Good day spoilt

[lew600fazer]

Good day out spoilt. In the middle of nowhere , thankfully I carry a plugger kit and gas cartridges, got me home. Thing is there is at least 3k left on the tyre, what would you do???

[Andy FZS]

Ride it for another 3 years.......

[nickodemon]

I see it already has a plug! I would put another plug in it

[midden]

I would carry on using it.

[bigralphie]

I would ride on it but if its going to play on your mind change it

[lew600fazer]

The plug is the repair I did today, I may have the tyre off and replug it again while it is off, perhaps use adhesive on the inside of the tyre and also a patch over the mushroom as well, maybe over kill but!!!!!!!!!!! more confidence in the repair.

[flesh]

I have plugged tyres before but have never had the confidence in the tyre again.
For the sake of the cost of a new tyre vs your face down the road....I always spend the money....if you have it of course. 

[slimwilly]

If the only damage to the tyre is a small neat hole then i see it as there is no damage to the strength,safety of the tyre,at worst it will just leak.
Now if you saw ripped thread then that would be different


Are the roads dry and dusty like this MT09 ride ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEgfQixwlV8&t=80

[Punkstig]

Never had a single problem with plugged tyres!

[lew600fazer]

If the only damage to the tyre is a small neat hole then i see it as there is no damage to the strength,safety of the tyre,at worst it will just leak.
Now if you saw ripped thread then that would be different


Are the roads dry and dusty like this MT09 ride ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEgfQixwlV8&t=80

Looking at the video, I would say that is very likely to be Spain, I would even go asfar to say likely not to far from were I live. lol.

[Dead Eye]

I remember on one of our LoFo rides south mr Exup got a puncture after about 5 mins. Luckily I had a repair set under my seat so he patched the tyre and off we all went on the trip anyway and he doesn't exactly hang about

Pretty sure he used that tyre until the tread was gone

[Phil]

Was it a mushroom type plug? Maybe unlikely if you repaired it roadside as I thing you need to take the tyre off but could be wrong.
The hole is in the centre of the tyre. If its in a sidewall it wouldn't be repaired by a dealer.
I'd keep riding if it was mine. I've had tyres plugged by dealers who would quite have happily sold me a new one but they reckoned they were safe enough.

[SteveCardiff]

Never had a problem with a plugged tyre. I use them 'stop and go' mushroom plugs and have carried a passenger with luggage and toured at a reasonably rate of knots and they've never let me down.


I plugged the rear tyre on my daughter's Fazer but also put a patch over the head of the mushroom too to be sure to be sure.


Down to personal choice but if that tyre were mine, i'd use it no problem. If you can patch it too then all the better.

[Arfa]

I was always under the impression that your road side plug repair you push in, is just a temporary measure. As it could easily pop back out, leak air etc. To repair it properly it needs to be plugged from inside with a mushroom type plug glued down on the inside which has no chance of popping out.

TBH though, whenever I've had punctures, it's when the tyre is getting on a bit, tread depth getting close and so on, so I've always just stuck a new tyre on. Always deemed it a false economy to compromise grip for the sake of eeking out the last mm of tread...

[HarryHornby]

I like the idea of these plugs and gas canisters to get you home, are there good and bad makes or is one as good as the other.  I'll have to get me one.

[chaz]

if you plug it with a mushroom (plug not what you eat) and keep your speed under 150 mph then whats the problem, what about the massive hole all round the tyre its only the air pressure holding it to the rim, do you worry about that? I don't think so.

[lew600fazer]

Was it a mushroom type plug? Maybe unlikely if you repaired it roadside as I thing you need to take the tyre off but could be wrong.
The hole is in the centre of the tyre. If its in a sidewall it wouldn't be repaired by a dealer.
I'd keep riding if it was mine. I've had tyres plugged by dealers who would quite have happily sold me a new one but they reckoned they were safe enough.

Phil it was a mushroom type plug , they are easy enough to fit.

[fazersharp]

I like the idea of these plugs and gas canisters to get you home, are there good and bad makes or is one as good as the other.  I'll have to get me one.

I have one under my seat and got it from hein gerick, I was in JS (the onld HG) and they were selling them still
I dont know how good it is cause Ive never had to use it ----------- not that I havent had punctures its just that they could not of been repaired.

I do have a question
I have had mine now for about 6 years I wonder if the canasters will still work, I think it also comes with some rubber glue for the plug, best check if that is ok 

[ChristoT]

Amazin'.

A puncture thread, and neither Exup or Stiggy been plugging CraftyPluggers!  :lol :lol

[Nebuchernezzer]

Not on a bike but i've used plugs on tyres before and then proceeded to flog the tyre to absolute death and the repairs have always held up nicely.
I used to be a drifter years ago, in the early days before new tyres were cheap enough to use I used to get damaged or holed tyres and use them.  The plugs actually wore down neatly with the rest of the rubber and no level of wheelspin, tyre heat etc seemed to make them rip out.