Got my first puncture while riding a bike since I started in 1976 (on the road). Thats right, my first ever puncture in 30 odd years of riding on the road - a bloody pozidrive screw. Now, I needed the bike for work the next day - so I left the screw in and drove to Salisbury and back with it in situ, it was only 350 miles trip. Then I started to ask what the best methods for repair were - good old Steptoe said to try use the BMW repair kit. I did try, it was CRAP - the plugs just tore and wouldn't go in the hole. Failing that he had suggested I find something called a Tyre Plugger.
I did a bit of digging and found several tyre plugger kits. Stop & Go Tyre Plugger.
Busters Motorcycle Accessories (am I allowed to say where I got it?) do them - I went for the kit without the gun, just a reamer, and manual plugger tool which uses an allen key (all in the kit) - it was £20. It is brilliant. I plugged the hole and pumped air in the tyre to 39psi, what I usually run the Tourance at. I rode to the other side of Nottingham and just checked the tyre pressure - it had 41psi in it (gone up a bit with the heat). After a week or more of riding about onit, totalling about 2000 miles, it is working fine and the pressure has stayed up.
Well impressed - it took me about 5 minutes to plug the hole, because of finding my way with the kit, the next one would take about a minute. The tyre stays on the rim, the wheel stays in the bike - just stick it on the stand and plug the gap. Anyone going on a long trip, I would be happy to take one of these with me for emergency puncture repair. So easy, reasonably priced (about 15 plugs in the kit) and it fits under the seat of the 1150 Adv along with the tool kit. Just the job.
Of course, if there were a group going, one kit between the group would be enough.
I did a bit of digging and found several tyre plugger kits. Stop & Go Tyre Plugger.
Busters Motorcycle Accessories (am I allowed to say where I got it?) do them - I went for the kit without the gun, just a reamer, and manual plugger tool which uses an allen key (all in the kit) - it was £20. It is brilliant. I plugged the hole and pumped air in the tyre to 39psi, what I usually run the Tourance at. I rode to the other side of Nottingham and just checked the tyre pressure - it had 41psi in it (gone up a bit with the heat). After a week or more of riding about onit, totalling about 2000 miles, it is working fine and the pressure has stayed up.
Well impressed - it took me about 5 minutes to plug the hole, because of finding my way with the kit, the next one would take about a minute. The tyre stays on the rim, the wheel stays in the bike - just stick it on the stand and plug the gap. Anyone going on a long trip, I would be happy to take one of these with me for emergency puncture repair. So easy, reasonably priced (about 15 plugs in the kit) and it fits under the seat of the 1150 Adv along with the tool kit. Just the job.
Of course, if there were a group going, one kit between the group would be enough.
