Tech – Tubeless repair

Adventure Rider Issue #21

• Fit out
• Checkout
• Tech – Essential tools
• Preparing For Adventure with Andrea Box
• How To Ride with Miles Davis
• Ready For Anything with Karen Ramsay
• Thailand – Baht busters
• KTM Rallye NZ – Aussies cross The Ditch
• Major Mitchell Trail – History lesson
• Cherry Pickin’ – Choose just one 2017 bike
• Ubuntu – Life-changing Africa
• Bali By The Backroads: Another winner from Britton Adventures
• Suzuki Freewind – Ahead of its time and still a great option
• Tech – Tubeless repair
• 2017 BMW F800GSA – A great bike made even better
• The Stirling – Riding south-western WA
• The Sultanate Of Oman – Exotic riding at its best
• Crossing Record – John Hudson sets a new mark
• It’s What We Do
• Yamaha WR250R – Another Greg Yager special

Advances in technology mean we can all enjoy standards of performance that wouldn’t have been out of place on world-championship road-race bikes not too long ago. But no matter how flash the performance of your newest, most exotic bike may be, a good, old-fashioned flat tyre is the same shitty, pain-in-the-bum problem it’s always been.

A lot of big-capacity bikes run tubeless tyres these days, and in the case of a straightforward puncture, the repair can be fast and fuss-free. BMW Off Road Training instructor Craig Bernard received a warning from the tyre-pressure alert on his R1200GS. He pulled over to check and, sure enough, found a nail driven through the carcass of his rear tyre.