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Old 05-13-2011, 04:08 PM
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Default Why isnt my motorcycle tire holding air??
I hit a small bump in the road on the way to work this morning.

Any ideas what could be wrong?
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Looks like your tire is wrong size lol
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Ouch that sucks
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Check your valve stem?
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Check your valve stem?
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get a bfh and fix it!
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Owwy.

Was that a pothole or a railroad tie?
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get a bfh and fix it!
just beat it lol
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Ummmm, good luck with that
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this is a total joke right?
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Originally Posted by willsmysticcobra
this is a total joke right?

Sarcasm. . . . . . . . learn it. . . .
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Originally Posted by willsmysticcobra
this is a total joke right?
Nah, man, I hot a bump then all the sudden the tire had no air.

I tried to put more in but I just hear a loud hissing no matter how much I try to put in.

I guess ill get a new valve stem.
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haha ya I would check that valve stem and see maybe if the tire is dry rotting.
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DRY ROT!!! Duh! I NEVER thought of that!

Its GOTTA be dry rot causi.g all this nonsense.
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Regardless, it should buff right out.
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