A similar situation happened to me one time . . .. It was one of those moments where everything becomes still and survival mode kicks in. Then worries and "what if" thoughts started landing on my brain like seagulls flocking to a piece of food.
One Summer years ago, I was out riding alone on my KLR and got stranded just as I was leaving a state forest. Somehow I had developed a leak in my rear tire. As luck would have it I had just passed a ranger station that was still open for the season. I dismounted and carefully walked it there. The ranger on duty allowed me to use their phone and call my Dad (retired at the time) to come pick me up with my F150. For his sake I was only about a half hour away.
I knew I had no ramps so I thought about how I was going to get that 400 lb. beast into that pickup truck bed. I looked around the area and spotted an accessible earthen mound/berm that seemed to be just about the right height I'd need. When my Dad arrived I asked him to back the truck up with the tailgate down and I'd wave him on through the mirror just to the edge of that mound. I managed to roll it in like it was part of some ingenious plan and secured it.
I remember trying to give him directions. Fortunately it wasn't that far off a major highway so at the end of the exit ramp he only had to make a right turn and then further down the road the next right turn and I'd be waiting by the station.
Other than the flat I got on the trip to Colorado this was the only other time I had a tire let me down while I was on the road. But this time I was alone, no can of "Fix a Flat", and cell phones weren't available to consumers yet.
I've had a slow leak on other motorcycle tires but at least I was able to discover it when the machine was parked at home. The most recent one was when my Suzuki Bandit valve stem broke.
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FWIW I later read in a motorcycle magazine that in a pinch you can stuff grass, leaves, and other associated natural occurring items into a tire that will give just enough resistance to allow you to at least ride slowly and go the distance to get to a destination and regroup. Since you only have to pry one tire rib open a flat head screw driver from your tool pack may just be the ticket.
