| Author | Message | ||
     Aeholton |
Found what looks like 1/2 of a staple in my flat rear tire. They are Avon Azaro's with lots of tread left. The hole is almost dead center in the tread. I'm thinking about plugging it. Let's hear it...talk me into/out of it.  | ||
| Wolffone2000 |
Patch it, don't plug it. If I couldn't patch it, then I replace. Plug is only a last ditch effort when you have no other choice. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Remove the tire and put one of those mushroom plug/patches. The pressure and rotational force continue to keep it sealed. Does require tire removal, but it's cheaper than a tire replacement. | ||
| Mramsey |
Plugged mine temporarily then replaced it was going on 1200 mile trip and didn't want a leak. Gave it to a friend who was happy to get it cords were showing on his tire. He never had any trouble but traded his bike in after a few thousand miles on plug. I posted this same question and came to the conclusion a new tire is worth piece of mind. All the tires on my truck have plugs in them, no second thoughts. Repairs to my bike tires, no thanks. | ||
| Sleez |
if you can, remove the tire and patch it. if you are stuck on the road somewhere, plug it and replace when convenient. i plugged one that was brand spankin' new, had maybe 500 miles on it, plugged it, put some slime in it, and rode it until it wore out. every tire repair person i have spoken to about this has suggested as i have above. patch is best, plugs can cause more damage to the belts, so if you do plug it, watch it carefully, and stay off the track. my .02! | ||
| Bosh |
I have two plugs in my rear tire right now. Been that way for about 1200 miles with no leakage at all. I've also plugged tires on my car and driven them until the tread is gone and never had one leak. I say just plug and ride! | ||
| Etennuly |
If you can get a plug in without breaking cords they work fine. I've done 3,000 miles on a plugged rear Sync. On a ride last Saturday Orangulius picked up a staple 200 miles from home. It went in at an angle, and pushing the plug through at that angle broke two cords, not good. The other side of the staple just barely penetrated enough to make a slow leak. Not wanting two plug holes a half inch apart and risk breaking more cords, we put in about 1/3 of a small bottle of slime. After riding through Bristol Tn. at low speeds we slowly gained speed and within a few miles we were back at 60 + mph with no issues or air loss all the way home. His D616 was near the wear bars and is being replaced with a Sync this week. | ||
| L_je |
If you are going to go through the trouble of patching the tire, I'd say don't bother...just spend the extra $135 and put a new tire on there if you are going to pull the tire off. You can plug a tire to get home, or to a shop, but motorcycle tires lose air so rapidly, and have such adverse responses to low tire pressure, that I just wouldn't want to ride an extra 3000 miles like that just to save some money. |
