Co2 Cartridge Inflator Test

[Bayonet]

Originally Posted by Tall Man

The repaired tyre is still mounted on the motorcycle, and in active service? If so, you might consider having a new one fitted. Your sig line suggests that you're an experienced rider. I hope you'll agree with the conventional wisdom that using a damaged motorcycle tyre (repair notwithstanding) beyond the time necessary to have it replaced is false economy.

I replaced the tyre, I mean I still have the old tyre in my garage. When I get a few together i take them down the recycling centre to dispose of. I'm currently on my third front tyre and my second rear tyre since buying the bike last February.

[Tall Man]

Originally Posted by Bayonet

I replaced the tyre, I mean I still have the old tyre in my garage. When I get a few together i take them down the recycling centre to dispose of.

3 punctures in less than 12 months. You must ride in some interesting locations.

[Bill10]

Originally Posted by 2 Piece

Thanks for the very nice review! I have always liked Genuine Innovations products for my road bicycling and they also make a repair kit for motorcycles with 45 gram cartridges not the 16 gram.
http://www.genuineinnovations.com/us/products/repair-inflation/motorcycle-emergency-tire-repair-kit.php

I just checked, we can get Genuine Innovations Co2 products through our distributors, but interestingly not their 45s. I did note that they make and I can get a 20g that fits inside the 16 and 25, though.

45 grams of Co2 per cartridge is a much better choice. That kit comes with 2x45=90 grams of Co2, while the 4 cartridge BikeMaster and my 4 AirKiss Cartridges make 64 grams of Co2, almost 1/3 better. The total grams of Co2 necessary to inflate the rear tire was 122 so that kit and a spare should do it. On the downside, I did see that replacement cartridges in that size were kind of pricey.

Also, to correct a typo in the original post, I said in one spot that the cartridges discharge "air." Obviously they discharge Co2 in it's gaseous state. 

[Bayonet]

Only one puncture, the rest is just good old fashioned tyre wear.

I once rode to Morocco and back with Michelin Desert tyres on my Africa Twin, I rode over every sort of terrain you could imagine including rocks, sand, tarmac, grass, mud, ice and snow with no punctures.

On the morning after I got back I wheeled the bike out to take my son to school and we got 50 yards down the road before I realised I had a flat rear tyre. Michelin Deserts don't really flatten until you put a lot of weight on them, even with no air in them.

I must have picked up a pallet nail riding on an unsurfaced road about half a mile from home the day before!