nail in rear tire

I noticed last Wednesday night that I have a nail in my rear tire.
My tire pressure is not noticably down (I have yet to check it). I
did not pull the nail out yet (I figure that I will wait for someone
who knows something to do that).

Should I patch/plug the tire or replace it ? I called Wild West
Honda in Katy and they said that they could vulcanize patcht the
rear tire for $100. Or, they could sell me a new rear tire for $200
mounted. Is the patch a little high ?

Thanks,
Lynn McGuire
2000 Nighthawk 750
www.mylinuxisp.com/~mmcguire/

 

I think that $100 bucks for a patch is high. I think I paid $75 once to the

Yup, the nail is in the middle of the tire. It is a small nail (about
a 8 penny I think). The tire is 3 years old and has 3000 miles
on it (with a lot of tread !).

THanks,
Lynn

 

Your best bet for your safety is to replace the tire. I wouldn't trust a patch.

If it was my front tire then I would replace it no questions asked.

But, the back tire ?

Thanks,
Lynn

 

Tube type or tubeless ?

 

id say stick a tube in it.
(after you yank the nail out and it IS in fact leaking. ) it might not
leak.

 

Tube type or tubeless ?

Uh, dont know ? I believe that the rims are split ???
See a picture at http://www.mylinuxisp.com/~mmcguire/ to see
if obvious.

Thanks,
Lynn McGuire

 

Plug the thing and forget it.. Use a good quality plug .. With no more miles
than you have on that tire, you should be alright.. A small nail hole that
is straight in doesn't tear or rip the tire .. The suggestion to use a tube
makes the tubeless concept useless.. If you do that, you'd be better off to
replace the tire.. If that tire isn't obviously losing air pressure, then
the damage is slight.. When you pull the nail, be sure to have the kit ready
to install the plug.. Good luck..

Your friend in Irving
Bill Walker

 

Plug it Lynn.

Wild West Honda sells the Stop and Go Tire Plug Kit.

It works great!

-- Butch --

 

Plug it Lynn.

I just ordered this off the internet last night from http://www.stopngo.com/plugger.htm

I did not know that Wild West Honda sells the kit also. Maybe I
need to ride over there tomorrow.

Lynn

 

I know in my heart the smart thing is to replace the tire, but when it
happened to me a brand new tire I plugged it and then later patched it. I'm
still alive, but I don't ride very hard and maybe I've just been very lucky.

I got a big old nail right in the middle of the tread of the my rear tire on
my Fireblade. The tire had lost no pressure, I don't know how long it had
been there. It deflated immediately when I pulled the nail out. First I
plugged it with a cheap kit I bought at an auto shop. The plug was a goody
pipe cleaner looking thing that you push in and twist. About two weeks
later I decided to patch it. I left the wheel on the bike and fought that
bead for several hours with clamps and such until it finally broke loose. I
expected the plug to be mushroomed flat against the inside tire wall, but
instead it looked like a round wad of gum. If I ever plug a tire again I
will definitely get some decent mushroom plugs. I was glad to get that
thing out of my tire. I cleaned and patched the tire and fought the bead
again for several hours until it finally seated and the tire inflated. It
was REALLY difficult to seat that bead. I spent about everything I saved
doing the job myself on a decent air compressor. I bet it would be much
easier if one had access to a really high-volume air source. I never took
the wheel off of the bike or the chain off of the sprocket. No, I didn't
balance the tire.

I have over 10K on the tire since the repair and plan to replace it soon,
and am really curious to see what it looks like in there.

Gook luck!

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn McGuire" <>
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:41 PM
Subject: nail in rear tire

 

lucky.

You can consider yourself one of the worst nightmares to the dealers who
sell tires.. LOL.. They don't like it when someone insists on a patch rather
than buying a new tire.. Maybe if more of us "repaired" rather than
"replaced", the price on those puppies might come down a bit.. Within
reason, of course.. repair of a perfectly good tire is the most reasonable
option..

Sheesh.. that is the tough way to attack a tire, alright.. You are
definitely tougher than I am.. LOL.. A slip in "mushroom" is the way I have
done it.. With good results.. That way, you don't HAVE to remove the wheel..
If I were going to install a vulcanized type patch, I'd go ahead and remove
the wheel and dismount the tire..