Blowout

[Yammi]

Well there goes another tyre at £140  :'(

[Exupnut]

U mean tyre off the rim or puncture?

[Skippernick]

Blimey are you ok? how fast were you going etc?

[caretaker]

you found a coin in your tyre!! :lol

[Tiberius Onklevaart]

I thought it was only 20p and 50p that could pierce a tyre

[Punkstig]

How big's the hole?


I use crafty pluggers!


http://www.craftyplugger.com/

[Exupnut]

+ 1,000,000

[Yammi]

U mean tyre off the rim or puncture?

Puncture 3/8 drill bit straight through centre of tread hit inside of wheel then bent over.

Blimey are you ok? how fast were you going etc?

Very lucky just came from a 60 down to a 30 then bang.

How big's the hole?


I use crafty pluggers!


http://www.craftyplugger.com/

The hole was 10 to 15 mm ,tyre fitter says 3mm max for a plug.

[demic77]

I feel your pain mate, I picked up a big self tapper in my back un on t'way to NW Foccers ride out.  :wall



Heard it ticking before it blew though

[Punkstig]

Meh, double plug it eh exup!?

[bozboz]

How big's the hole?


I use crafty pluggers!


http://www.craftyplugger.com/

Gets my vote!

[Exupnut]

Meh, double plug it eh exup!?

I only do that to women :-)

[chaz]

A mate got a 6mm bolt in his rear tyre and the head was hitting his hugger so he got a twig the right size pulled the bolt out and stuck the twig in and rode the few miles home.

[Punkstig]

The best I ever heard of was a broken spark plug, yep a whole spark plug embedded into the tyre!

[Stooby2]

This is my best effort so far - an M8x50mm bolt straight into the back tyre. Picked it up on the way to work a while ago - had to take the pic and email it to my boss to show him I really did have a puncture and wasn't still in bed!

[Exupnut]

Foc me if that aint the biggest bolt i seen in a tyre. Isnt it sad how our employers dont trust us.

[clayt74]

Lol best photoshop ever!!!!!  :rollin :rollin :rollin

Gonna try n use that excuse myself!

Only kidding. .... nasty puncture, my rear currently has 3 plugs n only done 1.5k!!
Tyre that is :\

[JZS 600]

I had a 6 inch nail go through the tread ond out through the side wall on the back.

Foc knows how long it was there before I noticed it, I used to have a relaxed approach to checking the bike in those days

[VNA]

I use crafty pluggers!

Only as a temp low speed short distance get home fix I hope!

I had a blow out at 90mph on a dual carriageway a few years back, it was just a few days after getting a previous puncture fixed.  By the time I limped off at the exit which lucky for me was just a few hundred yards away and found somewhere safe to stop the tyre was mince.  It's a bummer.

Whenever I've had a puncture I just call the RAC.  Once carted home, and two temp fixes.

[Yammi]

British Standards for puncture repairs
[size=78%]A British standard exists for motorcycle tyre repairs (BSAU159f), which determines the strength of the repair and where it can and can’t be made in the [/size]
Being a British Standard, it is a recommendation only, and not the law.
BSAU159f states that no repairs are allowed in the sidewalls (these flex continuously and a repair is likely to fail), and the standard says repairs are not allowed on high speed Z-rated tyres.


It says a tyre must be inspected by an expert for secondary damage (a nail which punctures the tread might also damage the sidewall inside), run-flat damage (determined by a darkened or marbled appearance inside the sidewall), exposed cords and so on.
Michelin, however, is the only manufacturer that recommends that its Z rated tyres can be repaired in accordance with the previous BSAU159e.
Repairs can only be made in the centre of the tread area, to within 25% of each side of the centre line.


Only two repairs per tyre are allowed up to the J (62mph) speed rating, and one up to the V (over 130mph with 155mph maximum) speed rating. Up to the J rating, repairs no bigger than 6mm are allowed, and up to the V rating only up to 3mm is allowed.
All repairs must be carried out with a mushroom-type plug, which fits into the puncture hole from the inside and bonds with the tyre by vulcanisation.
Anything else and the BS says the tyre must be chucked. If your tyre repairer says the same and quotes similar reasons, he’s being honest.