Has anybody used slime (brand) of punchure sealant and if so are there any negative points to it apart from tyre company's not liking it?

Tc Have you had any experance of the stuff good/bad?  :)  :shifty:

Haven't used Slime, but I can recommend Ultra Seal.

Saw a demo on ultra seal a year or so ago & was well impressed.
I have it in my ZZR & VN. balances the tyres,cools them,& prevents blow outs.
One of the Pans at "work" had 8 punctures B4 it had to be junked- & that was only because it had a 2 inch bolt through it.

it pays to check your tyres on a regular basis mind, course you would be doing that anyway.

This an interesting question. I run BT010's on my bike and have had a couple of punctures. Now, the dealers will tell you they ain't really supposed to repair such tyres. (as long as you know and it's on yer own head), but this poses a question about insurance. If you have a vulcanised repair on a super-sticky tyre isn;t that better than slime or whatever?

Ian... yer insurance expertise is required here...

Sorry to bug ya T.C. - but does this mean that my tyre will last less than it's usual 3000 miles if I use slime?

As much as some people would have you believe my expertise is not in the motor field.  However, if you have any questions about life assurance, critical illness or income protection I'd be happy to answer them.

Having said that I do know and so should you all that there is normally a requirement within a motor policy that the vehicle is kept in a roadworthy condition.  It could be said that a defective tyre would mean that the vehicle is not in a roadworthy condition and so your insurance could be invalidated especially if this was a contributing factor to the claim. However as TC has pointed out if any repair has been carried out according to the manufacturers instructions then the insurance company would find it very difficult to win a case by claiming the tyre was defective because of the repair and therefore the vehicle unroadworthy.

Soooo.. which specifications are we referring to here? those of the tyre manufacturer or those of the vehicle manufacturer, because presumably if we took the vehicle manufacturers recommendations we would not be allowed to use Brigdestone tyres on a ZX-6R, so consequently any claim involving a sixer with 010's would be thrown out immediately, despite the fact that they are at least as good as the recommended tyres?

And I'm buggered if I'm gonna buy a new 010 when the old one got puntured after 2 weeks!