puncture.

Got on my bike to go to work this mourning and realized I had a flat rear
tyre.
There's still a fiar bit of tread left.
Am I able to have a tube put in?
Does the likes of Bob Jane do motorbike tyres or do I need to go to a
motorcycle shop?

Hopefully I'll get a response before I work out how to take the rear wheel
off?
Thanks gavin.

 

Depending on where the puncture is you can get the tyre plugged. ~$20-30


Unless the tyre originally came with a tube DONT PUT ONE IN!

Take it to a bike person or if you are in melbourne you can take it to
Bob Jane in the city top of elizabeth street I think.
If in the eastern suburbs then pablo's

 

First of all find out if it's a fast leak or a slow leak and the location of
the puncture. If it's a slow leak you can pump it up at home and ride it to
the bike shop and let them fartarse about with the back wheel, but you can
probably fix it at home yourself with rope style plug with the wheel on the
bike. The tyre manufacturers don't recommend plugging a tyre if the puncture
is towards the edge of the tyre. I think the rule of thumb is that 50% of the
tyre is plugable and 50% is not. So if you have a 180mm wide tyre, you can
plug any puncture which falls within 25% of the centre (i.e. 45mm either side)
but not if the puncture falls within the 45mm closest to the edge of either
side of the tyre. The rope style plugs you can buy from any bike shop
(probably auto accessory shops too) and plug the puncture yourself. They're
pretty easy if you know what you're doing. If you've never seen it done
before go to any mechanic and ask them to show you how to do it on an old tyre
they have lying around. Ride around the block a few times afterwards before
you venture too far from home, just to be sure it's sealing ok. You'll get
differing opinions as to how fast you should ride on a plugged tyre if the
bike is used for weekend hooning, but if your bike is just a commuter you
should have no worries.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

I've taken the wheel off, thank fark for the center stand.
I'll take it into work and put some air in it and make sure the leak is
where I think. It looks like a nail right in the center so by what you say a
plug should work. I think I'll get someone with experience to do it for me
though.
It's been the workhorse for 3 months. Driving the car home from work I
have realised I can not go back to waiting at the tail end of traffic again.

Gavin.

 

you can buy kits for 10 bucks to do it your self

ive got one, but ive never used it.

 

They work pretty well, I've only ever used 1 on a bike tyre but I've
plugged 2 holed tyres on my truck with them. You have to be careful
putting the plug in though, otherwise when it's dead easy to shove the
insertion tool too hard and lose the entire plug inside the tyre.


BTH

 

that would be a problem..

i need to buy a new kit for mine accually..

somehow it all melted