tire slime

[1984kxtTECATE]

Ive never had a probelm with flats, most likely because all my tires are six-ply heavy duty. I have used fix a flat on my 25" tri-z tire and it worked it was just weather checked. Dosnt matter anymore because I got a NOS 23" tire.

[Unclediezel]

Actually - It was a guy who was just to damn cheap to buy a new tire --so he pumped in 2 cans every morning before he went to work. put the tire on the bead breaker and splattered white liquid everywhere. One of my co workers was torching on an old rotted exhaust system and.....Guess the rest.

[1984kxtTECATE]

I also feel pretty strong about buying a new tire if you got a punture on the side wall. In my opnion, plugs and patches are a temporary fix not a permanent. Do it right the first time I guess.

[88 Turbo Coupe]

As far as profesional riders using it, I know 100% that mant profesional atv cross country and desert racers use slime in their tires to PREVENT flats. I was turned on to the stuff by a former pro desert racer named Fred Wing. I have seen Denny Wolf a fast quad racer install it befor the vegas to reno race. And Dan Smith former Husky racer and very very fast guy in the desert used it also. Try it, use it to prevent flats and you will see. I just have used it for way to long with excellent results and zero handling or tire problems. I ride fast, I ride hard, and I do not baby my trikes, nor have I had a flat due to a puncture in years.

Oh well thats cool. I didn't know slime once applied had sealing properties after a puncture. I was mislead then. I thought it was only good for sealing a puncture. I'm now gunna tell my friends now that when you put slime in you r tire before you have a flat that you will not have a flat. How would you know if you had a puncture and slime sealed it?

[Dads]

What stops the leak is the peaces of rubber that are in the slime. They are ment to clog the hole. It is a temp fix and you will know if yopu get a leak. It may be two or three days or more you wil have to add air. I have a tire that looked good but would go flat I put in slime and on each sid there is a crack that did not show till green slime liquid seeped out. Still goes flat just a little slower.

[dovesprings250R]

With slime you will never know 100% if you've had a flat. If slime does not seal the hole then you had a hole bigger than 1/8 inch diameter or many many small holes and the slime can't work fast enough. Slime will not seal rotting and cracked tires with small tears. Befor I used slime I would puncture almost every ride in the desert and I never do now. slime is activated by air sucking it out and it turns into a fiber and seals the holes. It works like very thick blood clotting to close a wound. If slime is a temorary fix for holes I don't know how. I checkes my trailer tire and all my paddles to be sure but they all have close tio what I inflated them too months ago. Tell your buddies to run the stuff , I promise it greatly reduce punctures if not eliminate them. I have seen that cracking problem where the slime oozes out of the cracks on some of my old tires that dads refers to.