where online can i get a reliable and good repair kit for my 2005 kawi zx6r im looking for those that have the whole thing to patch up tires and inflate with CO2. which ones on ebay are good??? ive seen some but the CO2 tanks dont seem enough to inflate a sportbike‘s tire?? HELP
I ride a yamaha XJR1300, it weighs in at 250kg wet (550 pounds) accelarates at ridiculeous speeds and breaks pretty heavy when you really need too, all of which means the tyres take a flogging, it got to the stage i was paying $90 for a puncture repair + towing, and throwing away half good tyres cause it was cheaper to replace them, so i got a repair kit with a co2 pump about 4 years ago and never looked back ! Not only have i run the bike with multiple plugs (against all advice and probably common sense) in both front back tyres at the same time, i don't lose tyre pressure let alone suffer from high speed blow outs and have stopped on the freeway and plugged the back tyre for a bloke who didn't have one because they are too dangerous ! I don't bother replacing them with permanent patches anymore, once they're in they stay there, im not suggesting you do as i do but in an emergency you cant beat them and i wouldn't take advice from someone that hasn't used them.
The body is raised from the chassis.
Any auto supply company will offer you a short term fix, but once the integrity of the tire is compromised it is to be thrown out. You have a contact patch no bigger than a quarter and this is all that's between you and the rhubarb. Patching a tire is okay if and only if a short distance is to be covered. good god man its a sports bike you are driving so treat it with the respect it deserves, or the next thing you will be patching is a sucking chest wound!
First of all, you NEVER want to patch a sportbike tire. They are meant to heat up a lot, and if you blow it, its going to hurt alot more than it would in a car. Second of all, you dont want to use CO2. I raced mountain bikes in college, and would bring CO2 cartridges with us in the seat bag in case of repair. The problem is, CO2 is really easy to compress (thats why they use CO2 in the little cartridges instead of compressed air). Even with your tire filled with CO2, its easy to bottom out the tire to the rim even on a mountain bike. Its definitely only a temporary fix just to get you limping along, but definitely not for everyday use. I DEFINITELY would never ride my sportbike with a tire patch + CO2.
The body is raised from the chassis.
Any auto supply company will offer you a short term fix, but once the integrity of the tire is compromised it is to be thrown out. You have a contact patch no bigger than a quarter and this is all that's between you and the rhubarb. Patching a tire is okay if and only if a short distance is to be covered. good god man its a sports bike you are driving so treat it with the respect it deserves, or the next thing you will be patching is a sucking chest wound!
I ride a yamaha XJR1300, it weighs in at 250kg wet (550 pounds) accelarates at ridiculeous speeds and breaks pretty heavy when you really need too, all of which means the tyres take a flogging, it got to the stage i was paying $90 for a puncture repair + towing, and throwing away half good tyres cause it was cheaper to replace them, so i got a repair kit with a co2 pump about 4 years ago and never looked back ! Not only have i run the bike with multiple plugs (against all advice and probably common sense) in both front back tyres at the same time, i don't lose tyre pressure let alone suffer from high speed blow outs and have stopped on the freeway and plugged the back tyre for a bloke who didn't have one because they are too dangerous ! I don't bother replacing them with permanent patches anymore, once they're in they stay there, im not suggesting you do as i do but in an emergency you cant beat them and i wouldn't take advice from someone that hasn't used them.
