Fix a Motorcycle Flat Tire

Step 10 List of Other Repair Alternatives

If the leak hadn't been right by the valve, I could have patched it with a regular bicycle tire patch.
That process is exactly the same as patching a bicycle innertube.

A replacement 21" motorcycle innertube costs between $8 and $15 online. That would be the best option for this tire. Probably retail price is similar. Unfortunately there's no motorcycle parts store nearby.

A pack of innertube patches with a built-in valve is $10 for 4 patches on Ebay.
Might be a good thing to have handy, but by the time I needed it again it probably wouldn't be handy any more.

I considered cutting a patch and valve from a bicycle innertube and gluing that on. But the slime inside this tube would have made it hard to glue that on properly.

Then I remembered my parts bike. It has the same size front wheel, and it even holds air!
I deflated the tire and pried the tire off the rim. I pulled the tube out without removing the wheel first.
Obviously I'm not thinking clearly. I could have patched the tube without removing the wheel, but I have to remove the wheel to get this tube off the fork.