Flat tire repair kit?

[fearlessbob]

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Am thinking of carrying a flat tire repair kit. Looking for something obviously compact, of the plug type (I am not taking tires off rims on the roadside to apply patches, also considering that I am not mechanically inclined at all). I also read from some advrider's trip story about a kit that has single use CO2 cartridges for re-inflation after plugging the puncture. Essentially a "get me back home" kind of precaution.

Any recommendation?

 

[reciprocity]

you can do the job with one of these.

http://compare.ebay.com/like/110334780170?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

They're available at Canadian tire for around $10

 

[shadowman]

Any bicycle shop will have CO2 tire inflators. I don't know how many cartridges it would take to fill a motorcycle tire.
Make sure that the inflator will do Schrader valves, and not just Presta valves

 

[cola_fiend2003]

you can do the job with one of these.

http://compare.ebay.com/like/110334780170?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

They're available at Canadian tire for around $10

I have that kit in my trailer at all times. Not for the bike but the trailer. In a pinch as long as you have an inflation means, it would do as an emergency patch until a proper patch is done on a bike.

 

[Riceburner]

those gooey string style plugs work surprisingly well.

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