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Had a brand new tube pop today (lemmy.one)
submitted 1 year ago by pepsison52895@lemmy.one to c/motorcycles@lemmy.world
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My wife and I headed out for our late honeymoon. It was supposed to be a 3-week trip and about 4000 miles. She was on her 2008 Concours, and me on my 2022 KLR 650, which just had new tires and tubes installed. About an hour into the trip, my bike started wobbling. It got worse so we pulled over and found that my tube popped for some reason. Now my wallet is $630 lighter from the tow and I'm back home with my bike parked an hour away so that it can get serviced. Hopefully we make it more than 50 miles tomorrow.

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You need to learn how to change them and to bring a couple of tools and a pair of spare tubes if you plan to go on multi week trips! An hour and you would have been on your way...

[–] pepsison52895@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. This is my first bike with a tube so I haven't learned everything about it yet, but now I know. To change it, you just need a new tube and some spoons, right? What about lifting the bike to get the tire off? Would something like a Tirox SnapJack suffice?

[–] Fox@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A center stand is probably best