Motorcycle Puncture Prevention

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Stovepipes

Stovepipes

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So I was watching Delboy's garage and getting this stuff seems like a sensible idea.


I kind remember someone making an argument not to use this on my car but without a spare wheel on my bike and the potential of being stranded makes this seem like a no brainer. Does anyone use this stuff and which brand would you recommend and if you want to tell me why I shouldn't use it feel free?
 
If you're in the last 1/4 of the life of the tyre and are prone to punctures (or just more likely) and solely rely on your bike for transport, then I'd give it a go.

Otherwise you might just be filling a good tyre with gunk and potentially upsetting balance.
 
Can't see why it would upset balance it's just 250ml but what I'm worried about is being stranded if I'm unlucky enough to get a puncture and as I commute into central London on my bike I'd potentially lose a day of work.
 
I don't like the idea of it really, I think it leads to laziness regarding tyre checks and overconfidence in how safe/effective slime products are at maintaining tyre integrity with a puncture. It's not always easy to check the damage either, or know that you even have got a puncture.

I prefer to be forced to check my tyres and carry a plugging kit, at least you get some idea of the severity of the hole by fixing it yourself.
 
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Tyre fitters hate that goop/sealing stuff,one said it makes a horrible mess inside your rims

Carry some tyre plugs and air capsules?
 
MatteH Oxford said:
I don't like the idea of it really, I think it leads to laziness regarding tyre checks and overconfidence in how safe/effective slime products are at maintaining tyre integrity with a puncture. It's not always easy to check the damage either, or know that you even have got a puncture.
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Fair point I don't really check my tyres properly now gotta get on that, I don't really understand the "overconfidence in how safe/effective slime products are at maintaining tyre integrity with a puncture". Is there any evidence that it's less safe than plugging it yourself?

wazza300 said:
Tyre fitters hate that goop/sealing stuff,one said it makes a horrible mess inside your rims
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Yeah but it's water soluble so not really a problem, I'm more worried about whether it works rather than whether the fitters like it cause in theory I may not need to see them.
 
Oh it does work. I contracted for a fleet operator a few years ago and they moved over to using a tyre sealant. Punctures became a thing of the past, the stuff was brilliant. I used a similar product on my GSXR when I went touring round France and it caused no issues and surprisingly didn't have a puncture. As I commute mainly on motorways and main roads I don't use it now, if I was to use some muddy stone riddled side road everyday it'd be straight back in my tyres.

As for tyre fitters disliking the stuff, tough. It doesn't stick to the rim, it sticks to the tyre via centrifugal force. I've changed many a tyre with this stuff inside, if they let the tyre down and use the bead splitting tool properly it causes no issues whatsoever. It's the lazy buggers that pop the bead with the tyre pressure still inside that get showered by the stuff!
 
Slime is safe for pluggable size holes from what I've seen evidence wise, it's the bigger holes and gashes that concern me.

My main concern is if you get a big puncture that would normally result in a fairly rapid deflation, say going along a straight, then you can usually stop fairly safely. However, a tyre full of slime may delay tyre deflation until you're mid corner at the next nearest bend - not ideal circumstances for a sudden flatty :eek:
 
I only used it once and the tyre bloke said that it was a mess idk,it wasn't goop it was some other brand I forget which

tbf ive never had a puncture that's left me stranded,ive always limped back home,the big tyres carcasses are strong enough to ride on flat(not had a front tyre puncture though)
 
So it sounds like there's a bit of concern about potential problems but other than that they seem to do the job. I've watched a couple of puncture repair videos and I genuinely don't fancy having to go through that at the side of the road at night so if this avoids that then I think I have to get some.
 
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