Flat %&#@ Tire

[UnCaged]

Was Putt'in down the freeway bout 90, bike felt weird all of a sudden? start to slow down, sure enough damn back tire flatter then a pancake! It's over 100 degrees out, Thank God I'm only about 2 miles from my Yama Dealer, He came to my rescue. :fans:

Bummer is, He said it's not good to patch a high speed tire like that I should buy a new one!

Looked like a nail hole dead center, but looked BIG. (talking to the Tech not the sales guy)

He plugged it for me. And I went on my ride to King City and back with no problems :drinks:

(bout 300 miles) (my detector saved my butt to, on 198 half way between Colinga and the 101. :diablo:

I bought one of those CO2 patch kits just in case.

Anyone else have good luck with a patch holding on a high speed tire, The back tire takes allot of abuse, fast take offs etc.

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[evil_henchman]

Was Putt'in down the freeway bout 90, bike felt weird all of a sudden? start to slow down, sure enough damn back tire flatter then a pancake! It's over 100 degrees out, Thank God I'm only about 2 miles from my Yama Dealer, He came to my rescue. :fans: Bummer is, He said it's not good to patch a high speed tire like that I should buy a new one!

Looked like a nail hole dead center, but looked BIG. (talking to the Tech not the sales guy)

He plugged it for me. And I went on my ride to King City and back with no problems :drinks:

(bout 300 miles) (my detector saved my butt to, on 198 half way between Colinga and the 101. :diablo:

I bought one of those CO2 patch kits just in case.

Anyone else have good luck with a patch holding on a high speed tire, The back tire takes allot of abuse, fast take offs etc.

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I think you loose the speed rating with a puncture. Probably should keep it below 90 and keep the abuse to a minimum. I rode for about 4 months with a plugged (rubber worms, not patched) back tire before it suddenly decided it wouldn't hold pressure overnight no matter what.

 

[Bike Effects]

Was Putt'in down the freeway bout 90, bike felt weird all of a sudden? start to slow down, sure enough damn back tire flatter then a pancake! It's over 100 degrees out, Thank God I'm only about 2 miles from my Yama Dealer, He came to my rescue. :fans: Bummer is, He said it's not good to patch a high speed tire like that I should buy a new one!

Looked like a nail hole dead center, but looked BIG. (talking to the Tech not the sales guy)

He plugged it for me. And I went on my ride to King City and back with no problems :drinks:

(bout 300 miles) (my detector saved my butt to, on 198 half way between Colinga and the 101. :diablo:

I bought one of those CO2 patch kits just in case.

Anyone else have good luck with a patch holding on a high speed tire, The back tire takes allot of abuse, fast take offs etc.

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After having a LOW tire and riding slowly on it to get air and feeling how hot, I mean really HOT it was when I stopped for air, I had no problem with the tech telling me "We don't repair motorcycle tires". It was a great tire but no telling the damage done by the heat. Just my opinion.

 

[kaitsdad]

My Pappy always told me that those tires were the ONLY thing between the asphalt and my hide - and he was always right.

IMHO - a patch or plug should be a temporary measure to get you to a place where you can replace the skin. Word.

 

[Mogan]

+1 kaitsdad-

Eat macaroni if you have to, but get a new tire.

 

[UnCaged]

Ordered new tire, pick it up tomorrow! I wish i could buy Road Hazard like you can on Car tires

Thanks for your help

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[dcarver]

Good choice, neighbor..

My Z6 rear went soft *at the house*, aired it back up, stayed inflated overnight, rode it 100+ miles to work and back, 2 hours later it was flat again. At least my FJR has the decency to go flat *at the house* .

For an experiment, I plugged it, rode it to work again today..

but NO FREAKIN way would I ride a plugged tire more than needed... the whole time today I was thinking how is the tire doing? Feel any weird feedback? Kinda ruined the ride.

New skins Monday no ride Sat/Sunday for this kid..

 

[RonBB]

Same thing at 70 mph.... nail dead center. I plugged it on the side of the road & pumped it up. The next day ordered a new tire. The temperature of the tire upon stopping was much hotter than I expected. Agree with the others. On a bike the tires are too important to shortchange. The cost of a tire is cheap compared to what could happen.

 

[Feejer/Weejer man]

It always safer to replace the tire if the plug is large but after saying that I have plugged two FJR tires and ran them to the end of the tread life without incident. The plugs were for small nail holes. I kept watch and never lost air. This info has been discussed alot in the past and you will get a split decision about running a plug or not.