Tue, 30 Jun 1998 03:24:30 -0700 - Message No. 3485
From: "Bernd Schmidt-Hartlieb"

Subject: Re: Tyre repair sprays


Vlada wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>last weekend I went to a near city (20 km) and I meet a nail on the road
>4 km before my target city so I took out 'Tyre repair spray' by Motul
>and fill the tyre with that foam, imediately I sit on the bike and go...
>after about 600m tyre was again empty, so I took that spray and use the
>rest of it, sit and go ... after 1 km tyre was again empty. With a lot
>of dificulties I pushed my @ to the, what a great luck, 1 km far fuel
>station, there I fill my tyre with air (I fill it realy good to about
>350 - 400 kPa), the air was running out the tyre very much, so I sit on
>@ and run to nearest Tyre repair service, again with a great luck, I
>found it after ~2-3 km.
>They took out the tube and found 3 holes and little cut (abou 7-10cm,
>not through, but looks dangerous) on it. Probably, because I found only
>one nail in the tyre, the tyre itself must move against the wheel and
>the nail makes holes all the way. We repaired it and I'm using this tube
>till now (still I didn't find free time to buy a new one). But now I
>carry also tyre changing tools with me.
>
>My question is : What are your experiences with such a spray ? How
>succesfull were your repairs? Is it worth the money ? Isn't it better to
>carry with you only pressured air ? Is it possible to force the tyre not
>to move against the wheel (not with a glue) ?
>
>The guy in the service also told me that if I would have tubeless tyre
>and I use the spray they will not be able to repair it - is it true ?
>
>Bye for now
>
>Vlada
>

Hi Vlada,

Fortunately, I have never had to use the spray to repair my tyres, but it is quite a hard work (better: impossible) to clean a Givi case if the can has a leak. It took me some hours to have the case back in a usable condition again. Some other items in the case were ready for the bin (including the disk lock!!!).

Looking forward for a week-trip to Hamburg


Bernd 


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