UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 8, 2005


                              SmarTire Systems Inc.
            --------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registration as specified in its charter)


  Yukon Territory, Canada                 0-29248                   N/A
----------------------------           -------------         -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction           (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation)                 File Number)         Identification No.)


            #150 - 13151 Vanier Place
        Richmond, British Columbia, Canada                    V6V 2J1
     ----------------------------------------               ----------
     (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (604) 276-9884

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

|_|   Written  communications  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
      CFR 230.425)

|_|   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)

|_|   Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to  Rule  14d-2(b)  under  the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

|_|   Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to  Rule  13e-4(c)  under  the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
<PAGE>

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal  Officers;  Election of Directors;
          Appointment of Principal Officers.

On August 8, 2005,  the Company  entered into a management  agreement with David
Warkentin appointing him Vice President of Sales and Marketing.  During 2004 and
2005,  Mr.  Warkentin  was the Vice  President  Sales of Intrinsyc  Software,  a
company that provides  engineering  services to wireless mobile device makers as
well as licensable software for the wireless telephone handset market. From 2000
until  2004,  Mr.  Warkentin  was the  Director  of  Sales  for  Silent  Witness
Enterprises,  a company that  manufactures  security  cameras and digital  video
recorders targeted to the financial,  educational and corrections markets.  Also
during 2000,  Mr.  Warkentin  was the North  American  Sales Manager for Digital
Dispatch  Systems,  and was responsible for a sales team selling mobile dispatch
hardware and software solutions directly to end-users.

Mr. Warkentin's current management agreement,  dated as of August 8, 2005, calls
for payment of a base salary of CDN$130,000  (approximately  U.S.  $107,000) per
annum  subject  to  increase  from time to time  plus  2,000,000  stock  options
pursuant to the Company's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (Non-U.S). Such options will
vest over two years at an  exercise  price per share  equal to $0.16 per  share.
Fifty  percent of the  options  granted  will vest one year from the date of the
option  agreement and the  remaining  fifty percent will vest two years from the
date of the option  agreement.  The options  will  terminate,  to the extent not
previously exercised, five years after the date of the option agreement.

In the event of Mr.  Warkentin's  termination for any reason other than for just
cause  after  three  months and within six months of the  effective  date of the
management agreement,  we must either continue to pay Mr. Warkentin's salary and
provide  benefits  until three months from the date of  termination or pay three
months'  salary in lieu of notice.  In the event of  termination  for any reason
other than for just cause six months after the effective  date of the management
agreement,  but within  twelve months of the  effective  date of the  management
agreement, we must either continue to pay Mr. Warkentin's salary and provide the
benefits until six months from the date of termination or pay six months' salary
in lieu of notice.  In the event of  termination  for any reason  other than for
just cause twelve months after the effective date of the  management  agreement,
but within twenty-four months of the effective date of the management agreement,
we must either continue to pay Mr.  Warkentin's  salary and provide the benefits
until nine months from the date of  termination  or pay nine  months'  salary in
lieu of notice.  In the event of termination  for any reason other than for just
cause twenty-four  months after the effective date of the management  agreement,
we must either continue to pay Mr.  Warkentin's  salary and provide the benefits
until twelve months from the date of termination or pay twelve months' salary in
lieu of notice.  Any stock  options that have been granted but that have not yet
vested shall  immediately  terminate,  and vested options may be exercised for a
period of 30 days only after the final payment.

Notwithstanding anything else in the management agreement, in the event that Mr.
Warkentin's employment is terminated within eighteen months of an acquisition, a
hostile  takeover  or a merger and the  termination  is without  cause,  we must
either  continue to pay the salary under the  management  agreement  and provide
benefits until the termination  date or pay upon  termination an amount equal to
the salary payable to the termination date in lieu of notice.  Any stock options
that have been  granted but that have not yet vested shall  immediately  vest at
the date of the final payment of termination amounts, and may be exercised for a
period of 30 days only after the final payment.
<PAGE>

The management agreement is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1.

A copy of the press release issued August 9, 2005 announcing this development is
attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (c)   Exhibits.

            Exhibit
            Number      Description
            ------      -----------

            10.1        Management agreement - David Warkentin
            99.1        Press release issued August 9, 2005
<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  Report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                       SMARTIRE SYSTEMS INC.


Date: August 12, 2005                  By: /s/ Jeff Finkelstein
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Jeff Finkelstein
                                           Chief Financial Officer
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UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 8, 2005

                              SmarTire Systems Inc.
            --------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registration as specified in its charter)

  Yukon Territory, Canada                 0-29248                   N/A
----------------------------           -------------         -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction           (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation)                 File Number)         Identification No.)

            #150 - 13151 Vanier Place
        Richmond, British Columbia, Canada                    V6V 2J1
     ----------------------------------------               ----------
     (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (604) 276-9884

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

|_|   Written  communications  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
      CFR 230.425)

|_|   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)

|_|   Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to  Rule  14d-2(b)  under  the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

|_|   Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to  Rule  13e-4(c)  under  the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal  Officers;  Election of Directors;
          Appointment of Principal Officers.

On August 8, 2005,  the Company  entered into a management  agreement with David
Warkentin appointing him Vice President of Sales and Marketing.  During 2004 and
2005,  Mr.  Warkentin  was the Vice  President  Sales of Intrinsyc  Software,  a
company that provides  engineering  services to wireless mobile device makers as
well as licensable software for the wireless telephone handset market. From 2000
until  2004,  Mr.  Warkentin  was the  Director  of  Sales  for  Silent  Witness
Enterprises,  a company that  manufactures  security  cameras and digital  video
recorders targeted to the financial,  educational and corrections markets.  Also
during 2000,  Mr.  Warkentin  was the North  American  Sales Manager for Digital
Dispatch  Systems,  and was responsible for a sales team selling mobile dispatch
hardware and software solutions directly to end-users.

Mr. Warkentin's current management agreement,  dated as of August 8, 2005, calls
for payment of a base salary of CDN$130,000  (approximately  U.S.  $107,000) per
annum  subject  to  increase  from time to time  plus  2,000,000  stock  options
pursuant to the Company's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (Non-U.S). Such options will
vest over two years at an  exercise  price per share  equal to $0.16 per  share.
Fifty  percent of the  options  granted  will vest one year from the date of the
option  agreement and the  remaining  fifty percent will vest two years from the
date of the option  agreement.  The options  will  terminate,  to the extent not
previously exercised, five years after the date of the option agreement.

In the event of Mr.  Warkentin's  termination for any reason other than for just
cause  after  three  months and within six months of the  effective  date of the
management agreement,  we must either continue to pay Mr. Warkentin's salary and
provide  benefits  until three months from the date of  termination or pay three
months'  salary in lieu of notice.  In the event of  termination  for any reason
other than for just cause six months after the effective  date of the management
agreement,  but within  twelve months of the  effective  date of the  management
agreement, we must either continue to pay Mr. Warkentin's salary and provide the
benefits until six months from the date of termination or pay six months' salary
in lieu of notice.  In the event of  termination  for any reason  other than for
just cause twelve months after the effective date of the  management  agreement,
but within twenty-four months of the effective date of the management agreement,
we must either continue to pay Mr.  Warkentin's  salary and provide the benefits
until nine months from the date of  termination  or pay nine  months'  salary in
lieu of notice.  In the event of termination  for any reason other than for just
cause twenty-four  months after the effective date of the management  agreement,
we must either continue to pay Mr.  Warkentin's  salary and provide the benefits
until twelve months from the date of termination or pay twelve months' salary in
lieu of notice.  Any stock  options that have been granted but that have not yet
vested shall  immediately  terminate,  and vested options may be exercised for a
period of 30 days only after the final payment.

Notwithstanding anything else in the management agreement, in the event that Mr.
Warkentin's employment is terminated within eighteen months of an acquisition, a
hostile  takeover  or a merger and the  termination  is without  cause,  we must
either  continue to pay the salary under the  management  agreement  and provide
benefits until the termination  date or pay upon  termination an amount equal to
the salary payable to the termination date in lieu of notice.  Any stock options
that have been  granted but that have not yet vested shall  immediately  vest at
the date of the final payment of termination amounts, and may be exercised for a
period of 30 days only after the final payment.
The management agreement is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1.

A copy of the press release issued August 9, 2005 announcing this development is
attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (c)   Exhibits.

            Exhibit
            Number      Description
            ------      -----------

            10.1        Management agreement - David Warkentin
            99.1        Press release issued August 9, 2005
SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  Report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                       SMARTIRE SYSTEMS INC.

Date: August 12, 2005                  By: /s/ Jeff Finkelstein
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Jeff Finkelstein
                                           Chief Financial Officer