![]() ![]() Most nails and things don’t leave a hole that big, and by the time you remove the object and use the included reamer to make the hole big enough for the tool to fit, you’ve lost all your air. The main complaint people have with the S&G is it needs a pretty big hole: 6.25mm. … by the time you remove the object and use the included reamer to make the hole big enough for the tool to fit, you’ve lost all your air… ![]() A little water or saliva poured on the repair will let you see if air is escaping. Once that’s accomplished, pull out the syringe, yank on the mushroom stem a few times to seat the head inside the casing (there’s no glue involved), trim off the excess, and you’re probably good to go – slowly at first please. Basically you’re inserting a big steel syringe into the tire, then using the handle’s internal screw mechanism to squeeze that pre-lubricated mushroom head into the tire with the included hex wrench. The Stop&Go is more complex and impressive to deploy than the Dyna. All the S&G haters seemed to be big fans of the Dynaplug … a comparo is born! Looking for something to write about on a slow news day and googling up other Stop&Go experiences to compare to mine, of course I found that small percentage of people who wouldn’t plug Obama’s golf-cart tire with a Stop&Go in a lightning storm with FDR caddying. I plugged the rear tire in my R1 once before with the Stop&Go with the same success. It’s been six or eight weeks now and 500 miles, no problems. At no time did I exceed about 90 mph on the plugged rear. I started riding it again, gently and slowly at first, then faster – all for the sake of science of course. After a week I noticed the tire hadn’t lost any air. I could’ve put a new tire on the bike, but it was scheduled to return to KTM HQ sometime in the near future – we just weren’t certain how near – so why bother? I rode other bikes. Brave words.Īs mentioned last week in our KTM Super Duke R long-term report, that bike’s rear Pirelli picked up a nail 500 or so miles ago, which I plugged with a Stop&Go mushroom style plug kit I had on hand. Does that apply to motorcycle tires, too, I asked? Dynaplug’s spokesperson says it does. UTAC did the testing on a car tire, and refines that the plug is a permanent fix for holes up to the size of a 16-penny nail (about ⅛-inch or 3mm), at speeds up to 90 mph. That is our opinion also.”ĭynaplug, interestingly, says its plugs are a permanent fix, as certified by an independent testing outfit called UTAC. Stop&Go says “Safety experts all agree that a punctured and/or plugged motorcycle tire should be replaced as soon as possible. But that’s not what the plugs here are for: The Stop&Go mushroom-style plug and the Dynaplug pointy-style are here to keep you from having to ride a tow truck to your destination when you pick up a nail en route and don’t have a tire mounting machine at hand. ![]() Some of them might tell you it’s okay to patch a tire, with a permanent patch glued on from the inside. Let’s just get the disclaimers out of the way right up front, shall we? No tire manufacturer wants you to plug its tire if you run over a nail, not even a brand new one. ![]()
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