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Fix Motorcycle tire in BFE

I set up the tire with a small tablespoon of gasoline. I rolled the tire around and bounced it up and down as well in order to atomize the fuel, then I popped the fuse/igniter with a 12V jumper battery. I used to ride my motorcycle way out into BFE. Since motos don't carry a spare I worried about flat tires out there. I became good at tire repair on the trail. But a source or air while out there is always a concern. There are small CO2 bottle or small electric air pumps or even hand pumps for trail repairs, But all those things could fail. You can run out of CO2, or your electric pump or hand pump quit working. So a 4th backup plan was in my mind for years. It was explosive tire seating like in this video. The guy in the video uses engine starter fluid (Ether) which I won't have, but I would always have gasoline....almost the same thing So when I changed tires at home I'd often try to bead my tire with some gasoline. I tried this a half dozen times will