Innovations puncture repair kit

MD · 15th January 2008, 19:19

I bought the Innovations kit after seeing one sucessfully used in the field 3 years ago.

Luckily I have not needed to use it on my own bike. But it was used twice to get a fellow rider back home and both times it did just that. Each time we used 2 small gas bottles which was more than enough to get a 180 & 190 size rear up and working.

At $44 a kit that's $22 and about 7 minutes to get a stranded rider, stuck miles from anywhere, outside of bike shops hours anyway, riding again on their way home. Compare that cost to getting towed, or organising someone to drive miles, maybe having to hire a trailer, to collect you. Well worth the cost.

I've tried tire pandos many years ago and they never worked once.

I have a new kit stored in the spacious under seat luggage compartment A on the Daytona. Compartment B houses the 100 piece tool kit and emergency first aid, and a six pack thirst aid kit and sleeping bag/tent.
Seriously, the Innovations kit does fit under the seat!

**rocketman1** · 16th January 2008, 18:28

I digest from all this educated talk that 3 small canisters Cartridges will pump a flat rear to a semi rideable condition, ie enough to get you to a service station in most cases, this is one hell of alot better than nothing at all.
I have invested in one cost about $37, and is small enough to tuck under the seat, hope i dont ever have to use it.
I suggest every rider should have one. Done

**ntst8** · 16th January 2008, 20:48

3 small canisters work well if the fix works first time but....
Having watched a mate take one canister to find the hole, two canisters to inflate the "repaired" tyre, then my 3 canisters to get it right when the first fix didn't hold air - all in the middle of the Whangamomona gravel section. And yes he had used these kits before.
He and i each now carry a small pump as back up.

**Bass** · 17th January 2008, 07:48

Have used these kits to repair punctures 3 times now, always in the middle of nowhere and always on a tire that was nearly due to be replaced.

The 3 large cylinders will give about 25 psi in a typical 180 x 17 tyre which is a "get you home slowly" situation. However, if the repair is given plenty of time to cure, it will take more pressure than that. My 2nd puncture repair was on the Whangamomona Road and when we got to Taumarunui, the bike shop didn't have a socket big enough to get the rear wheel nut undone. I wasn't prepared to let them have a go with a crescent, so we (2 up) rode the bike home via Reporoa, We did over 500km on the repair. However, the tyre was actually at 40 psi because I worked out that the CO2 applicator in the kit will actually take smaller cartridges - it just needs something for a bit of packing down the bottom of the holder; in this case, a 12mm tap washer. The reason I have done this is, that you can go down to your local sporting goods shop and buy the CO2 cartridges that are used in air pistols and soda siphons etc etc for about $1 each.
So I carry about 9 of them, but then I have bags of room under the seat. Having said that, you can get 5 or 6 of them in the standard kit bag.

**Big Dave** · 17th January 2008, 08:16

I think the innovations kits are great - used one half a dozen times.

10/10 from me.

**pyrocam** · 17th January 2008, 14:22

I got the 2 can set from cycletreads. had a puncture and used one on a cbr600rr and it gave me about 10psi, enough to get it 1k down the road to the petrol station. i bought another 2 and keep 3 under the seat. the rest of the kit is good stuff. there was a bit of a learning curve but a really effective tool. I had to take out the tool kit for it but I reckon its more worthwhile.

I would say you can survive on 2 to get you to a station but 3 or would be better yeah. obviously its tire size dependent, a M109 would need a little bit more