RE: Tire Plugging Tool - 3

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #24

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this is a rebadged Stop n Go pump like mine https://www.screwfix.com/p/rac-compact-a...essor-12v/1371r

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #28

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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #26

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #25

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I've derailed my share (if not a lot more) of threads, but this bordering on the bizarre. Please, you DynaPlug fan boys and dollar store compressor folks take a rest. I'm looking for a compact repair tool that includes the reamer/rasp.

I was thought the reamer/rasp step was important when I worked as a mechanics helper, so I'm sticking with it. Others can do as they wish and use any old existing hole.

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Firstly, have a cup of camomile tea to relax.

Is this what you want? https://www.thevisorshop.com/Mobile/en/g.../m-m-14296.aspx

This used to be *the* kit to carry before all of these new fangled devices appeared. BMW even rebranded it and I had one in the toolkit of my R1150GS.

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Slime makes a variant of the old TipTop/REMA tool that they sell in a ATV/UTV kit
https://smile.amazon.com/Slime-20476-Tir...ref_=ast_sto_dp
If the shaft folded into the Tee-handle.......that tool would occupy a 4" x 1" cylinder. Add the gooey strings and a small tube of contact cement......you've got the whole plug kit.

The rocky creek tool is the right design philosophy, but it has several unnecessary tools.

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Zitat von Doc4216 im Beitrag #29

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This is what I carry with me. Does not take up too much room at all.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QP...e?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #33

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Zitat von Doc4216 im Beitrag #29

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This is what I carry with me. Does not take up too much room at all.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QP...e?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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It's similar to what I'm currently carrying with the exception that I substituted 25g CO2 cartridges for the 12g units. I'm looking to minimize the space occupied by the insert and ream/rasp tools.

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #34

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #33

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Zitat von Doc4216 im Beitrag #29

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This is what I carry with me. Does not take up too much room at all.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QP...e?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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It's similar to what I'm currently carrying with the exception that I substituted 25g CO2 cartridges for the 12g units. I'm looking to minimize the space occupied by the insert and ream/rasp tools.

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Be sure to wear your gloves when using those CO2 cartridges. Those things get really cold when they spew forth.

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I am resurrecting this thread to post a link to a very thorough review of various tyre plugging devices that I have come across:

I have a Dynaplug kit under the seat of all of my bikes because it takes up so little room. I also have a one of their mini air compressors under the seat of my RS for the same reason. Dynaplugs are much easier to insert into the tire because they are so thin, especially if you are trying to plug a hole made by something like a finishing nail. However, they won't plug a large hole very well. Dynaplug recommends that you can use multiple plugs to plug a large hole, but my experience has been that doing so will only slow down the leak to allow you to get somewhere where your tire can be properly repaired. I think there are better plugging systems on the market that, while larger and more difficult to store under most motorcycle seats, will result in a better and more permanent seal of a hole in a tire tread.

I might add that I bought my Dynaplug devices at BMW motorcycle rallies in the past. But I bet you can also buy them from Amazon and other vendors, as well as directly from the company.

All my recent punctures have been slow punctures (one each on the back tyre of both bikes at the same time early this year!). The last serious one I had was on the Stelvio which had a near flat tyre when I returned to it after a day's work. I made it to a PFS to investigate and found a screw in the tread. It was raining and I had no puncture repair kit with me so I overinflated the tyre and hammered home the screw then rode the 50 miles mostly on the M62 from Leeds to Bolton stopping at each motorway services to check the tyre pressure and top up if needed. I got the tyre repaired the next day.

I would never use a self repair as a permanent solution. It is always temporary until I get to my tyre repair shop.

I am alive to the fact that the Dynaplug might not repair very large holes for very long if at all. It is the ease of use and portability that I find attractive - Something to get me to my destination where I can sort out a permanent repair. I have auto recovery cover so can always summon the RAC if the puncture hole is very large.

I also have a Rocky Creek tyre inflator on the RS (and all my C02 cannister have moved over to the F800GT) so I can limp on topping up at a PFS or with the tyre inflator depending on which bike I am on.

P.S. Why is it always the rear tyre that get punctured?!! Go figure!!

Chris

The Grand Pit Stop plugging system shown in the Project Farm video seems to be a clone of the Stop and Go plugging system that I have in my toolbox. Or perhaps the Chinese company has bought out Stop and Go.

Some years ago I bought a really cheap but interesting Chinese plugging system. It consisted of a few plastic self-tapping screws that you could just screw into the offending hole in your tire, just like the metal screw that your tire picked that made the hole. While I never used the screws to fix a flat, it probably would work OK in an emergency to get you back home. I have had more than one tire damaged by a screw that created a slow leak caused by a metal screw that had likely been in the tire for a while. So maybe inserting a screw into a hole in a tire might work if there is no better way to get you going again.