A motorcycle guide I once had, had these suggestions for coping with a flat: Roll off the throttle. Once you know which tire is flat, apply gentle braking to the good tire- avoid braking on the flat tire. Carefully exit the road. Sounds so easy! I was cruising along Interstate-25 in Colorado last year, traffic flying past me at 85mph...I was doing around 70mph. Suddenly it felt like I was riding on grooved pavement- exactly like that. I began to slow- got down to 60-65 when the back tire went flat. The back end of the bike swung to the left and I thought I was going down but didn't. I did exactly what the guide said and it was fine. This was just instinct, I wasn't thinking about the guide-book. I was lucky to be in the right-hand lane. A friendly motorcycle cop waited with me until my local shop rescued me. Pretty scary though!
Last edited by hook; 14 Jun 2006 at 02:34.
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