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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

How to: Portable Road Fix for a Punctured Motorcycle Tire

By Darnell Austria




The motorcycle I had been riding lately had a severely used front motorcycle tire that was procrastinating horribly about replacing. That was until the old motorcycle tire came across a sheet metal screw around the highway and displaced its shapely figure. Thankfully for me (and my pals with pickup trucks) I kept a tire repair kit in my tool tote.

The pack that I have is from Genuine Innovations, the set includes repair sticky plugs, with tool set up for tubeless wheels, patches, and glue for inner tubes, two 45 gm CO2 cartridges, an air chuck, and a carrying case. The set is sufficiently little to fit inside your jacket and it really accomplishes the task quickly and simple. Total time frame right from diagnosis of a punctured wheel to being back on the road was only 25 minutes or so.

The kit comes complete with everything needed for both tube or tubeless wheels. The rather large-sized sheet metal screw looked to be quite a challenge with this repair kit. After all was said and done, it wasn't so simple.

It took fairly an effort to get rid of the screw that left itself from the exterior of the tire, but it finally came out with several yanks thanks to a set of Vise-Grip pliers. Right after the screw was removed, the hole looked bad. This is how our emergency motorcycle wheel repair kit will be put to the test.

The knurled debris cleaner tool removed unwanted crude from the road through months of service out of the hole together with prepped the hole for the plug. This makes sure there isn't any lube or the likes still stuck around the hole. What we want is for the plug to achieve the most adhesion once we utilize it.

The specially formulated tire plug was placed on the plugging tool and the 2 ends were held together by its own adhesive properties. The instrument was then inserted in the hole of the tire. After we moved it around to ensure the plug was in the carcass of the exterior, the tool was removed, leaving the plug in the tire.

The Monster Chuck was attached on the CO2 cartridge until the seal was pierced letting the air to flow. The valve body of the Monster Chuck was then hard pressed against the Schrader valve and the tire started to fill with air. With the tire pumped and keeping air, the remains of the tire plug were cut off with a pair of dykes.

It is typically dangerous when you get a flat tire while dashing your way through the highway. You must have your protective gear such as German motorcycle helmet and your handy tire repair kit. It can make a big difference.




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