Triumphrat

Jodel

Lack of a centre stand on any bike is a real PITA I think. The first thing I did was put a stand on my TBird.

I put 'Ultraseal' in the TBird tyres to (hopefully) stop getting stuck somewhere. Last year I had a nail in the rear tyre and had to wait over two hours for Triumph's RAC recovery service to come get me from just outside Edinburgh - hardly the back of beyond.

I always carry a puncture repair kit on my Honda (tubeless tyres) and this worked a treat when I picked up a 6mm bolt through the rear tyre when riding in the Pyrenees last September. At least I could get to the next town to have the tyre replaced.

I'm not sure how feasible it is to try 'roadside' repair on tubed tyres - is it possible to get the tyre off the bike using tyre levers (without damaging the rims)? Fixing the tube would be easy enough, but I suspect it might be a struggle getting the tyre off the rim. If this is easy enough to do, then I'm happy to be advised accordingly since I'm off to France on the TBird at the end of next week and would gladly include tyre levers in the toolkit!