PUNCTURE REPAIR KITS.

[viper]

ive no experience of a the AA ect doing a roadside repair , but I cant imagine that they would be trained or even set up for such things, I think they will just recover you to a garage ect

[pross]

I'm assuming the normal personal roadside assist service will fix a puncture. Does anyone have any negative experiences of this from the AA, RAC, green flag, etc.?

I phoned the AA once from craven arms.
He installed that green slim can't think of the name inflated the tyre got me to go about I mile down the road and back to recheck the pressure but the hole was too big for my plug and the slime to seal.
The AA man  said if it worked it was £7 if it didn't no charge  .
I wonder Why all plugs are round in my case ( there is a picture in an earlier post ).
No one to my knowledge makes a square/ oblong plug

[mark1400]

As regards the "turn & go"....... i was on a country lane & a piece of fence wire ( like barbed wire about 3mm in diameter) went in my tyre, didnt lose pressure but heard the wire hitting the hugger on my GSX1400. So i stopped, pulled it out (with turn & go in my other hand) & screwed it straight in then rode home 80 miles doing 50 to 70 all the way & tyre never went down even a week later when i had it plugged.

I dont know how good the gas cartridges are, maybe ok in an emergency to get to a petrol station & get more air.

[pross]

As regards the "turn & go"....... i was on a country lane & a piece of fence wire ( like barbed wire about 3mm in diameter) went in my tyre, didnt lose pressure but heard the wire hitting the hugger on my GSX1400. So i stopped, pulled it out (with turn & go in my other hand) & screwed it straight in then rode home 80 miles doing 50 to 70 all the way & tyre never went down even a week later when i had it plugged.

I dont know how good the gas cartridges are, maybe ok in an emergency to get to a petrol station & get more air.

Quoting from the U.S. GTR/ concors site they say 3 16g cartridges will inflate I use a tyre gauge with a button to release air if required so to much is easily resolved.
I haven't used it yet but I carry 4 cartridges or my 12v compressor