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LilAbner
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« on: June 28, 2013, 11:59:15 AM » |
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what do you use to fill the tires with air, while you are on the road?
I have small pump, that i picked up at Walmart. and kept it in the saddle
bags, and it did not put out enough air to fill the tire.
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Toledo Mark
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Rossford, Ohio
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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2013, 12:06:35 PM » |
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Not sure if mine would put out enough pressure either. But it will get enough in to limp to a station.
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2013, 12:16:43 PM » |
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Checked mine before a 10 day trip (just back). Cold checks during the trip were the same pressures as when I left.
Been carrying around the Slime pump for years. Never needed it. I have tested that it runs/works, but never used it to actually add air.
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Thrud
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2013, 12:35:28 PM » |
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Bone
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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2013, 02:49:45 PM » |
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I bought a Slime pump at AutoZone. Before I packed it in the bike I lowered the pressure in one of my Jeeps tires. Hooked up the pump and it worked. I thought with the larger CT on the back I really needed to make sure it could supply the volume needed. Pressure in a small tire is a different thing.
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BradValk48237
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« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2013, 03:59:22 PM » |
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Good to hear as I just bought one of the Slime pumps to keep in the saddlebag.......
Brad
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Tailgate Tommy
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2000 Interstate, 2001 Interstate and 2003 Standard
Fort Collins, Colorado
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« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2013, 04:17:50 PM » |
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Slime pump for me. Never tried it, never used it, and I bet after 9 years the rubber cement in the Stop & Go plug kit is all dried up. Not to self...buy some new cement before Inzane!
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Bone
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« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2013, 05:14:13 PM » |
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Every spring I unpack and test the pump before I need it away from home. Your comment about the cement made me realize I didn't test the pump this year  Needing air and having a working pump is the way it's supposed happen. |
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Raverez
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No good deed goes unpunished
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« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2013, 07:12:42 PM » |
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Green slime pump works well but guage isn't accurate on mine. Still it will fill your tire.
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Michvalk
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« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2013, 07:24:19 PM » |
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I bought a tire pump from Wally world years ago, and it would inflate a truck tire, slow, but to 45 lbs no sweat. Can't remember the name, but was a cheap thing, with a light, emergency red flasher, and a gauge that told you while inflating. Ran over it last year with the car and finished it. Carried it in the saddle bag with my tools and tire plug kit. Kinda large, but worked great  |
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Gryphon Rider
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« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2013, 08:33:16 PM » |
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Slime pump for me. Never tried it, never used it, and I bet after 9 years the rubber cement in the Stop & Go plug kit is all dried up. Not to self...buy some new cement before Inzane!
You have rubber cement in your Stop & Go kit? |
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Bone
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« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2013, 05:21:26 AM » |
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Slime Pump update; Well my yearly pump test was attempted this morning. I carry the pump in the box it was sold in packed in the very back end of a saddlebag. Pulled it out of the box and planned on using the bikes battery. The bike was rode yesterday this is the same as an early morning at a campground or motel. (7:15 am) Plug the wire into a 12v plug-in I have in the saddlebag, Nothing happens Pulled the plug and the threaded end (plug has a fuse) was broken. I'm alone at a motel 500 miles from civilization. I cut the plug off of the wire and strip the wire ends. Insert them into the plug-in sockets leads and the pump runs. Check the air pressure of the Jeep tire. Plug on the filler line of the pump and hit the switch, the pump is working  50 seconds into the inflation the pump stops After a minute or so I try again, no pump. Now I'm going back to the house for another cup of coffee I was using (I'm alone at a motel 500 miles from civilization) as a "what if" The pump is 6 years old (guessing).  |
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gordonv
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Richmond BC
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« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2013, 01:05:02 PM » |
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I bought mine from Canadian Tire on sale for $10 and a $5 battery/cig lighter so I can plug the charger in. Easily fills to any high presure I want, a dial guage.
Only thing I would add, GET ONE with a screw on type file hose, not those push/lever type. My first time with the Honda tire stem, I broke the mounting bracket trying to connect. Screw on is a lot easier in any weather condition.
Oh, mine says run for 10 min max, and wait 10 min to cool down, before using again. I can top up a low MC tire from 10 psi to 40 psi in that time.
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Bone
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« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2013, 01:34:31 PM » |
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Update to Slime Pump update;
The pump lives, I made sure of the electrical connections then turned the pump on again. Ran it 2 minutes all seemed ok.
Only let it pump 2 min. I didn't soften the tire first.
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pancho
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« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2013, 02:48:19 PM » |
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I bought a tire pump from Wally world years ago, and it would inflate a truck tire, slow, but to 45 lbs no sweat. Can't remember the name, but was a cheap thing, with a light, emergency red flasher, and a gauge that told you while inflating. Ran over it last year with the car and finished it. Carried it in the saddle bag with my tools and tire plug kit. Kinda large, but worked great WoW,,,, I'd miss that emergency red flasher............ that one was a winner ............. Mike, "hubcapsc" showed the one he carries awhile back... very interesting, runs out of a spark plug hole, pumps fresh air and is cheap... meant to order one but other things got in the way, like to see it again. |
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Tailgate Tommy
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2000 Interstate, 2001 Interstate and 2003 Standard
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« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2013, 04:40:58 PM » |
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Slime pump for me. Never tried it, never used it, and I bet after 9 years the rubber cement in the Stop & Go plug kit is all dried up. Not to self...buy some new cement before Inzane!
You have rubber cement in your Stop & Go kit? Apparently not. Guess I was thinking of the old string deals  |
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