D.I.Y Scooter/Motorcycle Puncture Repair

Disclaimer - By following this guide you do so at your own risk, Myself, My blog Or Scootershack can not and will not take any responsibility for any damage, injuries or death caused by any work you have carried out on a vehicle following this guide.

This is all copied over from one of my blogs so excuse the copyright writing on the images and please excuse the poor standard of writing.

Ive heard stories of people paying £30-£40 for a simple puncture repair and I always find myself screaming at the computer screen because of how simple it is to do yourself. I always keep a puncture repair kit under the seat along with a bunch of other tools and emergency gear just incase something happens while I'm out riding. You can pick a cheap puncture kit up from ebay or amazon for less than £10. You should only ever attempt a puncture repair if the puncture is NOT in the tread pattern, If it is like it is in my pictures it is ok to repair, Inside the tread and it wont be safe to do. Replace the tyre.


The screw in my tyre was pretty obvious and the tyre would only hold air for 30 seconds at the most.

Step One - Locate and remove the screw or item that has punctured your tyre.

Step Two - Inspect the hole in your tyre.

Step Three - Get pissed at the item that has punctured your tyre and throw it somewhere into the distance for it never to be seen again.

Step Four - Get the clean up tool.

Step Five - Insert the clean up tool into the puncture, push it in and out and twist it about until it moves freely in the puncture.

Step Six - Remove the tool once it starts to move freely, it means that the puncture is now cleaned up.

Step Seven - Get your kit ready, You'll need the insertion tool, The cords and the rubber cement (cement not pictured here)

Step Eight - Thread one of the chords through the insertion tool and cover the cord in rubber cement.

Step Nine - Insert the insertion tool into the cleaned puncture until you can only see part of the chord coming through.

Step Ten - Remove the insertion tool. (just pull it out)

Step Eleven - Trim down the chord and allow the rubber cement to dry. Fill with air and check your repair with a spray bottle of warm water, If there are no bubbles the repair has worked.

If I can I usually leave the rubber cement to dry for two to three hours before I fill the tyre with air, Its not important to do it, It will work without allowing it to dry for so long but its just something that I do for peace of mind. Its ok to leave a little chord showing, It will wear down quickly when the tyre is being ridden on and eventually you wont even be able to tell where the repair is.