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DavShill · #1 Post by **DavShill** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:23 pm

Beautiful day today - went for a cycle ride this morning then my mate phoned up - back from sea yesterday and wants to ride his new BMW K1300s - been away a month and he was missing his bike more than his wife

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So got ready and headed out for a blast to Helmsley - got 10 miles down the road and the back end was weaving around. Stopped to investigate and heard the hissing of escaping air from my rear rubber.

Luckily I had a can of Motul repair and inflator stuff and was able to limp home.

Pissed off but glad I noticed early and it was just a gentle ride - could have been worse.

HisNibbs · #2 Post by **HisNibbs** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:38 pm

I was out today too and a couple of times I thought maybe I had a puncture. In the end I put it down to all the salt and grit on the road was causing it to get a little "sqirrely" at times.

I even gave the bike a rinse afterwards.

D-Rider · #3 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:46 pm

Cue the mighty Nooj with his sales pitch .... just the stuff to prevent escaping gases from your rear

D-Rider · #4 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:53 pm

HisNibbs wrote:I was out today too and a couple of times I thought maybe I had a puncture. In the end I put it down to all the salt and grit on the road was causing it to get a little "sqirrely" at times.

I even gave the bike a rinse afterwards.

You're not wrong - couldn't work out for a while why it felt that there was so little grip .... then I realised it was the grit deposited everywhere.
On roundabouts and some corners you could have gone beach racing - wasn't sure whether to cut inside it or treat it as a berm ....

Coming home in the dark had to take it quite steady as I didn't want to run into any camels that may be roaming through the dunes .... and it was soooo cold .........

Falcorob · #5 Post by **Falcorob** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:57 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MOTORCYCLE-PUNCTU ... 518ffb8dd8

^^Perhaps one of these is in order?^^

DavShill · #6 Post by **DavShill** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:15 am

Yes I've seen these before. Don't know anyone who has actually used one though - Anyone got experience of these repair kits?

The Motul canister was not very effective but go me home (only 10 miles)

Samray · #7 Post by **Samray** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:30 am

Carried one for years but never used it myself. Have used the cartridges to get others to a repair shop.

D-Rider · #8 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:38 pm

DavShill wrote:Yes I've seen these before. Don't know anyone who has actually used one though - Anyone got experience of these repair kits?

The Motul canister was not very effective but go me home (only 10 miles)

Yes I've used one.
I'll tell you the story:
A year or two back I got a rear puncture travelling down to see my parents - managed to get to my destination by adding air at every petrol station from where it occurred 'till I got to their house .... which wasn't really often enough.
When I got there we managed to prop the back of the bike up off the ground and start looking for the hole.
That was the hard part - without a footpump to put air in and a bowl of soapy water to find the hole, there is absolutely no way that we'd have found where it was punctured. On my own by the side of the road - no chance ... in the dark - impossible.
Once we'd located it I plugged it with the kit (which wasn't that easy but I managed OK).
It got me home and then worked fine until I got a professional repair - and given that it happened on a Sunday and I couldn't find anywhere to repair or replace a tyre, it's a very good thing.

So, if you can find the puncture (ie a huge nail marks the spot) then it's good. If you can't, then it's a bit crap.

Solutions:

* Nooj's jollop that finds the puncture all by itself and fixes as you ride
* I know people that have used their breakdown assistance to rescue them

Nooj · #9 Post by **Nooj** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:28 pm

No he's not on commision

Buy a 'get you home eventually' plug kit for £13 and then a new tyre for another £130. OR... go to my shop and buy a bottle of Puncturesafe puncture preventative jollop for £20.

Save yourself £120 odd, plus however many wasted hours by the side of the road and at the tyre fitters. The choice, as they say, is yours.

www.shinybikesyndrome.co.uk

Willopotomas · #10 Post by **Willopotomas** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:34 pm

My old man's used a similar compound for years. I wont mention names, but it does the same thing as nooj's Jollop. When he had the rear done on his touring tank, the chap said there were 2 witness marks to where punctures had occurred. Me old man knew nothing about it. No air loss, no slow puncture.. nowt. So, Jollop it..

Nooj · #11 Post by **Nooj** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:49 am

Be Ultraseal I expect? Puncturesafe used to be their UK distributor, but had a bit of a falling out. More or less the same stuff, Puncturesafe's made in the UK with a few different polymers, Ultraseal's made in the US and is now imported over here by Ultraseal GB, set up by a former Puncturesafe employee.