Puncture Repair Kits

[Scoobs]

Do you prefer the puncture repair route or the puncture prevention route, ie: repair kit or slime/ultraseal?

I want to get something for the weekend jaunt oop north and I don't want no stinking puncture spoiling my fun.

[tricky]

Didn't know you could get punture repair kits for tubeless tyres. :?

[mattSV]

Definately the puncture repair kit option :wink:



coz I can use it too if I get a puncture - you having slime in your tyres ain't going to help me

[fizzwheel]

I've got some holts emergency tyre seal under my seat. Ive used it twice to fix a puncture and get me home.

I'm wandering if a proper kit might be better for this weekend though as riding on a proper plug I think woudl be better than relying on the tyre seal as its only supposed to be used as a temporary measure.

[tricky]

I've got some holts emergency tyre seal under my seat. Ive used it twice to fix a puncture and get me home.

I'm wandering if a proper kit might be better for this weekend though as riding on a proper plug I think woudl be better than relying on the tyre seal as its only supposed to be used as a temporary measure.

Never really considered mending my own puntures (obvious by my previous post :oops: )

Surley mending a punture yourself is a workshop job (paddock stand, tyre levers etc) not really the kind of thing you can do on a weekend away (or is it) ?

[Scoobs]

Definately the puncture repair kit option :wink:

coz I can use it too if I get a puncture - you having slime in your tyres ain't going to help me

Yeah! We'll fix yours then I'll get a ****ing puncture. :lol:

[Swiss]

Go The repair kit option. The thing that concerns me about the gunk in the tyre products such as Ultraseal, is that it fix's the puncture without you knowing you had one. Now if that just happens to be in the side wall of the tyre or another place where it could make the tyre unstable and you don't know about it, means it could be quite dangerous. With the Jim'll fix it style repair kit you know about the puncture, repair it, and get yourself to the nearest tyre fitter to get it "fixed propper like" **has to be said in a west country accent**

[Scoobs]

Looks to me like the repair kit is getting the nod. That it is then.

[Gidders]

Go for the repair kit every time. You've physically inspected and repaired the puncture, so you've got some idea of how far/fast to go on it.

Ultraseal seems to work ok, but as has been said, you don't know whether you've got a puncture or not, which is not ideal.

The Holts gunge which goes in post puncture has never once worked for me, and I stopped using it after the aerosol went off under the seat, causing all manner of bad language, and a tool kit that was never the same again.

[northwind]

The thing with Ultraseal, is that if it does subsequently fail it'll be no worse than the initial puncture would have been- so at worst it delays a horrific accident :) I used to use it, but I don't now, it adds a bit of weight to the tyres.

If I was going touring, I'd use it again though. It completely saved my neck when I tore a worn rear up at speed once, and when I got a puncture in my rear roadtec, it did such a good job of the repair I never even knew it had punctured- usually you'd get a pressure drop, but the tyre never lost more than 2 psi over the time it must have happened.

[Stu]

I've got some holts emergency tyre seal under my seat. Ive used it twice to fix a puncture and get me home.

I'm wandering if a proper kit might be better for this weekend though as riding on a proper plug I think would be better than relying on the tyre seal as its only supposed to be used as a temporary measure.

Never really considered mending my own punctures (obvious by my previous post :oops: )

Surely mending a puncture yourself is a workshop job (paddock stand, tyre levers etc) not really the kind of thing you can do on a weekend away (or is it) ?

Please tell me how the repair kit works as I was also of the opinion that it involved removing the tyre from the rim and plugging from the inside.

[Sid Squid]

Agree with Swiss.

Perhaps the repair option is slightly less convenient in use - but I'd rather that than not be aware that the tyre had been damaged.

This is also the reason that roadside repair kits are only to be used as a temporary fix, the tyre must be inspected thoroughly before a permanent repair is made so that you can be confident that the tyre's structure isn't damaged, this obviously requires the tyre to be removed and and inspected internally as well.

Also: Click Me! (http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.php?p=553691)

[Scoobs]

Blah, blah, blah

Perfect.

Cheers.

[Quiff Wichard]

well well-

thats on my list for the ride up north-
although me i a lot further north already thanyou scoobs...- a lot more advanced one could say !!

I was gonna pop to H Gericke tomoz and get a kit...

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I am unsure what they are though- do u have to put a screw in the tyre or summat to plug the hole then use the compressed air??
please tell



incidentally- the man who fitted my Z6' said that ultraseal etc voids the warranty on any new tyres???

[Quiff Wichard]

oops- all is explained in Sids link.......

cheers SID

[kwak zzr]

i carry one of those repair kits, i used one before about 30miles from home with no problems so now i always carry one.
http://upload4.postimage.org/397399/tubelessrepair.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/397399/photo_hosting.html)