Flat tyres and another run of bad luck . . . .

[Skinbeatersam]

Just recently had some bike trouble, cracked air intakes and replacements fitted, carbs balanced and cleaned, front yoke straightened (I reckon some twat drove into it, bending it out of shape, as it happened over night) brakes cleaned and sorted after the winter stresses and a nice set of new Michelin Road Pilots. All for £450. Had the new tyres less than a week and today found a nice big screw in the middle of the rear one.


Quite upset. Please say I am not the only one with this run of misfortune??

[SlasherFF]

No, not the only one. Two weeks ago I was taken out by a BMW (breaking my Versys and my collar bone). Two days later, wife was driving me to fracture clinic and we got a puncture on a dual carriageway with no hard shoulder. Expensive week that was.
Ian

[Skinbeatersam]

Sounds it!!


Poor you. Hope you all mend soon and problems are resolved.

[SlasherFF]

Cheers. I'm enjoying codeine still - taking the edge off. I heard today from insurance company that the bike was fairly battered, but they are fixing it. Frame had to be straitened and pretty much everything on the left hand side, plus headlight needs replacing. Right hand side was fine as it landed on me further up the road. So, cost will be the £200 excess and about £300 of kit trashed (jacket cut off by paramedics and helmet took a whack). Made wife pay for her own tyre
 
Isn't there one tyre manufacturer that will replace if you are less than 1mm worn on the tread of rubber?

[ghostbiker]

once on a TDM 850 i got a puncture on the way home from having a new tyre fitted. had that fixed for free by the fitter then picked up 5 more punctures over the life of that tyre.
had more punctures on that 1 tyre than i have had on every other tyre i have had combined lol.

[Skinbeatersam]

Back when I was a cyclist I had a puncture on the rear wheel that week 4 times. I then picked up another two on my car.


Same week, 6 punctures in total.


I reckon if we paid more attention to the screw and appreciated all the wonderful things it helps to make, then maybe it wouldn't remind us of it's existence so.


One other question, the best place for me to get it fixed is about 7 miles away from. How safe do you think it would be to pump the tire up and ride it there??


Or, shall I just suck it up and pay for breakdown cover??

[Skinbeatersam]

Also, won't the BMW drivers insurance pay for it??

[SlasherFF]

I'm leaving that with the brokers. Police said no-one witnessed him overtake me on the dual carriageway then cut in at the 300m marker and stamp on his breaks... they saw it from when i got some big air. He gave me about 2 car lengths when he cut in whilst he had already started breaking. I had no-where to go, but almost got round him (he only got a bumper scuff). Brokers have said that as there are no witnesses and I was the driver at the back it will go down as my fault, which I obviously dispute. He was just being a cock. To be honest, I don't really care, just glad I'm alive and didn't get squashed by the unobservent commuters that 'didn't see anything'.

[Skinbeatersam]

What a cock man. Insurance brokers are cocks too.


Glad your relatively OK.


Heal soon man.