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a few opinions...I mean ideas here as well
http://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?t=49896&highlight=tire+repair
I have had the best luck with the black or brown "gummy worm" type plugs that come in a plugging kit at almost any auto parts store. I like the kind labeled for belted radial tires because they are resistant to cutting if a tire has a steel belt. Get the kit with T handles if you can, and if you have room to carry them because they are easier to use than the kits with tools with screwdriver type handles.
Tubeless tires I understand.
I have had the best luck with the black or brown "gummy worm" type plugs that come in a plugging kit at almost any auto parts store. I like the kind labeled for belted radial tires because they are resistant to cutting if a tire has a steel belt. Get the kit with T handles if you can, and if you have room to carry them because they are easier to use than the kits with tools with screwdriver type handles.
My kit also includes a little bottle of White-Out (mark the hole once you find it - in the dark, you may not find it again once the intruding object has been removed,...
As long as we're throwing out some tips, on the bottle of white-out........pull the filler cap out and drop a couple of BB's in so you can agitate (mix up) the white-out back to a usable product after it sits. OMMy kit also includes a little bottle of White-Out (mark the hole once you find it - in the dark.........
Uh, Paul, those aren't called "gummy worms" -- proper name is Gorilla Snot. When you gain more experience, you'll pick up more of the correct terminology, and will be able to communicate better. . . heck, you might even learn to do some wrenching, here and there!
Great seeing you guys at Sipapu, and glad to hear that you're on the mend.
Walking Eagle
What about the tire repair kits that have the CO2 cartridges for filling the tire?
I understand having the little compressor along, and I even own one of those myself, but wondering what people's opinions are of those kits.
Uh, Paul, those aren't called "gummy worms" -- proper name is Gorilla Snot. When you gain more experience, you'll pick up more of the correct terminology, and will be able to communicate better. . . heck, you might even learn to do some wrenching, here and there!
I believe "gummy worms" is the proper name. Gorilla Snot is the yellow 3M weatherstrip adhesive.
Time to tell a Paul & Voni comedy act story. We were headed to a rally in Texas from Kansas. We were just pulling into a small town about 60 miles from the house when Voni pulled over. I did a U turn and went back. Her rear tire was flat. I looked around and across the road was a restaurant with a big empty parking lot and a row of trees for shade. I rode her bike over to the shade.
I had 3 CO2 cartridges in my bike - she had three in hers. I put the bike on the center stand and rotated the tire to find the hole. I couldn't find it. So I used one cartridge so the escaping air would help locate the leak. Pssst! But I still couldn't locate the hole. It quit Psssting too soon. So I got a second cartridge and used it. Pssst again but I still wasn't quick enough to find the hole.
Frustrated, I somewhat forcefully exclaimed, "If this $&!# keeps up I'm going to start carrying an electric pump". To which Voni replied, "OK, I'll go next door and buy one".
With my tunnel vision intent to fix that tire I had absolutely failed to even notice that we were next door to an Alco (little big-box) store. She went and bought a pump for about $10. When I first tried to use it the flip handle for the connector on the hose broke off. $%^& #@%^&!!
She calmly said, "No problem, I'll take it back and exchage it". Which she did.
With the pump I could put in enough air to find the hole. I plugged the hole, pumped up the tire, and we went to the rally in Texas.
I still have that pump, fifteen years later. It is in a case that is bigger than I like to carry in a bike, so it lives in the trunk of our car. We carry smaller newer pumps in the bikes. But I still have Voni's pump and use it every now and then.
So, that's what I think of those little CO2 cartridges!