Tire plug ??
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RE: Tire plug ??
Most people would tell you not to rely on it (for safety reasons). I will tell you that I got a nail in the NEW back tire of my 900rr and I plugged it and rode it for about 3,000 miles. I didn't go too fast (no triple digits) and I kept both tires on the ground and I had absolutely no problems with the plug.
I don't know if I would have been as confident if it was in the front tire.
I don't know if I would have been as confident if it was in the front tire.
#3
RE: Tire plug ??
My experience is the same as Onarom, cept I'm still riding on the plugged back tire. My F4i ran over a small allen wrench with about 2500 miles on the clock. Been another 700 since the repair and no troubles, holds air, didn't notice any vibration of any sorts and I've had it over a hundred briefly a couple of times (just one of those little speed rush bursts, otherwise I'm a 5 over the limit kind of guy).
#4
RE: Tire plug ??
get a new tire immediately, the patch is not a weak point in the structure of the tire. Sure it may hold but if you hit that spot on a rock, crack in the road, hit a large bump to hard, that spot in the tire is more likely to blow. Get a new tire, they're expensive yes, but skin graphs aren't any cheaper.
#5
RE: Tire plug ??
Dear lord....please replace the tire..... consider it $200 worth of ***-Insurance......im sure everything will be fine......untilit blows....or leaks down on you.......
if you are hell bent on NOT replacing it.....pull the tire off and properly repair it from the inside with a patch......but even that would still make me squirmish....
my $0.02......feel free to flame... ;-)
if you are hell bent on NOT replacing it.....pull the tire off and properly repair it from the inside with a patch......but even that would still make me squirmish....
my $0.02......feel free to flame... ;-)
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