BMW Puncture repair kit

RiceBurner · Post by **RiceBurner** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:42 am

Terrific stuff, works well.

(had a puncture from a stone chip last night. )

BUT

How long would you run the tyre, and what speeds wouldn't you do??

Can the tyre be "properly" plugged from the inside after using the BM kit??

The tyre had at least 2K left on it and I'm brassic.

bigblackfalco · Post by **bigblackfalco** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:17 pm

It's up to you...I've run a tyre from almost new til very old with one of those plugs in and I didn't obey any speed limits etc.
Bailey.

Jason M · Post by **Jason M** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:17 pm

bigblackfalco wrote:It's up to you...I've run a tyre from almost new til very old with one of those plugs in and I didn't obey any speed limits etc.
Bailey.

Ditto that - inserted a plug in Malaysia, didn't spare the horses and changed the tyre in Spain

PBBoxer · Post by **PBBoxer** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:05 pm

Got a tyre repaired on Blackbird by Aa a few years ago. Very similar type of kit to the BMW one. Rode til it needed changing, as normal.

RiceBurner · Post by **RiceBurner** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:10 am

ok cool. Cheers guys.

Tyre has maybe 2K left in it (that's about a month's riding for me), so will keep going, but keep an eye on the pressure.

Ade B · Post by **Ade B** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:04 pm

FWR in Oval put a 'proper' bung in for £25 including removing the wheel - I have had several of these last the life of the tyre

I've had the BMW fail (very quickly) but more due to attempting to plug a slit made by broken glass than a small screw hole which is the usual repair.

I've also ridden two up + luggage from Dublin to London with a slightly leaky one which was fine - just pumped up the tyre at every fuel stop

Reminds me, I need to get a new kit as my bungs have all perished - the last time I used them they kept disintegrating when I stuffed 'em in. So to speak. Someone mentioned tyre worms in a previous thread.

Essential kit for london riding and my bi-weekly kingston commute starts again next week...

Ade

RiceBurner · Post by **RiceBurner** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:06 am

I think I'll be going back to SLIME personally, once i sort a new rear. The BM kits are £25 or so each and last one puncture. SLIME is about £8 and lasts the life of the tyre.