Backroads Touring - Kansas

[Savage]

My wife bought me a Slime air compressor a couple years ago for me to use on my MC. So far I've been lucky and haven't needed one. I think it was $30 or so and kind of big so I couldn't see riding with it in my backpack.
Well I went to Wallyworld and now they're making a small and light one for only $9. It's basicly just powerful enough to top off your tires to turn off a low air pressure light. Has a LED light too.

Hunted around and finally found the flat electrical connectors I needed at Napa (PN 755-1598) to mate up to the connectors on my bikes.
Cut the wire and soldered on the connectors.

If you do this mod, before you solder the wires plug it in and make sure the LED is still working. If it's not the compressor won't work when you need it in your vehicle. If the LED is working you're good to go. Solder, tape, done!
I deflated my tire and in the time it took me to get my camera and take some pics it was up to 22 psi.

Good product! I can't wait to get my first flat! j/k







What cool gadgets are you guys running?
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DR650SE (for sale)
DRZ450E (for sale)
KLX300R

[smitty]

I have been looking for something that small. Might have to make a trip to Wallyworld myself. Thanks for the post.
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Smitty

'05 DR650
'07 KLX250
'98 T509
'81 XS650

[phil denk]

Bought a $35 unit from Aerostitch and though it works o.k. it is considerably larger and gets hotter that the dickens. Slime unit looks very "packable" and obviously has some heat protection...thanks, Savage!

[drzjoe]

Great post, good pictures also, I'm sold will be buying one of these myself. Good Find.
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2000 DRZ400
Kansas City, KS

[Savage]

Thanks for the replies guys! Makes it feel like it was worth my time taking the pics, uploading the pics, and hopefully helping a fellow rider some day while out in the boonies.
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DR650SE (for sale)
DRZ450E (for sale)
KLX300R

[britt]

I got three of those at Autozone. $9.99. Keep one in the cars and one on the bike. A little slow but very convenient and the light is a plus.
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07 DL650
00 DR650
00 DR200

[Gordon]

The plan was ride to a ROMEO lunch in Denison, then to Lawrence/KU and drop a book off for the son starting class there today, back home. Backroads was the plan. I had never changed a KLR flat tire on the road before, but use only the stuff I carry when changing at home, except air bubble is used. Had a flat tire 35 miles into the ride, wasn't sure road conditions or tire at first, didn't stop soon enough, had to find a place to change it, so finding the piece of wire in it didn't matter, since the slime pump can't fill up a tire with the valve stem not in the tube. SLIME air pump plugged in and worked great once I cleaned the slime out of the tire and put the extra tube in. Used the adjustable side stand, homemade, based on Steve's design, made it 3-4 years ago. Used 3 tire irons, one is the big screw off handle type. That SLIME air pump sure beats hand pumping a tire back up. Due to time issues, I'm not the fastest tire changer, didn't have any coffee, had to pick ticks off, a buzzard was watching very interested, any some flowers were really neat right there. had to go to highway travel, went Brooks Yamaha in Manhattan closest place I knew of that had tubes, and bought 3 tubes, 2 rear, 1 front. Hwy 24 east to Lawrence/KU, dropped the anthro. book , saw my son,and went south to 56 and west home. Used the pavement side of the Dual sport.
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Gordon
1973 BMW R75/5
'87 KLR
2007 KLR

[ajayhawkfan]

One thing people might consider carrying. A small plastic bottle (like a Coke bottle) with soapy water in it. It will help find the hole in a tube or tubeless tire.
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Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, KU!

[drzjoe]

Eddie is right, a small bottle of soapy water is real handy for getting the tire on and off the rim, as well as hand cleanup afterwards. I normally carry one on dual sport rides.
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2000 DRZ400
Kansas City, KS