Tyre Plugger is the dog's do dar's

[bugeyes]

i just got the Tyre plugger and yesterday i picked up a screw in my rear tyre and had to use the tyre Plugger for the first time and it worked very well and was easy to use and got me home and still hasen't lost any tyre preasure. just thought i would let the people know!!!!

 

[Dukesteve]

i just got the Tyre plugger and yesterday i picked up a screw in my rear tyre and had to use the tyre Plugger for the first time and it worked very well and was easy to use and got me home and still hasen't lost any tyre preasure. just thought i would let the people know!!!!

I've never used one, are they fairly straight forward?

 

[Demongroover]

If you mean the Rema TipTop tyre repair kit then yes, they are easy and very effective.
I got a screw in the back tyre with my youngest daughter on the back. I thought we would be stranded awhile, but I'd got the tyre inflated and done in 20 - 30 minutes.

Pull out foreign object ( screw, nail etc )
Ream out hole to require width with rasp supplied.
Thread rubber plug onto the hooked end of the tool.
Cover the hole and the plug with the tyre cement.
Insert plug into the hole, it will disconnect itself from the hook, which you can then pull out.
Wait ten minutes or so until the cement sets.
Then inflate with the gas cannisters.

 

[Steve]

If you mean the Rema TipTop tyre repair kit then yes, they are easy and very effective.

I assumed he meant the Stop 'N Go Tyre Plugger.

 

[jonnie comet]

I assumed he meant the Stop 'N Go Tyre Plugger.

....Yeah, same here. Works a treat, even I can use it........Rear tyre plugged a few thousand miles ago, still going strong....... .....no problem whatsoever.....................

 

[bugeyes]

Yep it was the Stop 'N Go Tyre Plugger and i still have the repair in while try to find a local bike tire repairer who can fix the hole in my tyre permanently.

 

[tiller269]

You can go one better and try 'Ultraseal'. Fantastic stuff!

 

[Trippy]

....Yeah, same here. Works a treat, even I can use it........Rear tyre plugged a few thousand miles ago, still going strong....... .....no problem whatsoever.....................

Think that answers my question if your talking about the BMW kit under the seat.
Just been out off roading on Exmoor and picked up a 'kin great 4" nail in the rear TK.
Panic ye not, tool box opened and 10 mins later we were off again, put some more air in 4 miles down the road and it seems perfect.
Do you think there's any need to get it repluged at a tyre place?

 

[harlequin6]

Trippy,

I left mine in for 2000 miles! no problems. my local tyre place wouldn't touch a bike tyre for plugging .

Centre of the tyre though , might have helped.

I don't go off road mind

Cheers,

H6

 

[jonnie comet]

Think that answers my question if your talking about the BMW kit under the seat.
Just been out off roading on Exmoor and picked up a 'kin great 4" nail in the rear TK.
Panic ye not, tool box opened and 10 mins later we were off again, put some more air in 4 miles down the road and it seems perfect.
Do you think there's any need to get it repluged at a tyre place?

The " Stop n Go " plugger kit is not the same as the Beemer under seat one, but it's a similer idea......a plug of rubber goes into the tyre. I've used both kits without a problem, although some people have had failures. All I can say is that I have used 'em, and not had a problem over several thousand miles. Both kits are considered to be get you home, temporary fixes, but
PERSONALLY......I wouldn't bother getting anyone else to do a "permanant" repair.

It's your 'bike, your tyre and your neck if it all goes t**s up, but it works ( so far ) for me..........

 

[Demongroover]

I run a garage and have run a well known tyre garage and neither of these repairs or Ultraseal should be considered as a permanent repair, go and get a reputable tyre place to plug it properly. Some places will refuse to do it or even say it is illegal to repair bike tyres but that's just a load of guff to get you buy a new tyre.

 

[Wizard]

I'd get it properly repaired and (since it's a bike and only has two wheels) fit a tube JIC.

 

[Duncan Richmond]

This is not a permenent repair, you should get a proper cold vulanised repair done with a mushroom patch which has a built in plug. Demongroover's advice is spot on. I used to work as a tyre fitter years ago and we fixed loads of bike tyres without any problems.