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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #30 on: September 11, 2017, 12:40:20 PM »
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So good things happen if you strike the right cord.

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #31 on: September 11, 2017, 02:17:07 PM »
Overnighted in a new Shinko . Chris , if you can't work this out we may have another option . Sorry , this happened at a bad time for me to make the trip , but we will get you home somehow if necessary. At least you aren't in Texas  :evil:

 Dusty

Yeah...true that...cause then one of us would have to come up with the trailer and get him or feel guilty forever for letting a fellow Guzzisti twiddle his thumbs in Guymon!  Of course, he is a lot closer to Texas than he is to home!  Planning another stop in Slapout as well this time?  :)
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #32 on: September 11, 2017, 02:29:11 PM »
Go for it, the worst you will get is a flat and have to get rescued.


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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #33 on: September 11, 2017, 02:32:13 PM »
Go for it, the worst you will get is a flat and have to get rescued.


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 You haven't ever been in the Oklahoma Panhandle have you ?  :grin:

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #34 on: September 11, 2017, 02:35:02 PM »

 You haven't ever been in the Oklahoma Panhandle have you ?  :grin:


As I recall, it's sorta like 'Deliverance', without the hills and river...
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #35 on: September 11, 2017, 02:35:07 PM »
If you don't like the suggestion of the Gorilla tape, you could find a tire shop and have them re-tar the tire with enough of that rubber coating that guy advertises on TV that provides a water sealable coating...that should be enough to get you farther down the road for sure!

Or a nearby tire shop that might have a slightly less used tire available for $10 bucks you could have...maybe even a small car tire?
« Last Edit: September 11, 2017, 02:36:38 PM by PJPR01 »
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #36 on: September 11, 2017, 02:37:55 PM »
If there's a Home Depot nearby,

I just ran a search on Google Maps.  Nearest Home Depot to Boise City Oklahoma is Amarillo Texas.

Not many chain stores out that way...

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #37 on: September 11, 2017, 02:40:51 PM »
 Something tells me Paul hasn't ever been in the Panhandle either  :laugh:
 
 Oh , it's nothing like "Deliverance" , the locals are wonderful helpful folks , there just aren't but about 200 of them  :grin:

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #38 on: September 11, 2017, 02:46:24 PM »
You haven't ever been in the Oklahoma Panhandle have you ?  :grin:

 Dusty
No but I've been a million miles from home with a sick bike many times
It seldom is ever as bad as you think it's going to be.

Is it a tubeless or tubed tire?
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #39 on: September 11, 2017, 03:03:36 PM »
Something tells me Paul hasn't ever been in the Panhandle either  :laugh:
 
 Oh , it's nothing like "Deliverance" , the locals are wonderful helpful folks , there just aren't but about 200 of them  :grin:

 Dusty

I've been thru the Panhandle once directly but never specifically in Guymon...last trip was a straight shot up from Amarillo up thru Dumas thru Boise City and then up to Colorado, but I can't say I've ever been to the thriving Metropolis of Guymon.  Perhaps I should have asked if there was a Walmart rather than a Home Depot...but you know what I meant!  Find a tire shop or a gas station, that's the point of the suggestions.  And I think the population of Guymon is about 10K people...large enough to have some decent size shops.

Just trying to be creative here...worst comes to worst...leave the bike...rent a car or take a bus and go home and come back and get it with the jeep/trailer.
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #40 on: September 11, 2017, 03:05:52 PM »
If you don't like the suggestion of the Gorilla tape, you could find a tire shop and have them re-tar the tire with enough of that rubber coating that guy advertises on TV that provides a water sealable coating...that should be enough to get you farther down the road for sure!
 

Flex Seal !!! 

https://www.flexsealproducts.com/product/flex-seal-liquid/


(probably not on the shelf at the local farmers Co-Op, though)
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #41 on: September 11, 2017, 03:07:31 PM »
Flex Seal !!! 

https://www.flexsealproducts.com/product/flex-seal-liquid/


(probably not on the shelf at the local farmers Co-Op, though)
 

That's the stuff!  :)
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #42 on: September 11, 2017, 03:14:49 PM »
Woodward is a big town that should have something. Or limp into Slapout and you and your bike get a ride on the back of a pickup into Woodward.

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #43 on: September 11, 2017, 03:22:17 PM »
As I suspected...there is WMT Supercenter in Guymon and it has a tire center...and they do sell Flex Seal.  Give it a shot!

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Walmart+Supercenter/@36.7056315,-101.4967304,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x4a7744532f7de292!8m2!3d36.7056315!4d-101.4879757

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #44 on: September 11, 2017, 03:23:04 PM »

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #45 on: September 11, 2017, 03:41:19 PM »
 Yeah , but it's 45 miles of , well, 45 miles, between where our intrepid traveler is and Guymon . Not very far with a motorized vehicle , but one helluva long way on foot  :laugh:

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #46 on: September 11, 2017, 03:51:24 PM »
Yeah , but it's 45 miles of , well, 45 miles, between where our intrepid traveler is and Guymon . Not very far with a motorized vehicle , but one helluva long way on foot  :laugh:

 Dusty

So you're saying the title of the post should be:  Anyone near Boise City, OK?  Then...well, why didn't you say so in the first place!  :) 

Surely you can get a ride into Guymon and buy some materials and get a ride back...or call the WMT Super center and see if they have a tire in your size or close that could work...

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #47 on: September 11, 2017, 03:53:35 PM »
So you're saying the title of the post should be:  Anyone near Boise City, OK?  Then...well, why didn't you say so in the first place!  :) 

Surely you can get a ride into Guymon and buy some materials and get a ride back...or call the WMT Super center and see if they have a tire in your size or close that could work...

 Because NO ONE is near Boise City  :laugh: I don't think Wal Mart has sold motorbike tires in 35 years or
so .

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #48 on: September 11, 2017, 04:12:29 PM »
Yeah...that's why I suggested a car tire in the earlier post, but I'm thinking there might be a motorcycle shop in Gruymon too, or at the very least he can get the Flexseal and move along down the road a bit.  Time doesn't seem to be the precious commodity here, so even a slow but steady return should work.

Ok...I think we've provided enough reasonable suggestions...
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #49 on: September 11, 2017, 06:35:10 PM »
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even a slow but steady return should work.

There ya go. 15-20 mph or so. Got enough beer?  :smiley:
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #50 on: September 15, 2017, 08:55:53 AM »
So, what happened? Ever make it to Guymon, or beyond?
Then again, when I was watching Predator I didn't think two members of its cast would become governors, either. So you never know.

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« Reply #51 on: September 15, 2017, 10:07:51 AM »
Ran out of beer..
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #52 on: September 15, 2017, 10:37:16 AM »
 For those of you that have never visited the Panhandle of Oklahoma some explanation of what happened might be in order . The laws of physics don't apply , it is only 166 miles end to end , and yet traveling at a steady 60 MPH it takes 3 days of steady driving to traverse the distance . Scientists have studied this seemingly impossible fact for years , and in the 1960's a scientist from Stanford casually mentioned to a fellow researcher from MIT that " It is almost impossible to get from Slapout to Kenton " , which became the origin of the phrase "You can't get there from here" . It is possible that Two Wings has actually been traveling for a couple of days and he simply hasn't made it to Slapout yet .

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #53 on: September 15, 2017, 11:53:38 AM »
Must be a hottie at the motel, and plenty of beer near by. I could have walked home by now.
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #54 on: September 15, 2017, 03:03:50 PM »
So all this time we've been mistaken, and the Bermuda Triangle is actually in the Panhandle!  Who knew!!  :)
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #55 on: September 15, 2017, 03:25:16 PM »
So all this time we've been mistaken, and the Bermuda Triangle is actually in the Panhandle!  Who knew!!  :)

 We refer to it as the Slapout Rectangle , most folks make it out , but apparently their memories of the event are shaky .

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #56 on: September 15, 2017, 05:10:58 PM »
We refer to it as the Slapout Rectangle , most folks make it out , but apparently their memories of the event are shaky .

 Dusty

Its land area is 5,686 square miles (14,730 km2), which is larger than that of the state of Connecticut, and comprises 8.28 percent of Oklahoma's land area.
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #57 on: September 15, 2017, 05:31:48 PM »
Its land area is 5,686 square miles (14,730 km2), which is larger than that of the state of Connecticut, and comprises 8.28 percent of Oklahoma's land area.

 Connecticut has a population of 3.5 million , the Panhandle of OK has about 29K , although there are probably more cows in the Panhandle  :laugh:

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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #58 on: September 15, 2017, 05:53:28 PM »
Did he get home?
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Re: Anyone near Guymon OK ?
« Reply #59 on: September 16, 2017, 07:41:23 AM »
Ran out of beer..
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