noise is still there and the back end is squirming around like a flat, so I pull over again and sure enough there is a big shiny 3/16th pop rivet hanging out of the middle of the rear tyre
So what to do, the tyres not yet flat so I mount up and wack on the hazards an dawdle about a k to the servo. Now after a through search of the servo I conclude that the only thing vehicle orientated that servos sell is fuel. If you want biscuits, hairspray, tea, tampons or dunny paper go to the servo but if you want something to make temporary repairs to a vehicle you are shit out of luck.
So I pumps my tyre up nice and hard with the plan of riding up to Jax tyres to get a repair done, as I am pulling in the drive with my back tyre going clunk clunk as the rivet is still there to slow the release of the air I could tell by the look on the tyre guys face that he wasn't wanting me in there. So I pulled up and asked him if he could do an emergency repair so I can get to a bike shop to buya new tyre. He says no he is not allowed to repaire bike tyres, well I will remember that when I need to buy new car tyres I didn't hang around to argue as I am still losing air.
Plan B was to try and get to Supercheap at Chermside to get a repair kit. I was lucky the traffic was light and I made pretty good time with a bit of filtering, as I did a U turn to come back to Supercheap I could feel that the rear was pretty short of air so I nursed it up to the store and was well relieved when I pulled in. I had a half hour wait till the store opened and in that time contemplated how I was going to pump the tyre up once repaired and decided if these guys don't have air I will need to buy a little 12 volt compressor and beg someone to let me plug into their cig lighter.
Wondering what to. Do for the next thirty minutes I spot that the barber is open and as I was in need of a hair cut took advantage of the situation. Once my hair was done and I was looking devilishly handsome again I went to see the guys at Supercheap who were super helpful selected a repair kit and they had a small compressor that plugs into 240v, they even rolled out an lead to reach the bike in the car park. So a big thank you to the guys at Supercheap Chermside for being super helpful.
Any way I now need to get a new rear as I don't like the idea of a repaired tyre and it is just about due and I now have a repair kit just need to get some of those emergency inflator cartridges, incase this happens again and I am not within easy reach of servos and shops.
Cheers
Azza
So what to do, the tyres not yet flat so I mount up and wack on the hazards an dawdle about a k to the servo. Now after a through search of the servo I conclude that the only thing vehicle orientated that servos sell is fuel. If you want biscuits, hairspray, tea, tampons or dunny paper go to the servo but if you want something to make temporary repairs to a vehicle you are shit out of luck.
So I pumps my tyre up nice and hard with the plan of riding up to Jax tyres to get a repair done, as I am pulling in the drive with my back tyre going clunk clunk as the rivet is still there to slow the release of the air I could tell by the look on the tyre guys face that he wasn't wanting me in there. So I pulled up and asked him if he could do an emergency repair so I can get to a bike shop to buya new tyre. He says no he is not allowed to repaire bike tyres, well I will remember that when I need to buy new car tyres I didn't hang around to argue as I am still losing air.
Plan B was to try and get to Supercheap at Chermside to get a repair kit. I was lucky the traffic was light and I made pretty good time with a bit of filtering, as I did a U turn to come back to Supercheap I could feel that the rear was pretty short of air so I nursed it up to the store and was well relieved when I pulled in. I had a half hour wait till the store opened and in that time contemplated how I was going to pump the tyre up once repaired and decided if these guys don't have air I will need to buy a little 12 volt compressor and beg someone to let me plug into their cig lighter.
Wondering what to. Do for the next thirty minutes I spot that the barber is open and as I was in need of a hair cut took advantage of the situation. Once my hair was done and I was looking devilishly handsome again I went to see the guys at Supercheap who were super helpful selected a repair kit and they had a small compressor that plugs into 240v, they even rolled out an lead to reach the bike in the car park. So a big thank you to the guys at Supercheap Chermside for being super helpful.
Any way I now need to get a new rear as I don't like the idea of a repaired tyre and it is just about due and I now have a repair kit just need to get some of those emergency inflator cartridges, incase this happens again and I am not within easy reach of servos and shops.
Cheers
Azza