Wcmike
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Today I am the owner of a brand new Michelin Pilot Road 4 rear tire.
It replaced my 20 month old PR4 with 13,000 miles on it. I was very pleased with the old tire and would of given it a viking funeral if it wasn't such a bad ideal to burn tires. But then I remembered that when I put that tire on, I followed OCR's recommendation and used Ride-On. I've seen the videos, but does it really work? Would it really stop a flat? Was it worth the money? Is OCR a wise old man or just plain crazy? (I met him a couple of weeks ago and my working theory is that he is a little of both. ). This is where the pseudoscience comes in. Before I took the old tire off, I was going to run over something sharp and see what happens.
The pseudo-experiment was a simple one. I drilled a 2 1/2 inch wood screw through a 3/4 inch sheet of melamine coated particle board, leaving 1 3/4 inches of screw sticking through. I then placed it in front of the rear tire and, with a sense of sadness, rolled the tire over it.
The screw broke off but not before it was about 1 inch inside the tire.
And then came the moment of truth. I gabbed some pliers and pulled out the screw. In the threads was a good amount of Ride-On. Good news there. But no good news for the tire. Air was leaking fast. The pseudoscience wasn't over, though. Jamming in a 2 1/2 wood screw and ripping it out isn't really a fair test. And Ride-On, the company, will tell you that just spinning the tire won't distribute it well enough to seal a hole. Especially one that big. But I wasn't going to ride the bike like that. And I was really rooting for OCR to be right.
I took the tire off and filled it back up. I bounced it a little in the garage. Rolled it a little. Bounced it a little more. Rolled it a little more. And then the hissing stopped. There was still a lot of air in the tire and the Ride-On had plugged the hole. It stayed plugged even after 24 hours.
So OCR just went into the Wise Old Man category and I put Ride-On in the new tire. I've even gone so far as to buy the OCR recommended $2.50 NGK BKR6E-11 spark plugs. However, I have 10,000 miles before I need to replace the original ones. So I think I will wait for someone else on this forum to do the NGK Spark Plug Pseudoscience first.
It replaced my 20 month old PR4 with 13,000 miles on it. I was very pleased with the old tire and would of given it a viking funeral if it wasn't such a bad ideal to burn tires. But then I remembered that when I put that tire on, I followed OCR's recommendation and used Ride-On. I've seen the videos, but does it really work? Would it really stop a flat? Was it worth the money? Is OCR a wise old man or just plain crazy? (I met him a couple of weeks ago and my working theory is that he is a little of both. ). This is where the pseudoscience comes in. Before I took the old tire off, I was going to run over something sharp and see what happens.
The pseudo-experiment was a simple one. I drilled a 2 1/2 inch wood screw through a 3/4 inch sheet of melamine coated particle board, leaving 1 3/4 inches of screw sticking through. I then placed it in front of the rear tire and, with a sense of sadness, rolled the tire over it.
The screw broke off but not before it was about 1 inch inside the tire.
And then came the moment of truth. I gabbed some pliers and pulled out the screw. In the threads was a good amount of Ride-On. Good news there. But no good news for the tire. Air was leaking fast. The pseudoscience wasn't over, though. Jamming in a 2 1/2 wood screw and ripping it out isn't really a fair test. And Ride-On, the company, will tell you that just spinning the tire won't distribute it well enough to seal a hole. Especially one that big. But I wasn't going to ride the bike like that. And I was really rooting for OCR to be right.
I took the tire off and filled it back up. I bounced it a little in the garage. Rolled it a little. Bounced it a little more. Rolled it a little more. And then the hissing stopped. There was still a lot of air in the tire and the Ride-On had plugged the hole. It stayed plugged even after 24 hours.
So OCR just went into the Wise Old Man category and I put Ride-On in the new tire. I've even gone so far as to buy the OCR recommended $2.50 NGK BKR6E-11 spark plugs. However, I have 10,000 miles before I need to replace the original ones. So I think I will wait for someone else on this forum to do the NGK Spark Plug Pseudoscience first.