Motorcycle tires as nail magnets

RadioHowie · Mar 2, 2007

I've put 91 thousand miles on my 95 Honda Del Sol. Not a single flat in ALL these 12 years.

I've had my '04 Feej for 18 months. Picked up my 4th damn rear tire nail coming to work today.

What the 'f is it with motorcycle tires? I've had 6 flats on my '02 ZRX1200R, and now 4 in 18 months on the Feej.

The GIGANTIC PISSER? The tires are brand-******'-new. Less than 400 miles on my Avon Storms and the rear's got a big frackin' screw drilled into the dead center of the tire

WTF!!!

Screw buyin' a new one...I'm buyin' one of these

HaulinAshe · Mar 2, 2007

FWIW, After having three flats in 10 days on brand new tires, I located a local tire shop that also sponsors local auto racers. They do excellent patches on the inside of the tire and have no issues understanding Z-rated performance tires.

They charge me $7 per tire. I hang them up on the garage wall and reinstall the next time.

SkooterG · Mar 2, 2007

Uhhh, hello? Bueller?

Avons come with a road hazard warranty for the early part of the tire's life. Can you say "free replacement"? :yahoo: I thought you could. It's only been mentioned like a freakin zillion times around here. Fukin noob!

And I have only said it a million times, just say "NO" to the Tire Plugger mushroom repair kit. Sheesh! Do see if you can keep up, eh Howie?

twowheelnut · Mar 2, 2007

Welcome back from hibernation Howie (you too, skoot). So refreshing to see some old school bitchin' and slammin' goin' on.

Oh, happy days!

ian · Mar 2, 2007

Love the Wally World tire repair strings. That should start a pro/con bash; snowing here, boring. Ian, Iowa

RadioHowie · Mar 2, 2007

SkooterG said:
...

And I have only said it a million times, just say "NO" to the Tire Plugger mushroom repair kit
...

Why "NO" on the mushroom style? I've used the sticky-rope style before with only about a 50% success rate...the sticky string works its way out sometimes...but the mushroom style appears like it's a great solution to fill the puncture AND the inside of the hole as well.

So how's the collarbone?

twowheelnut said:
Welcome back from hibernation Howie (you too, skoot). So refreshing to see some old school bitchin' and slammin' goin' on.
Oh, happy days!

66 hundred + friggin' posts!!!

What did I do? Blink?

Christ, you have NO life.

Cdogman · Mar 2, 2007

ian said:
Love the Wally World tire repair strings. That should start a pro/con bash; snowing here, boring. Ian, Iowa

Snowin here

Feel better :yahoo:

JimLor · Mar 2, 2007

I have and carry both. If I see someone I don't know with a flat I'll let 'em use the mushroom plug. Next time my tires gets a hole I'm using the sticky string.

RadioHowie · Mar 2, 2007

JimLor said:
I have and carry both. If I see someone I don't know with a flat I'll let 'em use the mushroom plug. Next time my tires gets a hole I'm using the sticky string.

Again, another vote against the mushroom plug.

Why?

twowheelnut · Mar 2, 2007

RadioHowie said:
JimLor said:

I have and carry both. If I see someone I don't know with a flat I'll let 'em use the mushroom plug. Next time my tires gets a hole I'm using the sticky string.

Click to expand...

Again, another vote against the mushroom plug.

Why?

They let go. Seems most prefer the string, including me. :dntknw:

RadioHowie · Mar 2, 2007

twowheelnut said:
RadioHowie said:

JimLor said:

I have and carry both. If I see someone I don't know with a flat I'll let 'em use the mushroom plug. Next time my tires gets a hole I'm using the sticky string.

Click to expand...

Again, another vote against the mushroom plug.

Why?

Click to expand...

They let go. Seems most prefer the string, including me. :dntknw:

Go figger...don't see how that mushroom head could come out, but ya never know.

You use the sticky string kind with or without additional glue/cement?

SkooterG · Mar 2, 2007

RadioHowie said:
JimLor said:

I have and carry both. If I see someone I don't know with a flat I'll let 'em use the mushroom plug. Next time my tires gets a hole I'm using the sticky string.

Click to expand...

Again, another vote against the mushroom plug.

Why?

Use the freakin search noob!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Gawd, I crack myself up sometimes!

Hmmm......perhaps because it doesn't work? For most of us normal folks, sticky string has been 100% reliable and the mushroom plug kit has been unreliable. Perhaps you are installing the sticky string incorrectly. You DO need an IQ of about 20 to do that.

Collarbone is just dandy, thanks for asking.

And just cause I love ya babe, I actually got off my *** and used the search and came up with the following links for your reading enjoyment. Your freakin welcome.

Numero Uno

Dos

Tres

:****:

twowheelnut · Mar 2, 2007

RadioHowie said:
You use the sticky string kind with or without additional glue/cement?

Grog say, glue good. No glue, not so good. I'll tell you what though, pack a couple of pair of rubber mechanics gloves with the kit. That string gunk and glue has a half life greater than plutonium when you get it on your hands!

Scab · Mar 2, 2007

I'll just cut to the chase for ya, Howie. Any "mushroom" is a fungus. Now, who in the hell wants that in their tire?

Scab · Mar 2, 2007

twowheelnut said:
Welcome back from hibernation(skoot).

Speaking of... Did Skooter get a girlfriend or sumpin? We just don't seem to be the love of his life like we once did.

(I have to quit typing now...it's hard to see through the tears...)

fjrchik · Mar 2, 2007

oh no! another tire thread posted in the wrong place!

Fencer · Mar 2, 2007

twowheelnut said:
Welcome back from hibernation Howie (you too, skoot). So refreshing to see some old school bitchin' and slammin' goin' on.
Oh, happy days!

Its Friday!

Dogpile Howie!!!!

Howie - Put that Avon warranty to te test and forget about the shrooms.

fjrchik said:
oh no! another tire thread posted in the wrong place!

Naw chick,

He did say it was on the Feej so it IS FJR related

RadioHowie · Mar 2, 2007

Skoot's confoozed...we're talkin' about tire plugs...he's thinkin' hair plugs.

And to the dogpile suggestion, and with apologies to Pink Floyd...

"...all in all you're just a 'nother **** with no balls..."

Fencer · Mar 2, 2007

RadioHowie said:
Skoot's confoozed...we're talkin' about tire plugs...he's thinkin' hair plugs.
And to the dogpile suggestion, and with apologies to Pink Floyd...

"...all in all you're just a 'nother **** with no balls..."

Well,

ah,

yes,

I figured after 3 kids it was time for THE surgery, But how did ya know?

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