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Old 09-18-2005   #1 (permalink)
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Just back from a 1000km ride and found a small screw through back tyre which is 40% worn and slowly goes down over a few hours.
Whats the general consensus?
Get wheel plugged or shell cold hard $$ for new tyre. I am leaning towards just getting it plugged anyone else had this done and still got significant mileage out of wheel?
Any input appreciated.
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Plug it i have had tyres repaired with no problem as long as it's not in the side wall it should be fine
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Hey Mav, I purchased a near new dealer demo Ducati a few years ago on which I discovered a month or two after purchase, had a pluged rear tyre. Apart from thinking at the time that the dealer was a bit cheeky selling the bike in that condition, I had no trouble with the tyre over it's life.

On the basis of this, I would have no hesitation about plugging a tubeless tyre. FYI BMW include a repair kit for tubeless tyres as part of the toolkit so one could assume that if a company as conservative as BMW would encourage the use of such kits, it must be a pretty safe bet however it is generally regarded as an emergency repair to get you home!

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Sometimes.... when you plug a tire... you end up damaging some of the steel cords. This happens because you have to enlarge the hole that the screw made to be able to push in the plug. They have a "reamer" to do this with or if you are lazy like me you use a power drill. Either way the hole must be enlarged.

Now you have a few steel cords that are probably cut. This is no big deal and generally won't compromise the integrity of the tire under normal conditions. I would not trust it at high speed (like over 100 mph) ... so to be safe you should just assume that you have no speed rating on that tire.

Keep an eye on the tire pressure... sometimes plugs don't seal...

99.9% of the time this is an OK fix....

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I had this situation last week on my S3.

I thought why gamble (even long odds) with my bike and my body?

Every time I brought the bike to speed I would be thinking about that tyre!

So I splashed out the money and got a new one next day.

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Plugging works... 8 times out of 10. If you go the plugging way, watch pressure daily. Best
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If one of the two times out of ten it doesn't work happens to be in the middle of a critical curve... that discussion of religion, atheism, and ecumenism in the other thread could be resolved for the affected rider in a matter of moments.
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Bought my new RIII this past Tuesday, came home Thursday with a drywall screw right in the middle of my rear tire. Patched it Tuesday night and have since put 200 miles on it. Hasn't lost a bit of pressure, and everything feels just fine.
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Thanks for the info guys. Decided on a patch on the inside of tyre that is guarranteed. Involves removing tyre and patching from inside. Bike is quite new and a lot left on back tyre plus do some long rides in Oz. Patch sounds ok too. Might even look at a patching kit for the longer outback rides.
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