Hi folks, I wondering what tyre repair kits you all use / have in a pannier. I have the wee kit that comes with the cement , oblong shape plugs and 3 gas cynlinders. I stumbled on a you tube clip of a Stop N go kit that looked much easier to use and more methodical. It used mushroom bungs that are forced into the hole with a fitment with an allen key. Thanks, Donald
I carry one of these, and haven't had to use it yet, I believe there is an instruction video on Youtube.
You should avoid any kit which has a foam or similar as it will knacker your tyre pressure sensors which are expensive (very) to replace...ask 2 kwacks :shocked:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/car-motorcycle-tubeless-tyre-puncture-repair-and-inflation-kit-/261093978403?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item3cca69f123
+1. I also carry the same kit and as yet have never had to use it. Long may it continue :punk:
They are well worth having .... Whichever make or model you go for you just need enough to get you to a dealer or your HA .... Pop it in the top box and forget about it !
Used them a couple of times in anger.. once on a HP2 rear and once on a Guzzi... both to help another biker out... worked well :cool:
Karma hopefully means I won't have to use the kit on my own bike :ohplease:
I've used this sort of repair kit, really good stuff. It's only designed to get you home but I managed a fair bit more mileage than that!
Quote from: cribby on January 25, 2013, 08:43:12 PM
I've used this sort of repair kit, really good stuff. It's only designed to get you home but I managed a fair bit more mileage than that!
If it stays up to get me home i'd be inclined to consider it fixed :smartass:
I always carry one of these with me every where I go... They are from Stop&Go... Rubber Mushroom Tyre Repair Kit.
Great Stuff!
(http://www.touratech-usa.com/media/FOvMDF/?size=prodfull)
Try Dynaplug. Really easy and quite small to carry. Ignore any posts you see about it only being good for temp repairs. As you will see from attached information the manufacturer says it is a permanant repair.
Sorry about it being upside down. I have tried to attach it again and the site will not take it. But you should be able to make out it is a permanant repair. Good bit of kit so simple to use.
Hmm, DynaPlug Pro coming out soon.
http://www.dynaplug.com/
That looks like a great idea, and very compact for carrying on a bike, a definite addition to any bikers emergency kit..... I bet its not so quick and easy when your tyre is totally deflated though.....
and its raining,
and its dark,
and your miles from home,
and your tired
Funny how you never get flat tyres on bright sunny warm days whilst parked in your drive at home :mfr_lol:
Since I posted I was thinking, how many of us carry a torch in our emergency kit ?
Quote from: olde coney on January 30, 2013, 06:57:46 AM
That looks like a great idea, and very compact for carrying on a bike, a definite addition to any bikers emergency kit..... I bet its not so quick and easy when your tyre is totally deflated though.....
and its raining,
and its dark,
and your miles from home,
and your tired
Funny how you never get flat tyres on bright sunny warm days whilst parked in your drive at home :mfr_lol:
Since I posted I was thinking, how many of us carry a torch in our emergency kit ?
Me. :banana:
And me
Coman
Not me, but i will now you have said.
Alan
Quote from: BigAlan on January 30, 2013, 09:17:04 AM
Not me, but i will now you have said.
Alan
Yep me too...ermmm ~ message to self :mfr_lol:
- batteries for torchlight separate from the torch itself.
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Mine is an RAC membership.
My last 4 punctures were not repairable at the roadside and 3 of them were not repairable at all.
Essex roads seem to be littered with screws which always seem to slice the tyre rather than the usual nail puncture.
I was going to say ... "My last 4 puntures" ... only had 1 on my own bike and 1 on a job bike ... not bad for 30 yrs riding .. but then I don't live in Essex ! :wink:
Quote from: Boomer on January 31, 2013, 02:49:55 PM
Essex roads seem to be littered with screws which always seem to slice the tyre rather than the usual nail puncture.
That's no way to talk about the local constabulary George :mfr_lol:
rippers i opened your info on Dynaplug and printed it off, but it is still upside :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol:
Last puncture was in 2009, screw in rear tyre on 1400.
Hole was 1" long and too close to the sidewall.
RAC got me home.
Previous was in 2006, screw in rear tyre on my Honda Legend in the South of France.
Swapped with spare and repaired at a tyre specialists in Aubagne but required tyre removal to repair.
Back in 2003 on my Vauxhall Carlton managed to get a door handle spindle inside the tyre.
You know, the square cross-section bar that connects the 2 door handles in a door.
Not sure who was more surprised, the tyre guy or me. Tyre was ruined, and was only 2 weeks old!
And prior to that had a nasty one on the rear of my GS550E in 1991 between Spofforth and Harrogate.
That sliced a 3" hole in both inner and outer.
The tyre went flat in a couple of seconds and somehow I managed not to crash.
Had to replace both tube and the Avon Ditchfinder.
RAC got me to my sisters in Harrogate and I took the wheel to local bike shop.