Puncture Repair Kit

[Toad]

None of them are any good at all if you don't know how to use them.

Or if you're trying to fix an 800 tyre at the side of the road only to realise it has a tube in it

 

[Alan R]

Stop n Go and a Wilco compressor. Which ever kit you chose, practice on an old tyre in the comfort of your garage so you have an idea of how the kit feels to use.
Alan R

 

[Steptoe]

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.

Having read the T&C's i'm in a biker mate LC owner conundrum of epic proportions.....
It states two sizes..
Crafty plugger ; Size Large; for the use of.
Crafty plugger ; Size Standard; for the use of.

Large size caters for Trucks, Tractors, Agricultural vehicles:
This perfectly describes the GS range of motorcycle. Hence my conundrum.

 

[malcopopolo]

Having read the T&C's i'm in a biker mate LC owner conundrum of epic proportions.....
It states two sizes..
Crafty plugger ; Size Large; for the use of.
Crafty plugger ; Size Standard; for the use of.

Large size caters for Trucks, Tractors, Agricultural vehicles:
This perfectly describes the GS range of motorcycle. Hence my conundrum.

Made me laugh

 

[Wapping]

Having read the T&C's.....

Do you have a link to that, mate?

 

[jonnie comet]

Stop n Go and a Wilco compressor

Definitive answer.......

 

[duckspeed]

None of them are any good at all if you don't know how to use them.

Or if you're trying to fix an 800 tyre at the side of the road only to realise it has a tube in it

Yes I have done that one too............

 

[dxtans]

Well I have stop and go, used it on 4 punctures ( not mine), had 3 successes and one that leaked a bit. So pretty good I think.

So, assuming your puncture repair did not fully do the job and you have some air leakage if you take tyreweld as a backup to your puncture repair kit, do you just insert enough for the hole, like a couple of quirts ? Or should you use the whole can up ?

Thanks
dxtans

 

[North]

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 use stuff like this too. I used it on a new rear tire and it lasted until the tire wore out. The tire never leaked.

 

[Wapping]

....., do you just insert enough for the hole, like a couple of quirts ? Or should you use the whole can up ?

You may as well use the whole can.

Using say a quarter will just leave you short the next time

 

[Steptoe]

So, assuming your puncture repair did not fully do the job and you have some air leakage if you take tyreweld as a backup to your puncture repair kit, do you just insert enough for the hole, like a couple of quirts ? Or should you use the whole can up ?

Thanks
dxtans

You may as well use the whole can.

Using say a quarter will just leave you short the next time

Please read the instructions on the can. Most people who complain that the cans don't work don't follow the instructions, they just assume they know what to do.
And most do the following = remove item causing the deflation, nail/key/stilleto/pike/musket shot/arrow/chicken bone etc etc.

Shake can.
Screw onto tyre valve and squirt contents into tyre.
Stand back with fellow biker mates and all admire your prowess at taming the fickle finger of fate, and/or have a fag while telling each other tales of "daring do" and how to laugh in the face of death for the next 20 minutes.
Push bike off stand full of invincibility and ready to carry on with whatever life has to throw at you, and find your tyre still flat.
You and your biker mates then stand around for 3 hours 45 minutes while waiting for BMW assist all blaming the hopeless tyre sealant.
BMW assist arrives and transports our biker mate off home, his mates start off and one instantly gets a puncture on an antler that happens to be laying in the road. Such is the life of an adventurer.


Meanwhile, lonely Trevor, who has no biker mates had a puncture at the same time on the other side of the road (how's that for co-incidence).
He extracted the antler stuck in his tyre and nonchantly he threw them over his shoulder into the road.
Then read the instructions on the can.
Shook it for 2 minutes.
Screwed the can of tyre sealant to the valve
And with the punctured section of tyre at the bottom of the wheel he emptied the contents into the tyre.
He then leapt straight onto his bike and rode off, which allowed the liqiud sealant to coat the tyre and seal the puncture while still fluid and before it set.

But, although Trevor felt like he could tame the world and women would now fall at his feet with his new found tacticalness.
What he didn't know, and what the instruction on the tin had failed to inform him, is that use of the liquid sealant in a can also has a tendency to block the tyre valve and stop any further attempt to fill the tyre with air.

And so that's the end of todays parable.
Listen into tomorrows "Men and their adventures" at the same time and Bernard Cribbins will be telling the sorry tale of how some adventure riders went off track from the north circular and ended up exploring the cold meats section of the Harlesden sainsburys. Plus some tips from Ray Mears on how to unpick stitching on outdoor apparel.