Tyre plugger kit

[King Rat]

I picked up a nasty case of the punctures a coupleof tyres ago. The first for about 20 years....and as it was a nearly new tyre I was not going to give in. I asked about and got pointed at the Tyre plugger kits. The BMW ones which came in the tool kit were totally useless......so I bought a Stop n Go tyre plug kit. The simplest one. It is very good, very easy to use (don't even take the tyre off - just ruin your tyre even more by reaming a bigger hole in it...and stuff a mushroom headed plug in the hole with the tool. Pull on the end sticking out. Cut off the stalk. Put some fresh air back in. Job done.

Well, that first tyre did about 13ooo miles with the plug in it. Towards the end of its life it started to lose pressure, so I changed it before the centre tread wore smooth - I like to get every mile out of my tyres! When the tyre came off, the reason for the slow release of pressure was evident - I hd a curved needle through the tyre and it was only visible on the inside....even with it in place you couldn't see a mark on the outside.

New tyre andoff I go. Within 500 miles I had another screw in my brand new rear tyre....out with the plugging kit. Stopped up the hole and rode it to the natural end of its life quite happily.

This new tyre only went on about 500 miles ago and blow me down if I haven't picked up another nail......so the moral is, if you don't have a tyre plugging kit. DON'T BUY ONE, because if you do you will be certain to get reasons for using it!

 

[VAL. H.]

Well done,


If you do a search you'll find quite a lot of us use these kits too, I swear by them and even carry a little compressor.

However is you found the BW kit to be useless, then you weren't using it properly. The secret with all the kits is to use plenty of glue.


Val.

 

[King Rat]

Val,
The BMW one wouldn't go in. First the reamer BENT while I was trying to make the hole neat to fit the tyre plug into...then the needle device split the tyre plug each time I tried to insert it....plenty of glue I can assure you! Plenty of BLUE as well, around the back end of the bike.....

The Stop n Go device is so simple - it makes the BMW tool kit version look really mickey muse.

Happy with the oplugs - not happy that since I have had the kit I have had to use it in every new tyre

 

[VAL. H.]

Val,
The BMW one wouldn't go in. First the reamer BENT while I was trying to make the hole neat to fit the tyre plug into...then the needle device split the tyre plug each time I tried to insert it....plenty of glue I can assure you! Plenty of BLUE as well, around the back end of the bike.....

The Stop n Go device is so simple - it makes the BMW tool kit version look really mickey muse.

Happy with the oplugs - not happy that since I have had the kit I have had to use it in every new tyre

You wouldn't be using Michelin Annakees would you per chance? I have my suspicions about that particular make of tyre.

Have you got a link or some pics of the 'Stop n Go tyre plug kit' ?


Val.

 

[Bryn]

Stop and go kit:


http://www.bustersclassic.co.uk/products.asp?id=549

 

[Dreamer]

Used my Stop'n'Go kit for the first time this year... surprisingly easy and effective - got me up and running in time for the E Mids road run around the Peaks and then straight back home down saf in the evening (around 300miles). It then developed a slow leak that I couldn't stop despite re-plugging, so got it professionally repaired from inside. But it did it's job... and this was why it was needed (pic)

PS:
I'd recommend the 'pocket' kit - more compact and just as easy to use.

 

[King Rat]

Thank you Bryn - it is the top one on that page you linked to. For £15 it has earned its keep on the first tyre!
It comes in a pouch that fits under the seat with the tool kit. So you don't even need to put it in your pocket!

What I need to find now is a decent tyre inflator, because I am not convinced by those gas canisters.

VAL H. Anakee? No sir, Tourance. The BMW tool plugger was like a chocolate teapot.

 

[TDC Rab]

http://www.nippynormans.com/prodinfo.asp?number=TES-STI1&variation=&aitem=36&mitem=43
this is a great piece of kit hope it helps

 

[Steptoe]

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[Max]

I got back home last week with the rear losing pressure. Feeling lazy so called out the AA who produced a Tyre plugger set and filled in the 2 screw holes. Took no time at all and was a good lesson. His parting comment was somthing along the lines of " Ride slowly and get it fixed withing 100 miles or so"...he then went on to say that no one took any notice of the official advice and rode flat out until the tyre wore out, the plugs never seemes to fail!

 

[King Rat]

It isn't the Funder I is afraid of....it is the Lightnin

They said it never strikes twice...I am on number 3.


Thanks for the little compressor tip...brilliant. The one in the car needs replacing too....diaphragm starting to get very cracked and going to give up the ghost soon. Motor running fine, but not pumping as well as it did 15 years ago!

One that will fit under the seat too - or a T-pump for a mountain bike.....see how fit \I am feeling. Some of those bicycle pumps are as expensive as the compressor. BUT, they take up less room and weigh a lot less - and not much to go wrong.

 

[VAL. H.]

It isn't the Funder I is afraid of....it is the Lightnin

They said it never strikes twice...I am on number 3.


Thanks for the little compressor tip...brilliant. The one in the car needs replacing too....diaphragm starting to get very cracked and going to give up the ghost soon. Motor running fine, but not pumping as well as it did 15 years ago!

One that will fit under the seat too - or a T-pump for a mountain bike.....see how fit \I am feeling. Some of those bicycle pumps are as expensive as the compressor. BUT, they take up less room and weigh a lot less - and not much to go wrong.

Have you ever tried pumping up a tyre whilst bent double with your head stuck under your pannier? In the rain?
Using a compact bicycle pump will only take you about 45 minutes to put enough air in you tyre to get you home

My compact compressor started life as one of those £3.99 jobbies you get from petrol stations and ebay. I then took the tiny compressor out of the vastly oversized casing, put a shield over the moving parts and popped it into the top box.
If it breaks I still have three little air canisters to get me out of the dodoo.


Val.