Does it work?
I just put a can of it into one of my old summer tyres (formerly winter tyres) , as it would take a couple of months to go half flat. Then pumped it up to normal pressure and took it for a spin. Am I tempting death and destruction, or a cost effective way to see a nearly worn out tyre though the summer, I wonder.
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I used a can on the front wheel of my bike after a savaging by a Belgian motorway..
It got me home fine and I ran around for some weeks before I tackled the repair.
I was surprised, when I got the tyre off, to find no trace of any gunge at all. I popped a tube in and that was the job done.
Ted
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The X1's summer wear are run-flats - as part of the winter issue, which are not, I was given an emergency kit comprising of an excellent little compressor, a beautifully made German made tyre pressure gauge - which has a big readable dial, a pair of neoprene gloves and bit jar of gunge. Not to be used I hope. The GS' tool kit comprises of a pair of CO2 canisters - complete with all the gubbins you'd need to fix a puncture on the long way down to Waitrose.
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I fixed the back tyre on my Fireblade once, with the GS bike kit. Cleaned the hole, stuck in the plug, cut off the excess, and filled it with the little cylinders. I adjusted the pressure at the next garage, and then promptly forgot about it until the next tyre change! So it was in there for a couple of thousand miles, I guess, and at speeds up to 160 ish.
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>> I was surprised, when I got the tyre off, to find no trace of any gunge at all.
>> I popped a tube in and that was the job done.
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IIRC popping in a tube without buffing the inside of the tyre is a no no!
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The problem as i see it is that the reason for the slow puncture could be a nail or screw through the tread at an angle, pushed in far enough to make the head invisible.
As you drive down the road every time the tyre flexes that object could be gradually slicing through the sidewall cords.
IMO any tyre leakage unless the reason is obvious should see the tyre removed and examined by someone competent.
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Puncture repair jollop - Ted
