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grrrr

There's still a fair bit of tread on the tyre and I was about swap the front to compliment the rear only now this has happened.

I bought a tyre weld thingy but that wouldn't set as it was deflating to quickly.
Found a tyre repair company in Bridgnorth but to no avail, they couldnt plug or repair it .... so back home on a low loader

Flipping heck not you n'all. Looking where the puncture is i'd say that that's a simple repair for a tyre guy ???

I think the only thing you can do when this happens is replace it with a Honda Fireblade in black and white.

D6 wrote:I think the only thing you can do when this happens is replace it with a Honda Fireblade in black and white.

Lol


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a decent plug should fix that

If you filled it with the tyre repair stuff be careful as some of those are oil based and the tyre is scrap.

Filing with goo some guys used to do to new tyres, not that it prevents punctures but it can help with the nightmare of sudden deflation of a bad puncture. My KR1S I bought in 1994ish had both tyres full of it when I replaced them.

I've seen the stop and go, external plugging kits but they are only low speed temporary solution, you need to see the inside of the tyre. Straight home at 50mph then shop Monday morning but no more imo.

The mushroom and cement repairs are the only professional and approved repair. Bike shops hate doing punctures they all seem to think it will fail badly and they'll get sued. So i'd take the wheel/tyre to a car shop that's willing

That's the problem most garages don't want to clean up the mess from the tyre sealant goo. Can you still use a plug. I have used them and they are very good imo

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Personally I would always replace. Its a performance machine and if ridden as such needs tyres in perfect condition imo.
Can you imagine Lorenzo or Marquez riding on repaired tyres ? Is there safety and health more important than yours ?
Its annoying and the same situation has annoyed me previously but some times you have to took logic and spend the money.

It does depend a little though Blade. I can certainly speak for myself here, I am no where near the same league as gp racers and I don't work the tyres a fraction of what they do.

I got a puncture on a virtually new rear a few years back, got it plugged and went on to do a full seasons riding and a track day on it.

and GP racers don't have to pay for their own tyres.

If it's in the wall, the tyre is near its life or it's more than a simple hole then replace. I've used the plug kits and ridden for a couple of thousand miles on a tyre.

I've been down to Addison today to see what they have on special ... nothing really

A new set of M5's are going cost me around £220 (fitted to lose wheels)

I asked about the repair ..... if the gunk I sprayed in is water based , then it'll wash out and they'll repair it
If not, then its a new tyre

Hope it's water based of your looking for the repair. I know I would be lol!

D6Nutz wrote:It does depend a little though Blade. I can certainly speak for myself here, I am no where near the same league as gp racers and I don't work the tyres a fraction of what they do.

I got a puncture on a virtually new rear a few years back, got it plugged and went on to do a full seasons riding and a track day on it.

My gp racers was a bad example and I guess its personal. For me I would replace if using the bike for riding at my limit of ability even if just for my confidence as repairs can fail. If I was commuting i might consider the puncture repair option as more upright and traveling slower means more likely to survive a failure. Just my imo I would rather spend £100 and be safe as possible than take a chance however unlikely.

Blade wrote:
I would replace if using the bike for riding at my limit of ability even if just for my confidence as repairs can fail. If I was commuting i might consider the puncture repair option as more upright and traveling slower

My full limit of riding ability is probably slower than your commute

Just try wheel house tyres in Coleshill. They did free fitting even onto the bike. The new Dunlop Roadsmart 2's were only £230 fitted to a bike.

That's what I had mate good price and you can go and have a bacon Sarnie while you wait.

Did you ask how much the Roadsmarts were, Spudda? I have a feeling they were less than the figure D6 mentions at Tipton.

duke63 wrote:Did you ask how much the Roadsmarts were, Spudda? I have a feeling they were less than the figure D6 mentions at Tipton.

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Spudda I'm on my second pair and no complaints, last set was 5k miles.