Hey Guys i have recently done an updated version of this video, this time with a real puncture on the rear wheel. You can check it out here th-cam.com/video/iwhSNgQJMZo/w-d-xo.html. ...Sound is better to!. Cheers. Billy x
A nice tip on using those little DC pressure pumps is to run the engine while you fill the tire. You will find it will make a good difference in how fast the tire fills and also is easier on the pump (and battery ) as higher voltage means less resistance/heat. On a 12V system the voltage goes almost immediately from 12,5 to 14V or so. A very noticeable difference. Thanks for the video!
I really liked the explanation and I already bought my mini Stop & Go compressor on the eBay website, because here in Brazil I am no longer finding this model to buy, thanks for the explanation, a hug from a biker brother from Brazil.
Nice thanks for taking the time to do this. Used rope type plugs on car and rear bike tire and found the repairs tend to slow leak if done between the tread (probably more flex there) so where you punctured your tire was a good test spot. I had a rear, rope plug, in tread repair last for months and ran the REAR tire bald, I would assume the mushrooms should last unless the belts cut them. US tire association still recommends patching the inside but most places won't do this for liability concerns. Thanks again.
Thanks for the video. I just bought the same kit hopefully I won't need it. I got a flat recently on a cross country trip with no repair kit on hand. But the service station I pulled into had a repair kit and it held until I got to the nearest BMW shop in CT. At least now I'll be more relaxed knowing I can handle a flat on the road.
Thank you for this. You picked up on a point that FortNine had not covered when he mentioned but had not reviewed this product as he had not used it so it was very helpful. I also like that you review from a Brit rider perspective so this is more relevant to me too. Subscribed and liked. I hop your channel skyrockets.
Fantastic review. Thanks brother! I keep a little silicone with rubbers as recommended with the kit paperwork. I hope I never need it but glad i know how it works. Cheers from Boston.
I've got the Stop n Go kit and used it successfully. The issues I found are the lubricant on the plugs dry out and therefore don't transit through the insertion funnel. Which means I have taken a couple of attempts to complete a plug. I feel as though the piston needs to be a few mm longer. But it has got me out of trouble.
Repairing punctures on a motorcycle needs extreme caution , I had a tyre blow out after a diy repair. To effect the safest repair I would want to inspect the inside of the tyre . A bit of inconvenience is better than a trip in the air ambulance.
...I forgot to ask, do you think the pointy probe is long enough to hit the rim? My KTM 1290 has “sealed spoked rims” to enable a tubeless tyre on a spoked rim, and they achieve that by having special Gummi band around the rim, over the spokes. Would that point probe penetrate that far?
Hey Ronan, without knowing the exact depth of your tyre to your rim it’s difficult to say, if you can find that dimension out let me know and i’ll measure the probe. We’ll have a definitive answer then. Cheers mate.
Excellent demonstration. Looks to be a good kit. I carry a similar system, except mine uses the cord style plugs. Have only had to use them on my truck tires, and they hold 100% of the psi in them. It can be a bitch getting through the steel belt on truck tires though.
If you think those truck tires are a pain to go through, you should try using those gummy cord types on a "run flat" type tire. My wife's BMW has those and she picked up what appeared to be a sheetrock screw in one of the tires. BMW claimed that that type of tire could not be patched and needed to be replaced. Of course, those tires are ridiculously overpriced. I decided to give it the patching a reply and she ran the patched tire for a year or two before I made the mistake of having the listening to a local tire shop tell me that there was a way to patch those tires and letting them do it. Turned out that their fix leaked more air than the plug I put in there. Their "fix" resulted in me having to add air to the tire every couple of months whereas my plug patch would only loose a few psi over that length of time.
Yeah a friend of mine has used those gummy strings before, they seem fine for a short while, then like you say it starts to leak, no such issues with these. Cheers Barry.
So did you end up replugging your tire with the Stop and Go? Was your flat in the front or rear tire? Did you notice any air loss? How long did the plug last before you replaced your tire?
I love this kit and have one on each of my motorcycles.. I also have it in both my car and truck..On 4 wheels you can go till you need a new tire with this and it seals great.. better then a plug of any other kind of kit. On a motorcycle I would recommend replace tire or have it heat patched and balanced. Motorcycle tires need to be balance very well as you only have two and it is dangerous if they are not balance correct and, with a plug of any kind it can be off balance. Plugs also shift, so the balance is never spot on.. in a car/truck it isnt as impotent and you can get away with a close-to balance.
@@billy4rocks thank you. I am a BMW Motorad and Harley Davidson technician. These are great kits though and can help you get to a technician or home. Instead of being stranded.
Bruce, from your perspective, if the flat was in the front tire on a Michelin pilot Road, how long do you think the Stop & Go plug would last? I have a brand new tire with about a thousand miles on it. Just wondering if I should replace the tire, or if something like a proper "plug patch" done from the inside of the tire would be okay. I'm just worried that because the steel belting has become compromised, would that cause the front tire to fail, or explode or something ridiculous. ???🤔🤔
Cooter Malloy the plugs them selfs are made of good rubber. Like a soft compound tire and would last a long time. However. As a motorcyclist certified technician. I personally would change the tire as soon as I could afford to. On a motorcycle ( as I have stated ) balance is very important on motorcycle tires. Though I have never had one of these plugs shift, leak, or come out. With such a small surface area and most of it being curved tread. Unlike a car with large flat tread surface. The possibility of something occurring is more likely. I have driven for over a year with one of these plugs in a street bike tire, with nothing happening, BUT I don’t recommend it. As it could be a safety hazard. And with not knowing a persons driving ability. If the tire had a fast leak it could be a very bad safety issue if something did occur during travels. Be safe keep the rubber to the ground and enjoy the fresh air.
I tried Stop&Go on two occasions (of which one today!) and in both cases, I spray soapy water to find the puncture, see the bubbles, do exactly as per video, spray again, I still see bubbles! Not sure what I am doing wrong, or if it is just bad luck. Good video though.
@@billy4rocks The hole was caused by a very thin nail! I enlarged it though, with the reaming tool just like you did (maybe even less thorough). The manual says to pull the plug out with pliers "two inches" which to me seems a lot, maybe I didn't pull it so hard (afraid to break it) and the mushroom 'head' did not make full contact with the inside of the tyre (?).
Do you have any updates? Did the Stop & Go finally work? Was your flat in the front or rear tire? Did you notice any air loss after seating the plug correctly? How long did the plug last before you replaced your tire?
@@OldCootProductReviews It was in the rear, Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR tyre with 4500 miles so quite worn. I believe the 'reaming' technique is key. I pulled the reamer in and out with force, probably causing some mess in the steel mesh. I think one should carefully turn the reamer in one direction (i.e. clockwise only) so to keep the carcass wires in a less 'agitated' state. Eventually - since because of the lockdown all shops are closed and cannot replace the tyre - I filled in a full bottle of sealant. Now I've been riding the same tyre for three weeks with basically zero psi loss (vs 3/4 psi a day with plug only). So Stop&Go AND a bottle of Holts Tyreweld did the trick!
Hey biker stuff, sorry for the late reply, well 42psi is what’s recommended by the tire manufacturer, i don’t know why triumph would suggest otherwise?. Did i put 40 in? My eyes must be going! 😂
As a matter of point, no tyre manufacturer can state the pressure needed as they do not know what bike you will put their tyre on. Which is why it is specified by the bike manufacturer. I am concerned that others will copy you and have a mishandling bike. As a TH-camr you need to give correct and safe information so that others do not copy it believing it to be correct.
Biker Stuff right, I wasn’t giving any information about psi, this video is a step by step on how to use a repair kit... which i did exactly by the book. Cheers.
It's an interesting looking system, but looks to be a bit overpriced for what it really does. The mushroom plugs are acceptably priced on eBay, but the tool seems a bit high. Kind of looks like something you could build easily enough using threaded bolts, some bar stock, and a mini-lathe. I'm thinking a hex head on the screw-in rod would be better than the allen head
I wish i had room for a lathe (and the knowledge to actually use one ) expensive but cheaper than a lift home if you’re not covered by AA etc... and initially alot cheaper than a new tyre. Cheers Grumpy.
The mini-lathes and the older ones that used to be sold by Sears can often be found for around $500. The 7x14 lathe that I own is supposedly 30" wide (which means that from a practical standpoint, you'll probably need to dedicate 4 ft of counter space to it) and is good for making small items. I use it to create custom parts for some of my reloading dies for reloading ammunition and other small projects. I've never had any formal training in how to use a lathe -- I just read up on it and watched some videos. So, I'm not an expert in the use of a lathe, but I think that it would be possible to make a similar tool to that mushroom tire plug tool without too much trouble if they had the various dimensions and profiles of the chamber and tire insert. Whether that would be worth your time is debatable, but if you count it as a hobby and a learning experience, then you can justify it easier. :) I've had a few flats on motorcycles over the many decades that I've been riding, but never had a tire patch kit with me. Flats on the rear are not that bad -- the bike feels "funny" and you can just let off on the throttle and coast to a stop and you probably won't end up dropping the bike. Flats on the front can get very interesting very quickly when the handlebars start shaking violently and you are headed into the oncoming lane or towards the railing of a bridge. But that was from hitting some road debris which bent a rim and caused all the air to leak out very suddenly. There was no way that was going to be fixed by a tire patch. The rear flat that I had was a slower leak and if small air-compressor had been available back then (and I had carried one with me), I could have probably aired the tire back up and continued to the next town with minimal inconvenience. Instead, I had to hobble along at basically a fast walking speed on the side of the highway for a few miles until I got to the next town. I had noticed a slow leak in the rear tire of my Harley recently, but it's rather difficult to get to the tire to check it out, so I just kept adding air to it since the air would last for a few days before I *had* to top it off. There is only a small amount of the tire visible when the bike is sitting normally on the ground, so to inspect the tire to find a hole, you need to move it a move it a couple of inches forward, check the tire, and then repeat until you've done the entire circumference of the tire. I finally caught a day when my wife's car was out of the garage, the weather was acceptable, and nothing else had come up, so I moved the bike to the other side of the garage, jacked it up, and spent some time cleaning and inspecting the tire. Found the shaft of a nail in the tire. I had had a new roof put on my house a year or so ago and it looked like one of the roofing nails. Even though I cleaned up the driveway and lawn afterwards, nails still managed to get picked up by the lawn service's mowers and tossed on the drive or street even after all this time. I've plugged car tires before, but never a motorcycle tire, so I went to TH-cam to see if there were any special considerations and that's how I came across your page. I ended up just using the gummy rope type plug that I've previously used on car tires. I'll monitor it for awhile to see how it lasts and if it starts to leak, I'll remove the tire and use one of the patch & plug kits that go inside the tires like the tire shops use.
MR BILL Purcell hey Bill! This video has been re-done this time with a real world puncture... hopefully it wont be a waste of a grown mans time again... 😂.
Hey Guys i have recently done an updated version of this video, this time with a real puncture on the rear wheel. You can check it out here th-cam.com/video/iwhSNgQJMZo/w-d-xo.html. ...Sound is better to!. Cheers. Billy x
A nice tip on using those little DC pressure pumps is to run the engine while you fill the tire. You will find it will make a good difference in how fast the tire fills and also is easier on the pump (and battery ) as higher voltage means less resistance/heat. On a 12V system the voltage goes almost immediately from 12,5 to 14V or so. A very noticeable difference. Thanks for the video!
Cheers Fred, thats a top tip. Much appreciated.
Got mine in and will be repairing mine today.
Thanks mate! Between you and another Aussie, I'm sold!
Jason Wendell no worries mate! my pleasure. There awesome bits of kit. Cheers.
Easily the best review for the Stop and Go. Many thanks! 👍 😁
funguseater40 thank you mate, much appreciated.
I really liked the explanation and I already bought my mini Stop & Go compressor on the eBay website, because here in Brazil I am no longer finding this model to buy, thanks for the explanation, a hug from a biker brother from Brazil.
Thankyou my friend, yeah there an awesome bit of kit, i love Brazil, im jealous man!!
Nice thanks for taking the time to do this. Used rope type plugs on car and rear bike tire and found the repairs tend to slow leak if done between the tread (probably more flex there) so where you punctured your tire was a good test spot. I had a rear, rope plug, in tread repair last for months and ran the REAR tire bald, I would assume the mushrooms should last unless the belts cut them. US tire association still recommends patching the inside but most places won't do this for liability concerns. Thanks again.
Steve Stark no problem mate, I appreciate your kind words. Cheers.
Thank you very much,i really appreciate your kindness,this video is really nice of you to do.
No worries Ricky, it’s my pleasure mate, hope it helped in some way. Cheers.
Marvelous Billy! I'm off to Belgium from Blighty with 4 other bikes. Invaluable demo. Cheeers!
Sorry for the late reply!, thankyou!
Best video of this product on the net. Just picked up this kit.
Cheers Mark, that’s much appreciated.
Thanks for the video. I just bought the same kit hopefully I won't need it. I got a flat recently on a cross country trip with no repair kit on hand. But the service station I pulled into had a repair kit and it held until I got to the nearest BMW shop in CT. At least now I'll be more relaxed knowing I can handle a flat on the road.
No problem my friend, yeah they are awesome kits and like you say just take the stress out off worrying about punctures.
Thank you for this. You picked up on a point that FortNine had not covered when he mentioned but had not reviewed this product as he had not used it so it was very helpful. I also like that you review from a Brit rider perspective so this is more relevant to me too. Subscribed and liked. I hop your channel skyrockets.
Thank you John, I appreciate that. I did another vid of the same product, better sound, and this time with a real world puncture. Thanks again.
Been using that kit for years , a top puncture repair kit ,even used it on my car ,
Yeah there’s another guy on here mentioned that he used it on his truck! Thanks for the comment.
Great video, convinced me to buy as my old pumps finnished
Steven Symington cheers, the pump is still going strong as well. 👍
Fantastic review. Thanks brother! I keep a little silicone with rubbers as recommended with the kit paperwork. I hope I never need it but glad i know how it works. Cheers from Boston.
No problem my friend, I appreciate the comment. 🙏
This kit came with my used bike. Now I know how to use it ! Thanks
No problem Rob, its a top bit of kit.
Excellent review!!!! Thanks!
Taalib Muhammad no problem mate, glad you liked it.
dedication is quite strong here...
alex lopes ....and a touch of blind faith.
I've got the Stop n Go kit and used it successfully. The issues I found are the lubricant on the plugs dry out and therefore don't transit through the insertion funnel. Which means I have taken a couple of attempts to complete a plug. I feel as though the piston needs to be a few mm longer.
But it has got me out of trouble.
Rich Edwards, my plugs came inside a ziplock bag so they have been well lubed up since ive owned them. Thanks for the comment. Much appreciated.
Good review 👍🏻, just bought one
FENBASS100 thanks mate. There great, hopefully you’ll never get to use it though.
Good Job Billy 4!!
Cheers Ronald! ✊
Nice video. Thanks, Billy4.
Sorry for the late reply Rui, you are very welcome.
Thank you, this helped a lot.
Lucasbim no worries mate. Cheers.
Great video, that 1psi could be down to temperature change
Cheers Kevin, yeah that’s a good point. Much appreciated.
I repaired my tire today with the Stop and Go kit. So far, so good. Thanks for the video.
origpepper1 no worries, its my pleasure, pretty decent kit right!
Was your flat in the front or rear tire? Did you notice any air loss? How long did the plug last before you replaced your tire?
@@OldCootProductReviews Plug is in the rear. I don't ride too much but air pressure loss is minimal because it sits a lot.
thank you so much! this video is very useful and clearly :)
Toan Huynh Huu no problem my friend, my pleasure.
Great review. I will get one for my Tiger 800. Hope it will fit under the seat.
Cheers Christopher, it should do, it fits under mine including the toolkit.
There is a later review of this kit by the way on here, better sound and this time with a real puncture!
Excellent video thanks!!
Cheers Gus, much appreciated.
Repairing punctures on a motorcycle needs extreme caution , I had a tyre blow out after a diy repair. To effect the safest repair I would want to inspect the inside of the tyre . A bit of inconvenience is better than a trip in the air ambulance.
Thanks Harold, By the way way it was very naughty of you to kill all those people, i appreciate the comment though.
Thanks Billy. I also got this repair kit from a shop in The Netherlands. Will it also repair my front tire?😉👍
No worries Bert, I reckon so! 😉
I wonder if you add some sort of tire/tyre cement glue if it will help with the psi.
RanGer498 it certainly wouldn’t hurt.
Great review
Cheers David, much appreciated. The second vid i did of this product has better sound and is based on a real puncture. If you are interested.
Thank you for the video.
No problem, cheers.
...I forgot to ask, do you think the pointy probe is long enough to hit the rim? My KTM 1290 has “sealed spoked rims” to enable a tubeless tyre on a spoked rim, and they achieve that by having special Gummi band around the rim, over the spokes. Would that point probe penetrate that far?
Hey Ronan, without knowing the exact depth of your tyre to your rim it’s difficult to say, if you can find that dimension out let me know and i’ll measure the probe. We’ll have a definitive answer then. Cheers mate.
Excellent demonstration. Looks to be a good kit. I carry a similar system, except mine uses the cord style plugs. Have only had to use them on my truck tires, and they hold 100% of the psi in them. It can be a bitch getting through the steel belt on truck tires though.
BrewCityRider Cheers! Yeah im glad its there should i ever need it, but 2 punctures in 20 years of riding, the odds are in my favour!
If you think those truck tires are a pain to go through, you should try using those gummy cord types on a "run flat" type tire. My wife's BMW has those and she picked up what appeared to be a sheetrock screw in one of the tires. BMW claimed that that type of tire could not be patched and needed to be replaced. Of course, those tires are ridiculously overpriced. I decided to give it the patching a reply and she ran the patched tire for a year or two before I made the mistake of having the listening to a local tire shop tell me that there was a way to patch those tires and letting them do it. Turned out that their fix leaked more air than the plug I put in there. Their "fix" resulted in me having to add air to the tire every couple of months whereas my plug patch would only loose a few psi over that length of time.
Great vid I use those mushroom plugs a mate of mine has just done 1200 miles and the plug is still holding air
robert robhog 1200 miles?! Thats crazy, makes my one week and about 100 miles seem tame! Cheers for the comment.
Was your flat in the front or rear tire? Did you notice any air loss? How long did the plug last before you replaced your tire?
I'm thinking about getting one of these. I used the gummed string doubled and it is leaking air. So I will have to plug it again.
Yeah a friend of mine has used those gummy strings before, they seem fine for a short while, then like you say it starts to leak, no such issues with these. Cheers Barry.
So did you end up replugging your tire with the Stop and Go? Was your flat in the front or rear tire? Did you notice any air loss? How long did the plug last before you replaced your tire?
@@OldCootProductReviews Yes. It was the rear tire and lasted until it ran out of rubber and new tires were put on.
I love this kit and have one on each of my motorcycles.. I also have it in both my car and truck..On 4 wheels you can go till you need a new tire with this and it seals great.. better then a plug of any other kind of kit. On a motorcycle I would recommend replace tire or have it heat patched and balanced. Motorcycle tires need to be balance very well as you only have two and it is dangerous if they are not balance correct and, with a plug of any kind it can be off balance. Plugs also shift, so the balance is never spot on.. in a car/truck it isnt as impotent and you can get away with a close-to balance.
That’s a bloody good point regarding the balance, cheers Bruce.
@@billy4rocks thank you. I am a BMW Motorad and Harley Davidson technician. These are great kits though and can help you get to a technician or home. Instead of being stranded.
Bruce, from your perspective, if the flat was in the front tire on a Michelin pilot Road, how long do you think the Stop & Go plug would last?
I have a brand new tire with about a thousand miles on it. Just wondering if I should replace the tire, or if something like a proper "plug patch" done from the inside of the tire would be okay.
I'm just worried that because the steel belting has become compromised, would that cause the front tire to fail, or explode or something ridiculous.
???🤔🤔
Cooter Malloy the plugs them selfs are made of good rubber. Like a soft compound tire and would last a long time. However. As a motorcyclist certified technician. I personally would change the tire as soon as I could afford to. On a motorcycle ( as I have stated ) balance is very important on motorcycle tires. Though I have never had one of these plugs shift, leak, or come out. With such a small surface area and most of it being curved tread. Unlike a car with large flat tread surface. The possibility of something occurring is more likely. I have driven for over a year with one of these plugs in a street bike tire, with nothing happening, BUT I don’t recommend it. As it could be a safety hazard. And with not knowing a persons driving ability. If the tire had a fast leak it could be a very bad safety issue if something did occur during travels. Be safe keep the rubber to the ground and enjoy the fresh air.
Best video sir
Cheers mate.
thanks man!!!
No worries mate, hope it helped.
How long did you keep it for before getting it repaired?
An idiot in a racing car.... a good few weeks if I remember correctly, just kept an eye on the pressure.
Thanks.
I think it would be a fantastic solution if it included a vulcanizing agent to make it (sort of) permanent
Cool , thank you✌
No worries Jim.
Has anyone ever tried the red plugs of eBay? If so, do they work as well? Thanks
Sorry for the late reply, i myself have not used them, i know the ones you mean though. ( if thats any help?!)
...and that 1psi could be largely the result of a change in ambient air temperature
I tried Stop&Go on two occasions (of which one today!) and in both cases, I spray soapy water to find the puncture, see the bubbles, do exactly as per video, spray again, I still see bubbles! Not sure what I am doing wrong, or if it is just bad luck. Good video though.
Cheers LP, i can only imagine the hole is to big for the plug? Though i find that hard to believe as there designed to cater for different size holes.
@@billy4rocks The hole was caused by a very thin nail! I enlarged it though, with the reaming tool just like you did (maybe even less thorough). The manual says to pull the plug out with pliers "two inches" which to me seems a lot, maybe I didn't pull it so hard (afraid to break it) and the mushroom 'head' did not make full contact with the inside of the tyre (?).
LP ahh yes, that could be it, that mushroom head has to be tight against the inside of the tyre.
Do you have any updates? Did the Stop & Go finally work?
Was your flat in the front or rear tire? Did you notice any air loss after seating the plug correctly? How long did the plug last before you replaced your tire?
@@OldCootProductReviews It was in the rear, Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR tyre with 4500 miles so quite worn. I believe the 'reaming' technique is key. I pulled the reamer in and out with force, probably causing some mess in the steel mesh. I think one should carefully turn the reamer in one direction (i.e. clockwise only) so to keep the carcass wires in a less 'agitated' state. Eventually - since because of the lockdown all shops are closed and cannot replace the tyre - I filled in a full bottle of sealant. Now I've been riding the same tyre for three weeks with basically zero psi loss (vs 3/4 psi a day with plug only). So Stop&Go AND a bottle of Holts Tyreweld did the trick!
Strange to not see rubber adhesive to seal the plug in the tyre
eagle52 yeah agreed.
I'm curious why you put 40PSI and suggest 42PSI in your front tyre when Triumph say 36PSI.
Hey biker stuff, sorry for the late reply, well 42psi is what’s recommended by the tire manufacturer, i don’t know why triumph would suggest otherwise?. Did i put 40 in? My eyes must be going! 😂
@@billy4rocks which manufacturer? Triumph say 36 front and 42 rear.
As a matter of point, no tyre manufacturer can state the pressure needed as they do not know what bike you will put their tyre on. Which is why it is specified by the bike manufacturer. I am concerned that others will copy you and have a mishandling bike. As a TH-camr you need to give correct and safe information so that others do not copy it believing it to be correct.
I cant remember what tires i had when i did this vid, sorry. My current ones Annakes (correct spelling?) run 36 front 42 back.
Biker Stuff right, I wasn’t giving any information about psi, this video is a step by step on how to use a repair kit... which i did exactly by the book. Cheers.
It's an interesting looking system, but looks to be a bit overpriced for what it really does. The mushroom plugs are acceptably priced on eBay, but the tool seems a bit high. Kind of looks like something you could build easily enough using threaded bolts, some bar stock, and a mini-lathe. I'm thinking a hex head on the screw-in rod would be better than the allen head
I wish i had room for a lathe (and the knowledge to actually use one ) expensive but cheaper than a lift home if you’re not covered by AA etc... and initially alot cheaper than a new tyre. Cheers Grumpy.
The mini-lathes and the older ones that used to be sold by Sears can often be found for around $500. The 7x14 lathe that I own is supposedly 30" wide (which means that from a practical standpoint, you'll probably need to dedicate 4 ft of counter space to it) and is good for making small items. I use it to create custom parts for some of my reloading dies for reloading ammunition and other small projects. I've never had any formal training in how to use a lathe -- I just read up on it and watched some videos. So, I'm not an expert in the use of a lathe, but I think that it would be possible to make a similar tool to that mushroom tire plug tool without too much trouble if they had the various dimensions and profiles of the chamber and tire insert. Whether that would be worth your time is debatable, but if you count it as a hobby and a learning experience, then you can justify it easier. :)
I've had a few flats on motorcycles over the many decades that I've been riding, but never had a tire patch kit with me. Flats on the rear are not that bad -- the bike feels "funny" and you can just let off on the throttle and coast to a stop and you probably won't end up dropping the bike. Flats on the front can get very interesting very quickly when the handlebars start shaking violently and you are headed into the oncoming lane or towards the railing of a bridge. But that was from hitting some road debris which bent a rim and caused all the air to leak out very suddenly. There was no way that was going to be fixed by a tire patch. The rear flat that I had was a slower leak and if small air-compressor had been available back then (and I had carried one with me), I could have probably aired the tire back up and continued to the next town with minimal inconvenience. Instead, I had to hobble along at basically a fast walking speed on the side of the highway for a few miles until I got to the next town.
I had noticed a slow leak in the rear tire of my Harley recently, but it's rather difficult to get to the tire to check it out, so I just kept adding air to it since the air would last for a few days before I *had* to top it off. There is only a small amount of the tire visible when the bike is sitting normally on the ground, so to inspect the tire to find a hole, you need to move it a move it a couple of inches forward, check the tire, and then repeat until you've done the entire circumference of the tire. I finally caught a day when my wife's car was out of the garage, the weather was acceptable, and nothing else had come up, so I moved the bike to the other side of the garage, jacked it up, and spent some time cleaning and inspecting the tire. Found the shaft of a nail in the tire. I had had a new roof put on my house a year or so ago and it looked like one of the roofing nails. Even though I cleaned up the driveway and lawn afterwards, nails still managed to get picked up by the lawn service's mowers and tossed on the drive or street even after all this time. I've plugged car tires before, but never a motorcycle tire, so I went to TH-cam to see if there were any special considerations and that's how I came across your page. I ended up just using the gummy rope type plug that I've previously used on car tires. I'll monitor it for awhile to see how it lasts and if it starts to leak, I'll remove the tire and use one of the patch & plug kits that go inside the tires like the tire shops use.
Grumpy old man,65 bucks for the kit with compressor is expensive?Seems like a bargain to me.....
the loss of one PSI is probably due to temperature changes not leaking
Great video I guess could not hear a word
jim wortham cheers jim!
What - no glue?
Nope!...not needed.
Looks like a good vid but I can't hear much at all :(
David Ninnis not much is said to be honest! Thanks though.
Watched it on my phone fella and it was fine 🙂
David Ninnis ahh nice one, cheers.
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stupid music and loud, but the guy is so hard to hear, this makes a waste of a grown mans time
Well I appreciate you wasting your time watching it and the comment, its helps the channel.
MR BILL Purcell hey Bill! This video has been re-done this time with a real world puncture... hopefully it wont be a waste of a grown mans time again... 😂.