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.
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…
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?
A center stand is probably best
Was hard to find but…
What PSI were you running in the tires at the time?
The rear was around 30 psi.
Lower than I’d run but not so low that it would’ve been a risk of a flat from PSI alone. If there are no signs of a puncture then the shop that did the install probably pinched it.
Yeah I raised it slightly to 32. When the tube was removed, it was creased along the whole circumference and had little pinholes all along the crease. Definitely pinched.
I read that as Tube “Poop”. Like three times! I was so confused until I finally read further. sigh.
You need to learn to change tubes if you want to go on multi weeks road trips! A couple of tools in your kit and you would have been on your way an hour later…
