So..... what have you found in your M/C tire?

ZGirl · 12-15-2012, 03:19 PM

We have a friend that is new to motorcycles. He's a good, responsible rider. Doing things right, took the MSF, trying to learn at every opportunity...

He needed new tires for his '09 650R Ninja and ordered a set of Michelin Road Pilot 3's. We offered to help change the tires and were scheduled for Sat or Sun. Friday night we get a call... he had a flat in a questionable area of town. We have a trailer and were able to help him out.

This morning we find this......

ZGirl · 12-15-2012, 03:24 PM

BTW, the blades were flush.... we thought they may be pallet staples at first.....

AND

the rear tire had an Inner Tube

orangebear · 12-15-2012, 03:28 PM

it my of had a flat and the last owner fitting an inner tube to keep using the bike

Jan from Finland · 12-15-2012, 03:40 PM

Sometimes you are just lucky. I had once a 4 inch nail through the tire. No puncture!

2manyrides · 12-15-2012, 03:46 PM

My buddy picked up a craftsman 1/2" box end wrench once. You'd have thought it impossable! But there it was protruding half way out...

rdwalker · 12-15-2012, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZGirl

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This morning we find this......

WTF were these things, anyway? Blades from a multi-tool your buddy ran over? Swiss Army knife?

I assume he got the puncture while riding, not that he came back to a parked bike that someone vandalized, right?

DAKEZ · 12-16-2012, 02:12 AM

D R · 12-16-2012, 03:40 AM

An allen wrench...

screws...

nails...

...and an approximately 4 inch piece of unidentifiable metal rod.

rebake · 12-16-2012, 04:49 AM

I found a razor blade from a paint scraper inside my tire.Went completely through the tread and was rattling around inside it.

Yokomo · 12-16-2012, 05:28 AM

An 11" tire iron! I was changing the rear 17" tire on my old XL350 tire a month ago or so. I was in a hurry, then the kids came home from school while I was installing. I have 2 packs of irons, 1 iron dropped thru the spokes, so I just grabbed another iron and continued on. Got it mounted, aired it up, rode it around the block, then me and the fam had to take off.
Get back home and I'm picking up all my stuff and can't find 1 iron. I asked the kids many times if they took it (you know how they take tools to mess with stuff like dad). I looked and looked. The next day I just had to remove the tire to see if it fell in since it was nowhere to be found. There she was just buried in there. Removed, aired back up, with the tube still intact. Crazy.

Valker · 12-16-2012, 06:12 AM

....your find reminds me of Fred Rau from Motorcycle Consumer News having the sudden flat on his two up GoldWing years ago. On the freeway as a car full of young 'gentlemen' passed him. The guy at the shop found a 9mm bullet in the tire.

ZGirl · 12-16-2012, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rdwalker

WTF were these things, anyway? Blades from a multi-tool your buddy ran over? Swiss Army knife?

I assume he got the puncture while riding, not that he came back to a parked bike that someone vandalized, right?

Maybe a knockoff swiss army knife. He had low air in his tire a couple of weeks ago, but we didn't see them then. He was riding (thankfully at low speed) when it the tire went flat.

BanjoBoy · 12-16-2012, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZGirl

We have a friend that is new to motorcycles. He's a good, responsible rider. Doing things right, took the MSF, trying to learn at every opportunity...

He needed new tires for his '09 650R Ninja and ordered a set of Michelin Road Pilot 3's. We offered to help change the tires and were scheduled for Sat or Sun. Friday night we get a call... he had a flat in a questionable area of town. We have a trailer and were able to help him out.

This morning we find this......

Hey, gimmie back my knife!!!

I ain't never got anythang as "glorious" as that, just normal nails, screws, staples 'n shit. Funny thang 'bout flats, I went over 15 yrs, and over 200K mi. without get'in one, then got two this last summer about 3K apart.

H96669 · 12-16-2012, 12:00 PM

What I found recently.....a heck of a mess of old flat sealer and dyneebeads clumped together.And lots of them beads stuck between the rim/tire. Yes it was loosing air. Thanks Mr. PO.....

I should dismount the other one now just to see what else he F...up and left in there for me to clean.

Cactus Dave · 12-16-2012, 08:35 PM

Pilot jet. Thru tire and tube at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in my teammate's bike. 1st practice run, he gets to the end of the section and the tire is flat. Had to have picked it up in the staging area at the bottom of the section. Damndest thing I'd ever seen.

12-15-2012, 03:19 PM	#1
ZGirl ^OP Girly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2009 Location: West TN Oddometer: 630	So..... what have you found in your M/C tire? We have a friend that is new to motorcycles. He's a good, responsible rider. Doing things right, took the MSF, trying to learn at every opportunity... He needed new tires for his '09 650R Ninja and ordered a set of Michelin Road Pilot 3's. We offered to help change the tires and were scheduled for Sat or Sun. Friday night we get a call... he had a flat in a questionable area of town. We have a trailer and were able to help him out. This morning we find this...... __________________ There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither of them works. '09 Suzuki DL650 '03 Kawi ZG1000 ZGirl screwed with this post 12-15-2012 at 03:27 PM

12-15-2012, 03:24 PM	#2
ZGirl ^OP Girly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2009 Location: West TN Oddometer: 630	BTW, the blades were flush.... we thought they may be pallet staples at first..... AND the rear tire had an Inner Tube __________________ There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither of them works. '09 Suzuki DL650 '03 Kawi ZG1000

12-15-2012, 03:28 PM	#3
orangebear Studly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2010 Location: dumfrie scotland Oddometer: 707	it my of had a flat and the last owner fitting an inner tube to keep using the bike __________________ bmw r100gs i ride it all year round bmw r100/7 sold bmw r1oo/7 sold road legal stomp pitbike sold

12-15-2012, 03:40 PM	#4
Jan from Finland Registered Joined: May 2005 Oddometer: 427	Sometimes you are just lucky. I had once a 4 inch nail through the tire. No puncture! __________________ ----------------------------------------- If you are thinking outside the box, it’s better to know the box first. -----------------------------------------

12-15-2012, 03:46 PM	#5
2manyrides shifty charactor Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Citrus Heights Ca. Oddometer: 1,560	My buddy picked up a craftsman 1/2" box end wrench once. You'd have thought it impossable! But there it was protruding half way out... __________________ too many... I have completely lost count and here's my channel... http://www.youtube.com/user/2manyrides?feature=mhsn#p/u

12-16-2012, 02:12 AM	#7
DAKEZ Beastly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2007 Location: U-gene, OR. Oddometer: 17,983	__________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." — Dr. Seuss “Watch out for everything bigger than you, they have the "right of weight" Bib

12-16-2012, 03:40 AM	#8
D R ---- Joined: Sep 2007 Oddometer: 353	An allen wrench... screws... nails... ...and an approximately 4 inch piece of unidentifiable metal rod. __________________ Experience IS NOT the best teacher! Someone else's experience is the best teacher.

12-16-2012, 04:49 AM	#9
rebake Studly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2007 Location: central Eleenoise Oddometer: 851	I found a razor blade from a paint scraper inside my tire.Went completely through the tread and was rattling around inside it. __________________ amish people think i dress funny

12-16-2012, 05:28 AM	#10
Yokomo Gorilla Adventurer Joined: Sep 2008 Location: The Little Apple Oddometer: 1,951	An 11" tire iron! I was changing the rear 17" tire on my old XL350 tire a month ago or so. I was in a hurry, then the kids came home from school while I was installing. I have 2 packs of irons, 1 iron dropped thru the spokes, so I just grabbed another iron and continued on. Got it mounted, aired it up, rode it around the block, then me and the fam had to take off. Get back home and I'm picking up all my stuff and can't find 1 iron. I asked the kids many times if they took it (you know how they take tools to mess with stuff like dad). I looked and looked. The next day I just had to remove the tire to see if it fell in since it was nowhere to be found. There she was just buried in there. Removed, aired back up, with the tube still intact. Crazy. __________________ bikes

12-16-2012, 06:12 AM	#11
Valker Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Pampa, Texas Oddometer: 227	Only "normal" stuff in mine, but...... ....your find reminds me of Fred Rau from Motorcycle Consumer News having the sudden flat on his two up GoldWing years ago. On the freeway as a car full of young 'gentlemen' passed him. The guy at the shop found a 9mm bullet in the tire. __________________ "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." -Carl Bard

12-16-2012, 12:00 PM	#14
H96669 A proud pragmatist. Joined: Nov 2009 Location: Hiding off Hwy 6, B.C. Oddometer: 2,859	What I found recently.....a heck of a mess of old flat sealer and dyneebeads clumped together.And lots of them beads stuck between the rim/tire. Yes it was loosing air. Thanks Mr. PO..... I should dismount the other one now just to see what else he F...up and left in there for me to clean. __________________ Have tools, will travel!

12-16-2012, 08:35 PM	#15
Cactus Dave Born to Argue Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Atlanta, Ga Oddometer: 678	Pilot jet. Thru tire and tube at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in my teammate's bike. 1st practice run, he gets to the end of the section and the tire is flat. Had to have picked it up in the staging area at the bottom of the section. Damndest thing I'd ever seen.

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