| Author | Message | ||
     Silas_clone |
I did it again! Second year in a row. I was riding along and heard a clack-click-click-clack, then nothing. 100 miles later [and 100 miles an hour later] it gets all greasy. I go home and the rear tire has about 12 psi in it. Looks like a heavy staple made two tiny punctures. How much for a Michelin Road and where to get it? A local dealer gets about $170 mounted and balanced. | ||
| Djkaplan |
$170 doesn't sound that bad. The local HD dealer offered to change my rear Dunlop 207 for a measly $289 + tax. He could tell by the look on my face exactly what I thought. http://www.americanmototire.com This website is down right now for some reason, but I just ordered tires from there yesterday and they came with a good recommendation. | ||
| Silas_clone |
Lucked out at Cycle Gear in Raleigh. Dunlop discontinued for $99. Bought road hazard insurance too! Why can't these things be patched? You'd think I was riding in a war zone... | ||
| Dfbutler |
Check the manufacturer's web site, but typically you PATCH inside the tires but plugs are not recommended because the tire plys theoretically will cut the plug. | ||
| Silas_clone |
From Michelin site: "...Repair: In the event of a puncture, only a professional tyre dealer can properly conduct the internal and external examinations necessary to determine whether the tyre can be repaired." I spoke to about 3 or 4 "tyre" dealers and not one would repair my "tyre". You can't even see the punctures from the inside. To budding inventors: a patch kit that "tyre" dealers will use. | ||
| Psycrow |
I was heading to the Dragon (NC) last year and needed new rear rubber. Stopped into a HD dealer in Virgina and got a stock Dunlop for the bargain basement price of $250 + tax. He saw me coming a mile away. | ||
| Numb_nutz |
I was 250mi from home and got a nail in my rear tire, Avon. I put a plug in to get me home. Since it got me there with no problem i rode it till the tire was done. At least 3k. I know they don't recommend it but... | ||
| Ratbuell |
It's not the patch kit that tyre dealers are afraid of...it's the train of lawyers that come with them, like vultures circling a corpse... | ||
| Djkaplan |
"To budding inventors: a patch kit that "tyre" dealers will use." Go to an autoparts store and get a sticky string plug kit. It's only $4.99 plus tax, made in USA, and good for 8 or 10 repairs. It's exactly what old timey garages that still plug tires use. Use them at your own disgression. I've never had a problem with an auto or motorcycle tire with them, but I only repair fairly easy to fix punctures. (Message edited by djkaplan on March 11, 2008) | ||
| Silas_clone |
I think that I will use the inside patch deal. These tires are in too good a shape to junk. Both tires were run for at least 50 miles with the leak s in them, the last one ran for 100 miles! | ||
| Djkaplan |
You know... I've had an inside patch fail on a car tire (you have to go to a garage for an inside patch) and I've never had a sticky string repair I've done myself fail. Again, use your best judgement and disgression when reparing anything yourself. | ||
| Silas_clone |
I am off for "worms" 2morrow... | ||
| Old_mil |
Not to hijack a tire thread, but what do you all recommend for a 99 X1? She needs two new shoes. | ||
| Djkaplan |
Depends on what you need from your tires. I need traction with a comfortable warning when at the limits of cornering adhesion. The Metzeler M3's I've been using are excellent for my application... but they don't last very long. I was surprised how quickly the front wore out on my first one... not in the middle, on the sides. But's that's probably a very good thing for what I depend on my tires for. Your needs may or may not be the same and there are better tires available if they aren't. |
