Puncture Repairs
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Puncture Repairs
What are people's thoughts on getting motorcycle tyres repaired when they have a puncture, my 300 mile old £250 rear Dunlop has a small nail in it, it looses about 1psi an hour, all the local main dealers say they don't repair punctures, I suspect one of the back street places will, if not I'll try repairing it myself.
Am I going to die from an under inflated tyre?
Am I going to die from an under inflated tyre?
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Re: Puncture Repairs
This. If it's in the middle of the tread, then no worries, get it repaired.
If it's in the sidewall then the tyre isn't repairable.
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Re: Puncture Repairs
Unless you're planning on taking the bike on the track, I would get a repair. Go to a motorcycle tyre fitters - they'll put a legal mushroom plug in it. Dealers will try to sell you a new tyre.
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Re: Puncture Repairs
I would repair that myself all day …… had similar in the rear tyres of both the Ducati and Fazer and repaired both and ran them down to tread limits afterwards so a few thousand miles on eachLe_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 12:51 pm It's right in the middle of the tyre, looks like a 3mm thick nail in it.
This one did 2 trackdays with a repair
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Re: Puncture Repairs
Absolutely fine if done correctly. I had a puncture a few years back on the GSXR and there was a good bit of life left in the tyre so repaired it and ran the tyre until it was pretty much done.
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Re: Puncture Repairs
I usually use a mobile tyre guy for my tyres and when I had a screw in the OE dunlop on the gsxs the AA initially plugged it and then I had him come out and put a permanent plug in it from the inside. I seem to recall him saying a plug is fine down the centre line and you can plug tyres twice if needs be.
I only managed another 800 miles or so before I got another puncture and as I didn't like the tyres I got a new set. I'd happily get the current tyres plugged
I only managed another 800 miles or so before I got another puncture and as I didn't like the tyres I got a new set. I'd happily get the current tyres plugged
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Re: Puncture Repairs
I've had a few tyres repaired over the last 10 years with no problems at all.
Every one has happened while commuting and running over 'dirty' parts of the road and I've just had recovery take me straight to the tyre shop.
Every one has happened while commuting and running over 'dirty' parts of the road and I've just had recovery take me straight to the tyre shop.
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Re: Puncture Repairs
Not that helpful but this has reminded me that I have literally never had a puncture on the road in..erm...36 years.
I've fixed them for other people, though - middle of the tyre, plug it
I've fixed them for other people, though - middle of the tyre, plug it
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Re: Puncture Repairs
Last puncture I had was in 1997, again a nearly new tyre, that time on a YZF750.
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Re: Puncture Repairs
I'd take the wheel off and take it to a tyre place which will do a tyre off repair. I think there used to be a British Standard for tyre repairs fwiw.
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Re: Puncture Repairs
Now you've done it.
Re Cheezy...unless the nail is in or near the sidewall,get it plugged.
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Re: Puncture Repairs
Well the nail (what's left of it) is still.in the tyre, but the tyre isn't going down at all now, no bubbles with a spit test over the dent where the nail head used to be, but I better get it plugged.
It's amazingly freeing having a back tyre you don't care about wearing out of squaring off, much nailing of throttle in low gears today.
Reading the last sentence I think I may not be entirely sensible or sane.
It's amazingly freeing having a back tyre you don't care about wearing out of squaring off, much nailing of throttle in low gears today.
Reading the last sentence I think I may not be entirely sensible or sane.
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Re: Puncture Repairs
Yeah, got to admit whilst I'd happily get a puncture plugged not sure I'd be ragging a tyre with a nail in it on purpose.