Isn't there an AC/DC song called "ride on"?
We all know Odot's love for RideON! :dribble:
However, I won't ride without it. Especially motorcycles! Since tires are a wear item on the FJR (They frequently wear out!!!). I'm not worried about weather checking cracking, etc as the tread will be gone before the rubber has time to weather!
I've gone through 2-3 sets of tires no per year on my VTX1800 and FJR. I've used RideOn and am very happy with the 4-5 flats I have avoided. (That's the one's I know about. Wouldn't be surprised if there were more I didn't even know about.) I've examined the wheels each tire change and I've not had any corrosion (as some report).
The other day I noticed a small piece of glass sticking out of my rear tire. About the size of a grain of sand. I removed it easily but noticed there are tiny punctures other places on the tire. I wouldn't wonder if some of these small punctures were not from small ground up glass fragments picked up on the highways. As the tires wear these "glass shards" are pushed deeper into the tread and would result eventually in gradual loss of air. I seem to remember on e member had this very problem, several pin-hole size leaks. Of course soon the cord would be showing and a new tire would surely be called for. Well, I don't ride my tires quite that long and the RideOn has resulted in "no surprises" and great tire checks each week!
I carry the pump/plugs etc. I have repaired a nail hole and rode the tire to its final end. I have ridden a rear tire, after pulling the offending nail, without plugging (because I couldn't find the nail hole again.). In that case it was a nearly new tire and I rode it 8k miles more!
Oh! According to my GPS someone once rode my bike at 137 mph....with RideOn. No reported problems, in fact my tire balance seems to adjust itself as the tires wear, with Nooo problems.
Now if I could just find that 20,000 mile sticky tire......
So I use and like RideOn TPS YMMV
LC :yahoo: