Well, I bought Dirt Devils for my Scrambler and so far I have been EXTREMELY disappointed. I have had more leaks and holes in them than I did in the stock Titan 489's. I went out and bought slime for them today and was wondering who else uses it out there and what you think about it? Hopefully it will help. I am getting sick of having flats every time I get it out of the garage.

 

Are these tires on aluminum or steel rims? Did you buy them mounted, or do it yourself. Just wondering, I heard (don't know if it's fact or not) that the slime type products can be corrosive to aluminum.

Ken Thompson

 

Aluminum, Professionally mounted.

 

The slime will make your tires wobble at high speeds. You will feel it in the handlebars over 50mph. The slime does work, but I would not want to sacrifice the handling

 

I got a set of DD on the front of my bike and I havent had a blessed problem with them yet! I ride where there is alot of sharp rocks, sticks, and no-see-ums and they go through it all with out a blemmish. On the other hand those stock 489's....each one had atleast 5 plugs in them and they were forever going flat! You did get 6 ply right?

 

You may have some porosity in the metal....or maybe just a bad valve-stem. Mix up some soapy water and wet down the tire/wheel. Where there's bubbles building, there's trouble. Cheap and effective.

Ken

 

Don't do it!!! I put it in my tires and it made the tires out of balance at high speeds. I ended up taking the tires off and cleaning out the slime. WHAT A MESS!!! If you don't want to go fast than the slime will stop punctures. My .02 cents

 

So thats what the deal is. I thought I had something bent. I used slime in one of my rear tires to fix a slow leak. Now that I think about it, that's around the time I first notced to 50+mph shake. I am betting that is it. I will be pulling the tire and cleaning that sh@t out of there, and fixing the original problem the right way.

Thanks guys!!

 

Cabela's has a $30. patch and pump kit that works great. Helped a friend out of a bind last week and these plugs are the ones the mechanics at the garage install in you're vehicles tires when they have a hole. I'm sure they have thier limitations in the size of hole they will plug but nonetheless it's very compact and I carry it in the underseat compartment on my Sportsman. Looks like a grey tube with end black end caps that open up.

 

Gah those bloody co2 tire kits. There are 12v bike pumps available that weigh a pound and fit in your hand, besides being cheaper than the c02 inflators these also fit in many 'ute' trunks. Combined with plugs of choice it's almost as good as a spare tire.