Old Wobbly
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I hope I'm not tempting fate here, but what is the preferred puncture repair kit to carry with you that suits the GSA and what do you use to re-inflate?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Puncture Repair Kit
- Thread starter Old Wobbly
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I am happy to reply on behalf of the whole forum who will tell you ....
Stop 'n go tyre plugger kit
Compressor??
There are a number out there. I use a slime one. Croc clip to the battery, cos the canbus don't like it in the power socket ..
Stop 'n go tyre plugger kit
Compressor??
There are a number out there. I use a slime one. Croc clip to the battery, cos the canbus don't like it in the power socket ..
Old Wobbly
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Thanks
This one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STOP-N-GO...005?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5d40256cad
or this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STOP-N-GO...018?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item257f06440a
How many of the little CO2 cans do you think are needed?
Cheers
This one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STOP-N-GO...005?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5d40256cad
or this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STOP-N-GO...018?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item257f06440a
How many of the little CO2 cans do you think are needed?
Cheers
Stop 'n go uses mushrooms.
I prefer string. (AKA Rat tails)
Far more adaptable, plugs bigger and far more irregular holes, and can be used for things that they were never meant for if you have a creative mind and are stuck in a place where it's necessary
I prefer string. (AKA Rat tails)
Far more adaptable, plugs bigger and far more irregular holes, and can be used for things that they were never meant for if you have a creative mind and are stuck in a place where it's necessary
for the first one.Just received mine a couple of days ago from the same seller, quick free post as well.
As above posts. The stop and go is very good. I have repaired 4 peeps tyres with my kit, as giles says compressor clipped to battery direct.
Asked tyre fitter to do a more permanent repair,he was well impressed. The rema tip top or BMW big plug works but fitter said he wouldnt repair those because of size of hole. ooooh err missus
Asked tyre fitter to do a more permanent repair,he was well impressed. The rema tip top or BMW big plug works but fitter said he wouldnt repair those because of size of hole. ooooh err missus
Mike L
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Used my StopnGo this morning. Took 15 mins to sort out a flat back tire. Wonderful bit of kit. Should buy some more mushrooms as I have fixed a good few punctures with it over the years. Even the threaded awl is starting to wear out! 
A worthwhile investment.
A worthwhile investment.
dubster
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Stop'n go tyre plugger kit and Slime compressor - fits in a Twalcom Raidbox so stays on the bike all the time
arrybash
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I carry a can of holts tyre weld on my GSA in a secret location thats almost made for it.
If you look under the starboard side (thats the right when you are sitting on the bike) of the fuel tank from beneath the forks you will see a moulded cylindrical shape with 2 brass captive nuts in the plastic.
Fits a can of holts easy weld almost perfectly. Make a strap from a piece of 1" wide double glazing plastic strip or anything else suitable.
Always available. If its good enough to be supplied in place of a spare tyre on a car it's good enough as a get you home service on a bike.
Chris
If you look under the starboard side (thats the right when you are sitting on the bike) of the fuel tank from beneath the forks you will see a moulded cylindrical shape with 2 brass captive nuts in the plastic.
Fits a can of holts easy weld almost perfectly. Make a strap from a piece of 1" wide double glazing plastic strip or anything else suitable.
Always available. If its good enough to be supplied in place of a spare tyre on a car it's good enough as a get you home service on a bike.
Chris
I like the 'Stop and Go' kit. Unfortunately when I had a puncture in France (on Sunday
) just over a week ago, I couldn't find the hole in the tyre so my repair kit was useless and had to resort to a can of sealant.
Lesson learnt....next tour take both a plug set and a can of sealant.
Mike
) just over a week ago, I couldn't find the hole in the tyre so my repair kit was useless and had to resort to a can of sealant.Lesson learnt....next tour take both a plug set and a can of sealant.
Mike
Old Wobbly
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Have a stop and go kit and also carry one of these. It's a bit pricey but I'm too poor to buy cheap
I've seen these before - Think I'll get one of these and not worry about the co2 cans - thanks for the tip.
Old Wobbly
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I like the 'Stop and Go' kit. Unfortunately when I had a puncture in France (on Sunday
Lesson learnt....next tour take both a plug set and a can of sealant.
Mike
Good call.
Save your money. Just sticking it in a shiney box, adding the words adventure and £25 to the price doesn't make anything superior.
It's more likey one of [URL="http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185719&highlight=slime"]THESE[/URL] from Wilco that's been rehoused in a fancy box.
Lots of forum members have had the wilco unit for years and i've never heard a single complaint in all that time.
Old Wobbly
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Steptoe - can you post the link long hand as I can't get your clicky thing to work?
Cheers
Cheers
Bendy toy
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but in nearly 40 years of motorbiking Ive only ever had slow punctures from nails or valves. Back in the 1970's tyres were pretty basic even by the standards of cheap tyres today. The only flats Ive ever had on the front have been dodgy valve bodies which repair kits wont fix. On the back its been nails or screws chucked up by the front.
I dont go down Sahara trails with razor sharp stones (which a few tyre plugs wont cope with) and I dont even go off road in UK**
So Ive got PunctureSafe in the rear tyre & nothing in the front. It copes fine with small punctures and slows down the rate of air loss in anything large enough to need more than a roadside repair kit. It can make a blow out into a quick deflation giving some chance of a safe stopping. Like any slime type product a filled hole is much less likely for something small to rip into something bigger.
The police use it and its not corrosive to aluminium so that's good enough for me.
** I must get down to South Wales & get some proper off road training.
I dont go down Sahara trails with razor sharp stones (which a few tyre plugs wont cope with) and I dont even go off road in UK**
So Ive got PunctureSafe in the rear tyre & nothing in the front. It copes fine with small punctures and slows down the rate of air loss in anything large enough to need more than a roadside repair kit. It can make a blow out into a quick deflation giving some chance of a safe stopping. Like any slime type product a filled hole is much less likely for something small to rip into something bigger.
The police use it and its not corrosive to aluminium so that's good enough for me.
** I must get down to South Wales & get some proper off road training.
This'll be the same as the link to Whattons old thread that you can't get to work ??
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185719&highlight=slime
Theonionman
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If using compressor to re-inflate (some can draw up to 10 amps) is it a good idea to start the bike up first, then (carefully) connect compressor to battery terminals?
Not if:
(a) The canbus on your bike is limited to five amps in any event. Running the bike's engine does not increase the can-bussed bike's inbuilt limitation of its electrical sub-system to any significant degree.
(b) There is anything less than a 10 amp fuse between the compressor and your battery; you will simply blow the lesser rated fuse anyway.
When connected direct, your bog standard motorcycle battery will take a 10 amp draw with no sweat, being careful or not.... just remember a suitable fuse.
You won't flatten the battery through inflating a tyre, either.... unless you are ever so really unlucky.
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Moving on and reverting back to the thread's central theme....
Having used (or seen used) the lot at some time or another....
'Stop'n'go', Rats Tails, Gloopy spray stuff in an aerosole canister.... the list goes on and on.... They all work reasonably well within their limitations and the limitations of those employed using them.
The best? Just like helmets, tyres, gloves, flavours of icecream (and even Marmite) it's all a question of individual taste...
Me? I like Crafty Plugger...
http://www.craftyplugger.com/
Why? Well, let's see:
I liked the name.
They come from Essex (salt-of-the-earth, biker mate) so are far removed from the global corporates, US importers, TouraTwat and Nippy.
Nobody else seemed to use them, so I stood removed from the common herd, a beacon of biker independence and selfreliance.
The tube they come in is smaller in volume that the alternatives. If it's small enough you will (probably) take it with you, as opposed to you thinking "I can't be arsed to add that to my voluminous panniers, full as they are of soft fruits" and then leaving it in the garage.
They work. Nothing more, nothing less.
For everything else, there's AA Recovery.
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