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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Denver CO
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the motorcycle shop that I stopped at to see if they could swap in a new set of tires... they said they didn't have any and that they couldn't get to it to plug or patch it for a couple hours... but if I got some of the SLIME from the parts section... I could just put that in the tire and I'd be good to go... I asked him how well that stuff works and he said he's ridden all summer on a tire with it in cause he got a nail with in 10 miles of getting tires put on. so I truested his juedgement...
never again... I'll error on the side of caution... had I gone off where my tire went flat... I had a 90' drop and no guard rail... even if I didn't die... they wouldn't have ever found me. |
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04-17-2008, 09:45 PM
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04-17-2008, 09:49 PM
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the plugs that have a patch are the only kind i would use, they look like lil inverted mushrooms
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04-17-2008, 09:51 PM
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i've never had a problem w/ debris in my rubber, but if it happened i'd just leave my bike on the side of the road and give up riding all together.
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04-17-2008, 10:42 PM
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04-17-2008, 10:51 PM
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yea, then you would have died because nobody ever found your ass.
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04-18-2008, 12:33 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: MA
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You don't want to plug a bike tire. Bad idea.
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04-18-2008, 03:44 AM
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Ok I checked just about EVERY motorcycle tire website and they all aprove the interior patching of their tires. Most want you to use a plug patch but all agree that the repair must be performed from the inside. They have different provisos,ie; tread depth,location of puncture,size of puncture,etc. In my mind that says it's ok to patch a tire cause you know they all have teams of lawyers who wouldn't allow them to ok repairs of any kind if it wasn't 110% ok. Ofcourse a couple of them grouse about speed, qualified repair facility, etc. The thing I love the most was the parts guy at the local dealership telling me that he LOVES guys like you 'cause he hasn't purchased a rear tire in YEARS. He just gets the tires you guys bring in with a flat and runs them down to the tire shop down the street (where I went)and has them repaired($5 off the rim). He told me that he's literally gotten tires with less than 200 miles on them. |
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04-18-2008, 06:40 AM
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04-18-2008, 09:29 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lake Norman area, NC
Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6
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I've always wondered about this too...I definitely see both sides of it but have never plugged a motorcycle tire "just in case".
Having said this...the R6 that my wife rides got a nail in it with only 800 miles on it.  Since it was her bike I didn't want to take any chances so we bought a new tire.Soooo.... For Sale...one... 180 x 55 x 17 Dunlop Qualifier 800 miles...no wheelies...no burnouts...fat chicken strips (new rider) with one small pin hole. All resonable offers considered. 
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