Richard Simpson wrote:
With security bolts and proper tyres, I've ridden for miles with a deflated tyre. You just go very carefully.
But that depends on what tyre. A soft walled tyre will just fold up and buckle, and are impossible to ride on unless doing walking pace with both feet sliding on the ground!
A hard walled tyre will generally run true until it starts to break up, when it then behaves like a soft walled tyre.
When my TE300 was new, I kept the condom thickness tubes in it until the first tyre change. 2 Days of trail riding in Devon, and made the fatal mistake of mentioning the 'P' word at the Sunday lunch stop. 1/2 hour later...................... nail in tyre!
So decided to do a 12 mile slow road burn back to the vans. The Michelin Comp 3 was fine for about 3 miles, then started to break up, and crabbed badly under any amount of throttle. By the time we got back, the bike was virtually unrideable