Why anyone would want to pay to put this slime in any tyre is beyond me
All it does is prevent you from identifying a puncture from a nail/screw/whatever before it causes a potentially catastrophic tyre failure. What's more no tyre repairer will mend a tyre once it has had this stuff in it - and if you get a screw in a nearly new tyre this can be expensive. Now BMW say don't use it because it will clog up the technology. And yet you still debate whether to use it
I would suggest if you are want to repair a puncture use one of the many m/c repair kits availble - easy to use and make an effective temporary repair until you can get the job done properly and safely.
Peter
Where do you get your information Peter???
I know of no tyre repairer who will not make a repair to a tyre that has had Ultraseal in it. As mentioned earlier - its totally water removable (though not water soluble as it has some solids in it). Repairers simply wash it off the inside of a tyre - the tyre is not affected
in any way once washed off!!! I've noticed KwickFit now charge £3 or so for this extra step (washing the tyre).
In contrast - if you use something like 'Tyre String' that glue's in the puncture hole in a tyre - then repairers that I have asked have (all) said they would not repair it - because the size of the repair (caused by the temporary repair procedure being removed) would be too large to be safe! Tyre Plugs seem to be different cause there's no glue.
Almost all the (AFAIK) North Eastern Ambulance, Paramedics, and bike Police are using Ultraseal in their tyres - because it increases safety on the road! At local BikeSafe meets (I have been too in recent years) the Cops actually allow the Ultraseal guy to set up a stand there - and some of the bike cops have been known to do puncture demo's there!
Granted - if you don't check your tyre surface daily then you might have had a puncture (though not a flat) that you didn't notice. Surely that's better than having an immediate flat??? If you find a hole with the 'tell tale' pink Ultraseal leakage - you can easily plug it with a Tyre Plug. Ultraseal will work as well on the newly fitted plug.
A side benefit of Ultraseal is that your tyres (when not punctured) will hold pressure for a significantly longer time than they would otherwise.
BMW told me not to use it with my Pressure Sensors because they could not confirm that it would not block the sensor. Others on this forum have used it effectively with no detrimental effect on the sensors. I hope more try it, because - if its works for all I'll do it my self
(caking myself in case I break the sensors - coward of the county
!!)
I'm not associated with Ultraseal in any way other than using it where I can, oh and paying through the nose for it of course
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Anyone else used it with the sensors?