I have been reading a thread about how to pack for a trip. A couple posts mentioned a tire repair kit and one mentioned an electric pump.

I am curious as to which tire repair/patch kit you folks take/have used and what you use for air if you do have a flat.

I have a RKC and so I have tubes. This might make a difference in your replies. Though, any and all ideas are welcome.

I would guess that a tool list would be different for a RKC w/ tubes when compared to a tool list for a bike w/ tubless tires.

 

There is no way that you can plug a tire with a tube. You need to look at this product called ride on. I am no way connected to this product in any way. I use it in my tubeless tires but you can use this in tubes also. Not only does it seal any holes on the tread area it also balances the tire. The tire also runs cooler and will make the tire last longer. Its cheep enough to give it a try.

 

I have tubeless tires so I carry a plug kit but for my pump I just picked a nice little pump from the Harley shop for about $30. It's small, puts out a good amount of air and it plugs into my battery tender connection. It's a new product from Harley, check it out.

 

Tire pach kit n the extra hose line helps with the stright up valve stems
http://www.genuineinnovations.com/st...ation-kit.html

but, tubetires now thas another story ~ no more tube tires for me...

 

On any new RKC I have owned, the first thing to go is the wheels and the tubes. Since I have been doing that I never have had a flat (just lucky) but I carry a slime mini compressor and a plug kit (gun type). Sucks being in no mans land with a flat.

 

Is a "slime" mini compressor a brand name? Or, slang for a particular type?

 

Slime is the brand of compressor and also plugging kits, and other tire repair stuff. Got my slime compressor from Dennis Kirk, plug kit from Walmart

 

I bout the Slime (brand) compressor and plug kit at Walmart. Tubes will require tire spoons and a patch kit. It's possible but not easy to do along side the road.

 

I bought my kit from www.motopumps.com. Rob, the owner, is a fellow rider in upstate New York. If you ask he will put together a kit including the sticky strings and the rasp/insert tools.

 

I am probably going to demonstrate my ignorance, but what about fix a flat?