Reddit mentions of Victor 22-5-00106-8 Heavy Duty Tubeless Tire Repair Kit

I apologize for being that guy, but you really don't want to use those emergency tire kits that inject a foam into the inside of the tire. It may help you get back on the road, but it will do serious damage to your wheel inside, often times eating away the wheel's finish. It'll also harden and have to be scraped/chiseled off when you swap out the tire, not to mention throw off your wheel's balance in the meantime.

I carry one of these Amazon link which works perfectly when you run over something like a nail. You'll still need some sort of air pump, but I've used them several times on sport bike tires and car tires, and they've always held up. I actually left one in a rear tire on my CBR for almost six months until I bought a new tire. It never leaked any air, and the balance wasn't thrown off all that much.

tl;dr: Emergency tire foam does permanent wheel damage. Tire jerky is the goods.

Edit: Picture of inner wheel damage from fix-a-flat

You've got 10" tubeless tires. 10" diameter, 3.5" wide (3.5-10)

This sort of repair can be done with the wheel in place. You can get a much less expensive kit to do this. I've done this with car tires, though small scooter tires are more sensitive to balance issues than car tires, so replacing the tire is the best bet.

If you ever decide to get new tires, check out the Heidenau K61 or the less expensive Continental Zippy 1. If you want more grip, or ride in bad weather a lot, the Heidenau K58 are monsters.

I keep one of these as well as a mini compressor in the trunk. I've been known to pull a nail or screw out on the side of the road, make the repair and fill the tire. All without removing the wheel from the car. They're simple and quick to use.

I have used a kit very similar to this one a few times.

http://www.amazon.com/Victor-22-5-00106-8-Heavy-Tubeless-Repair/dp/B000AMOEGY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1414620236&sr=8-2&keywords=tire+plug

Afterwards I have driven thousands of miles on the repaired tire. I once went into a local tire repair shop (old school kind where the owner works there, not the chain crap) and had a chat with them about tire plugs. It was the opinion of at least two of the tire guys that the plugs will outlast the rest of the tire and it would be a waste of money to replace it.

Do I agree with this? Not sure. However, if your goal is to get home, you cannot go wrong with one of these type kits.

Note - they can get real hard to use after sitting in a hot car for months. Check a couple times a year to make sure the plugs are still usable.

OK, should these things happen again, here are some things you should keep in the trunk.

A tire inflator that plugs into your cigarette lighter. It won't help much with larger leaks, but for smaller ones it'll let you reinflate the tire long enough to get to an auto shop.

If you want to plug a leak, you'll need a tire repair kit. This isn't as simple to use as the inflator (you'd want to practice or at least see it done first), but it's not rocket science either. A word of caution though: the needles used in those kits have been known to break, so don't do what that guy did at 2:48 where he was lucky not to give himself a vasectomy.

If the nail or whatever is still in the tire, then you'll need something like vice grips to pull it out. If it's not in the tire, then you'll need the inflator to push air in and some (preferably soapy) water to see pour on the tire and see bubbles where the air is coming out.

And since this kit is $6 and has plugs to fix four flats and a shop will charge you $5 to fix one, it doesn't take that long to start saving a few bucks.

A set of jumper cables. Honestly, I don't know why dealerships don't put this in every car that drives off the lot. Here's how to use them correctly. With these, you won't need to call AAA for (most) dead batteries, just find some kind soul willing to let you jump off of their car. For jumper cables there's a few things you want to look for:

• Made of 100% copper. Cheaper ones are made of aluminum or aluminum with a copper shell. Those don't work as well, and they break easier.
  
• Longer is better. After all, they're no good if they won't reach!

I'd spray it with soapy water and see where it's leaking from first and foremost; if there's a puncture in the sidewall you're gonna be buying a new tire. From there you can decide; any motorcycle shop should be able to replace the valve for you if that's the issue, if it's a puncture you might consider repairing it yourself.

Check the pressure. Then check it tomorrow. Obviously, it should be the same.

Another way to find out if it is leaking is to spray soapy water on the damaged spot. If it's blowing bubbles there, it's leaking.

Not sure why you'd buy new tires. Get a beef jerky plug kit and plug that sucker and ride it. You'll get people that are extremely 'ahem' cautious telling you to replace the tire. I have done a track day with a beef jerky plug. If you really want to fix it, plug it from the inside with a plug patch. Most dealerships won't do that because of liability and they would rather make a bunch of money selling you a tire and the install of said tire.

Beef jerky kit https://www.amazon.com/Victor-22-5-00106-8-Heavy-Tubeless-Repair/dp/B000AMOEGY/ref=sr_1_40?keywords=tire+plug+kit&qid=1566488689&s=gateway&sr=8-40

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Plug patch

https://www.amazon.com/Lenmumu-Stitcher-Motorcycle-Bicycle-Scooter/dp/B07C7T591L/ref=sr_1_25?keywords=tire+plug+kit&qid=1566488756&s=gateway&sr=8-25