Plugging tyres

Feck - Got a small nail in the back 014, and it's only 500miles old.

Local independent (ex Suzuki) mechanic said he'd repair it and it'd be
perfectly safe. He's not seen it mind, but it's only a small nail, bang
in the centre of the tyre.

Opinions?

Ta

Kiran

 

I've had punctures in rear tyres plugged loads of times, what's your
problem?

 

No problems. Nails in the side walls are much more serious. If it's
just gone in more or less straight, it'll be perfectly fixable, nothing
to worry about.

 

Bang (haha!) in the middle is OK, I think - it's when the repair is towards
the edge of the tyre that things get a bit dodgy

 

That is my understanding of the situation.

 

Plug it. The 010 on mine was plugged at around the same distance and
it's been happily tested to see if Suzuki were lying about the speed
or not.

 

No problem.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Kiran amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Opinions on what?

Get it fixed you wussy.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Bear amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Then why's he even asking about plugging it? If he's minted then there's
no excuse for not getting a new one.

<Thinks>

Maybe there's an angle on suing the Highways agency for having a lump of
gravel in the wrong place because it caused a nail to flick into his
tyre or something

 

Read the FAQ FFS, you're not allowed to plug stuff on here.

 

Thanks for all the feedback. I'll just get it plugged. The only thing I
was concerned about was the speed rating of the plugged tyre, but it
doesn't seem to bother anyone here so I'm sure it's fine.

Cheers

Kiran

 

I think the manufac's say you shouldn't plug a Z-rated tyre, but it probably
doesn't make a difference in the real world.

 

there's something you don't see every day - a SimonK post about bikes
that appears to be technically correct ;-)

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Kiran

No, the prospect of your tyre letting go at high speed doesn't bother us
at all.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Kiran wrote

It is your tyre, why should we give a shit?

 

The tyre might be VR-rated, but you're only S-rated, so what's the
problem?

 

Ba-dooom tish. I was waiting for that one. ...