9/28/2023 0 Comments Stop n go tire plug kit![]() I've used Safety Seal on my motorcycle tires as well as my car and truck tires. Notice the "success percentages" listed in above posts with Stop N Go type plugs - not very heart warming. And they take a lot of garage practice to get right. The problem with mushroom pluggers, in addition to being much more difficult to use than a string plugger, is that the compounds used to make those mushroom plugs is suspect. ![]() If you succeed, call me, and I'll ride up and buy you dinner. Try to pull that string out with a pair of pliers. If you practice with a genuine Safety Seal string and inserter tool on a practice tire, take a look at the "knot" the string forms on the inside of your tire. There are super cheap imitations out there, but they're not worth a pot to, well, you know the word. On Safety Seal plug strings: these are the real deal. If you've never fixed a motorcycle flat and you think you're brilliant because you bought some kind of plug kit online and you plan is to throw it in your tank bag "just in case", well, you sir are a fool and a doofus. Don't be a doofus, use an old motorcycle tire and drill a hole in it, and practice with your plug kit at home, before you need those skills on the side of the road somewhere. I can't tell you how many times I've seen riders get a flat and the first time they try to figure out their tire plug kit is right then, on the side of the road with a flat. Here's the key: once you plug the leak with Safety Seal, you won't have to worry about the plug coming loose, it'll be more permanent than the remaining life in your tire. I take only the reamer and the inserter tool, plus a few of the two sizes of plugs. I bought the kit displayed, and tossed the plastic box. I carry both on the GS when riding anywhere, especially Mexico There are two sizes of string plugs for the Safety Seal - "regular" and "slim". If you want the be all and end all in tire pluggers, for both motorcycles and larger vehicles, you want Safety Seal But that may just be me.įorget mushroom pluggers like Stop N Go - been there, tried that, quit that Trying to cut the rope style plugs is a pain in the rear due to their fiber reinforcements. That makes me feel like the cords of the tire might be able to actually cut the plug in the long run. The thing that bothered me about the little mushroom plugs were how easy they were to cut. ![]() The third one also didn't seat so we gave up and used the good ol' rope style. The next one we tried to seat better and the head of the mushroom popped off and out came the plug. It wasn't seated all the way against the tire. A guy came to my garage with a leaking mushroom plug, so we pulled the tire off to inspect. The only plug type that I have had to replace was the little mushroom type. Other than those, I have plugged countless tires in various stages of life left and never had a problem. Both were plugged and ridden to over 11k miles. On my Strom I had two rear tires that got punctures within the first 100-500 miles of tire life. ![]() I prefer the cat turd style available at any Walmart or auto parts store.
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