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[Craig Loseke]

I am wondering about adding Slime to the tubes. I never have Slimed tires before. Is this a good idea or will it be a big mess when you end up changing a tire? Craig A15 P.R.U.A.V.

[Stuart Heaslet]

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 06:10:56 -0000 "Craig Loseke" wrote:

> I am wondering about adding Slime to the tubes.

I never used it, but I don't ride around a lot of thorns. I've seen where Slime plugs up the tube valve after a while. How about using a heavy duty tube? Arrowhead Motorsports has them. www.arrowheadmotorsports.com Stuart

[PEDRO.VALDES@COULTER.COM]

Stuart, I slimed my tubes because the thought of getting a flat at super highway speeds is not too pleasant. Here is some info from Slime That I received some time ago. Because both of our sealants contain fibers and other sealing agents, such as rubber particles, they require a liquid "delivery system." That is basically what the green goo is. All the fibers and particles are suspended within the liquid, and over time the liquid portion will slowly evaporate changing the viscosity of the product and its ability to deliver the sealing agents to the puncture. After two years there really isn't too much of a change in the quality of the sealant. However, if the user notices the product is not sealing as effectively, we recommend simply adding additional product to the tube or tire. Hopefully this information is helpful. Please let me know if you have further questions. Corinne Harrison Customer Service Manager SLiME Tire Sealant 888-45-SLiME -----Original Message----- From: Pedro.Valdes@... [mailto:Pedro.Valdes@...] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 8:58 AM To: techsupport@... Subject: USABLE LIFE EXPECTANCY What are the limitations of slime that set the usable life expectancy to (2) years once it is applied to the tire? Is it an engineering safety margin? If so what is the factor 50%, 80%? In other words what is the reason(s) for the product to last two years? What test protocols were invoked in deriving the life expectancy? Did failure occur at two years? Peter A14 "Stuart Heaslet" on 12/13/2000 07:05:20 AM To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com cc: (bcc: Pedro Valdes/MFG/CoulterUS) Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Slime or not to slime? On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 06:10:56 -0000 "Craig Loseke" wrote:

> I am wondering about adding Slime to the tubes.

I never used it, but I don't ride around a lot of thorns. I've seen where Slime plugs up the tube valve after a while. How about using a heavy duty tube? Arrowhead Motorsports has them. www.arrowheadmotorsports.com Stuart Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com

[TLrydr@aol.com]

If you plan to patch the tubes it is best not to slime, If you slime carry a spare tube. Slime works, I have pulled thorns out of my tire that was the size of a 16 penny nail and kept on ridding thinks to slime..... Mike In a message dated 12/13/00 1:12:27 AM EST, closeke@... writes: << I am wondering about adding Slime to the tubes. I never have Slimed tires before. >>

[Stuart Heaslet]

The idea of Slime is good, but what do you guys do to protect against tire valve problems? Keep changing the tube everytime you change a tire? Stuart

[Mark]

At 9:09 AM -0700 12/13/00, Stuart Heaslet wrote:

>The idea of Slime is good, but what do you guys do to >protect against tire valve problems? Keep changing the tube >everytime you change a tire?

I've had mild sealing of the tire valve occur a couple times. I just removed the valve core and cleaned it, no biggie. Mark B2 A2

[TLrydr@aol.com]

Back when i rode "DIRT" bikes , I used a product like slime and had to take out the valve stem and clean it and put it back in . Air would not go in the tire or come out I remember it was stuck real good. Mike In a message dated 12/13/00 10:08:21 AM EST, fireball@... writes: << The idea of Slime is good, but what do you guys do to protect against tire valve problems? Keep changing the tube everytime you change a tire? >>

[motor_rider@email.msn.com]

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, TLrydr@a... wrote:

> Back when i rode "DIRT" bikes , I used a product like slime and

had to

> take out the valve stem and clean it and put it back in . Air would

not go in

> the tire or come out I remember it was stuck real good. > > Mike > In a message dated 12/13/00 10:08:21 AM EST, fireball@h... writes: > > protect against tire valve problems? Keep changing the tube > everytime you change a tire? >>

I change my tube at every tire change. I also run a layer of duct tape over the rubber tire strip that covers the spoke holes. MR

[Bogdan Swider]

> ? > > > > I've had mild sealing of the tire valve occur a couple times. > I just removed the valve core and cleaned it, no biggie. > Mark > B2 > A2 > Since...I ride alone..Isn't that the title of some song? Anyway, I've put > slime in some 10? tubes. Always put in a new tube when I change tires. Do > you also not change your underwear, Fireball? Back on topic: No problems > except on the rear tube currently on the bike, Valve plugged up > immediately. Dash (welcome back) was kind enough to explain to me how > slime works. Since then, 5k miles, I've changed cores 3 or 4 times. I > clean the stem with a dowl and blow out the stem with compressed air still > the new core soon plugs up. The front tube changed and slimed at the same > time has been fine. Don't get it. I theorize that removing the air while > changing cores so many times has done something to the slime, however it > doesn't appear more viscous. A biggie pain in the ass, especially if you > want to know what air pressure you're running. Also does wonders for your > gauges. Bogdan > > >

[TLrydr@aol.com]

You can't balance a tire with slime is the real down side of using slime, I tried to balance the last IRC 110 rear tire, It no worky, Mike