ADVENTURE-TRAVELING!!

twinegar · Post by **twinegar** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:28 pm

MY TRIP TO MINNESOTA

This story is off CBX topic but I had to post it..............

Coming back from picking up a 71 CB500 in MN, about 100 miles north of Kansas City I blew one of those crappy tires from the highway repair truck that I had to pay an exorbitant price for when I went to Oklahoma. The shaft was missing to lower the spare so I had to use an Allen wrench to lower it. The jack wouldn't raise the truck high enough because of the weight of the motorcycle so I had to dig the gravel out, lowering the earth so I could get the tire off. It was flat so I used 2 cans of old air to get enough in to limp to the station a half mile up the road and get air. The tire is so old there were cracks all over it so I only put 26lbs in and the wheel is rusted so badly that I was afraid it might collapse. Needless to say I barely made it back. I thought I was going to have to wait for the Highway Patrol and get another crappy tire from the tire repair truck. I call this adventure traveling.

EMS · Post by **EMS** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:56 pm

Was the tire really flat...or only at the bottom

twinegar · Post by **twinegar** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:02 pm

Well, the only thing between the rim and ground was the tread. It is still holding air probably because of the foam in the can of air. It was as flat as a pancake.

Click the links to 8 pages:
http://www.spookytoms.com/SpookyTom-500-72-01.html

EMS · Post by **EMS** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:05 pm

cbxtacy · Post by **cbxtacy** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:25 pm

Looks and sounds like the kind of story a long haired, bearded hippie kind of guy would tell like

twinegar · Post by **twinegar** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:33 pm

EXACTLY!!!