Adventure Bike Rider Forum

Has anyone ever used the CO2 cylinders that come with a new BMW as part of the repair kit? I'm interested to know how well they work.

Thanks...

i use them on the mtb and also carry some on the tenere. one of the small cans will inflate a tyre semi hard. good if you are in a hurry and a good backup if your pump fails.

i carry them when mountain biking, also have some under seat on my Fazer...never actually used them though. :dry:

You can get small hand pumps that you can put C02 cannisters in them as well, so the pump becomes a regulater. Been meaning to buy one for ages, would be handy to carry on the Ten.

Phil wrote:You can get small hand pumps that you can put C02 cannisters in them as well, so the pump becomes a regulater. Been meaning to buy one for ages, would be handy to carry on the Ten.

I've got one of these. It would take some time to pump up a motorbike tyre but still useful if you run out of CO2. It takes about 2 cylinders (*16g) to pump up a rear tyre to road pressures. Some of the adapters have a tap on them so that you can stop filling the tyre and save the rest of the cylinder for use later - never found one that works so it's best to carry a few spares.

I have been using Air Chucks for about six years.... Excellent Recommended....

Boxes of cylinders cheap on e-bay.... About 90p each if you buy in bulk.....

Each 16g cylinder puts about 6psi into a rear Trials Tyre....


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Yep, I use them, beats carrying a compressor. Normally I carry a small bike pump just for finding holes in the tube to avoid wasting a cylinder.

See, I'm totally the opposite and think they are shite. OK, they will pump your tyre up after a puncture, but getting the bead to seal again is another matter. I've got a small £5.99 compressor. Stripped all the plastic off and your left with just the "Working parts"
this all fits into a little pouch not much bigger than a packet of cigarettes. It takes about 10 minutes of pumping for the tyre to "pop" back on the rim.

Don't think we are really talking about using Co2 16 gm cylinders to "Pop" a tyre back on the rim..

It actually took 8 16g cylinders for that once...

However for Rims that don't have a bead retainer type inner then you don't really have to pop them back...

And 10 minutes compared to 5 seconds is very useful in many situations...

3 x 10 minutes = half an hour.... 3 x 5 seconds = 15 seconds...

I once used 9 cylinders on a front tube puncture after the can of repair selant did not deploy correctly... One every 4 miles and that got me from the middle of the Yorkshire moors to base and completed the Trial as well.....

Could not have done that any other way, cept repairing or putting another tupbe in.
Which I did not have or the levers or stand.... And in which case had I done so would probably been overtaken by the back marker...

If I had used a manual or electric pump, the tyre would have probably gone down faster than the air going in...

Me mates (In the Team) even use me kit to put air (Co2) in the tyres after a puncture, so as to get under way quicker...

Fer tubeless, a bunch of those and a plug repair kit are an even better option...

All depends where you are and what you are doing....

Yer pays yer money and takes yer choice.....