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A spring punch will do the job. No bigger than a biro.Supermofo wrote: Fri Oct 31, 2025 2:12 pm Good luck fella, and if they don't honour it then pop in with a small metal punch and helpfully Fubar all the TFT dashed bikes in the showroom
No bits for the Mighty Africa Twin go to the loft, only to the bike!
Okay, theres that one spare centre stand... 
To celebrate this fact I've booked her in for a valet and ACF50 treatment. Fake news.Taipan wrote: Sun Nov 09, 2025 11:25 am Just got the tax reminder through which means I've had the bike 6 months now!
Well it did slow down pressure loss but didn't stop it. Checked them a couple of days ago and front was 29 from 33 and back 28 from 36. That's taken about 4-6 weeks whereas before I guess I was topping them up fortnightly?Taipan wrote: Thu Sep 25, 2025 7:00 pm I've ordered a bottle of slime and will put that in. I was concerned I'd be riding with a puncture and risk a rapid deflation, but from what I can gather many people put slime in to stop gradual pressure loss. Everyday is a school day!
I had that with SLIME once. You've probably got a small sliver of something caught in the puncture hole that is re-opening the leak every time you ride. That's exactly what happened to me - the sliver of metal had buried itself in the rubber and ws only just sticking out into the inner carcass, but the action of the rubber moving around kept the hole open and the SLIME couldn't create a permanent seal.Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 12:27 pmWell it did slow down pressure loss but didn't stop it. Checked them a couple of days ago and front was 29 from 33 and back 28 from 36. That's taken about 4-6 weeks whereas before I guess I was topping them up fortnightly?Taipan wrote: Thu Sep 25, 2025 7:00 pm I've ordered a bottle of slime and will put that in. I was concerned I'd be riding with a puncture and risk a rapid deflation, but from what I can gather many people put slime in to stop gradual pressure loss. Everyday is a school day!
On the plus side it turns out I have a puncture and it did work enough to get me home yesterday. I didn't even realise until the bike valeter said its got green shite all over the mudguard etc. D'oh! That is one horrible job I have to do this weekend. I hate tubed tyres!
Sounds good but probably for tubeless?weeksy wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 1:56 pm I saw a new puncture bung thing on Instagram this week which was like a fat screw thread rubber thing, you drill and then screw it in, seems pretty decent.
Buy a new tube,take the wheel off and throw it into the tyre peeps. Mined ewe,they'll not love you for all the Slime gloop.Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 12:27 pmWell it did slow down pressure loss but didn't stop it. Checked them a couple of days ago and front was 29 from 33 and back 28 from 36. That's taken about 4-6 weeks whereas before I guess I was topping them up fortnightly?Taipan wrote: Thu Sep 25, 2025 7:00 pm I've ordered a bottle of slime and will put that in. I was concerned I'd be riding with a puncture and risk a rapid deflation, but from what I can gather many people put slime in to stop gradual pressure loss. Everyday is a school day!
On the plus side it turns out I have a puncture and it did work enough to get me home yesterday. I didn't even realise until the bike valeter said its got green shite all over the mudguard etc. D'oh! That is one horrible job I have to do this weekend. I hate tubed tyres!
I thinKi've found the puncture hole. If I'm really lucky, I can break the bead and just pull the tube the part of teh tube out that needs apatch then put it back again. I do have a spare tube here though if that doesnt work. Bastard hard work gettibg that tyre over the bead but no bike shops round here and car tyre places wont touch them, so its my job whether I like it or not.Skub wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 2:11 pmBuy a new tube,take the wheel off and throw it into the tyre peeps. Mined ewe,they'll not love you for all the Slime gloop.Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 12:27 pmWell it did slow down pressure loss but didn't stop it. Checked them a couple of days ago and front was 29 from 33 and back 28 from 36. That's taken about 4-6 weeks whereas before I guess I was topping them up fortnightly?Taipan wrote: Thu Sep 25, 2025 7:00 pm I've ordered a bottle of slime and will put that in. I was concerned I'd be riding with a puncture and risk a rapid deflation, but from what I can gather many people put slime in to stop gradual pressure loss. Everyday is a school day!
On the plus side it turns out I have a puncture and it did work enough to get me home yesterday. I didn't even realise until the bike valeter said its got green shite all over the mudguard etc. D'oh! That is one horrible job I have to do this weekend. I hate tubed tyres!
I've used a vice and/or G-clamp in the past.Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 2:15 pmI thinKi've found the puncture hole. If I'm really lucky, I can break the bead and just pull the tube the part of teh tube out that needs apatch then put it back again. I do have a spare tube here though if that doesnt work. Bastard hard work gettibg that tyre over the bead but no bike shops round here and car tyre places wont touch them, so its my job whether I like it or not.Skub wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 2:11 pmBuy a new tube,take the wheel off and throw it into the tyre peeps. Mined ewe,they'll not love you for all the Slime gloop.Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 12:27 pm
Well it did slow down pressure loss but didn't stop it. Checked them a couple of days ago and front was 29 from 33 and back 28 from 36. That's taken about 4-6 weeks whereas before I guess I was topping them up fortnightly?
On the plus side it turns out I have a puncture and it did work enough to get me home yesterday. I didn't even realise until the bike valeter said its got green shite all over the mudguard etc. D'oh! That is one horrible job I have to do this weekend. I hate tubed tyres!
Sounds better than my spade!Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 2:20 pmI've used a vice and/or G-clamp in the past.Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 2:15 pmI thinKi've found the puncture hole. If I'm really lucky, I can break the bead and just pull the tube the part of teh tube out that needs apatch then put it back again. I do have a spare tube here though if that doesnt work. Bastard hard work gettibg that tyre over the bead but no bike shops round here and car tyre places wont touch them, so its my job whether I like it or not.Skub wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 2:11 pm
Buy a new tube,take the wheel off and throw it into the tyre peeps. Mined ewe,they'll not love you for all the Slime gloop.
It's a cvnt of a job with modern day stiffer sidewalled tyres.Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 2:15 pm I thinKi've found the puncture hole. If I'm really lucky, I can break the bead and just pull the tube the part of teh tube out that needs apatch then put it back again. I do have a spare tube here though if that doesnt work. Bastard hard work gettibg that tyre over the bead but no bike shops round here and car tyre places wont touch them, so its my job whether I like it or not.
Isnt it just. Second bastard puncture i've had on this wheel too! I suppose the tyre might be easier this time as its been stretched over the wheel rim twice now?Skub wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 2:28 pmIt's a cvnt of a job with modern day stiffer sidewalled tyres.Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 2:15 pm I thinKi've found the puncture hole. If I'm really lucky, I can break the bead and just pull the tube the part of teh tube out that needs apatch then put it back again. I do have a spare tube here though if that doesnt work. Bastard hard work gettibg that tyre over the bead but no bike shops round here and car tyre places wont touch them, so its my job whether I like it or not.
I swore I'd never do it again and I plan on keeping that promise.Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 21, 2025 2:30 pm Isnt it just. Second bastard puncture i've had on this wheel too! I suppose the tyre might be easier this time as its been stretched over the wheel rim twice now?