My bike is brand new, and I was taking it around the city, and the next morning I go to my garage and I have a flat on the rear tire! The bike only has less than 220 miles on it! so here is the question, can I get that tire patched up like a car tire?

 

[sm=badidea.gif] unless you just want to put around on it and do no hard accelloration or cornering. most places will not plug one or even mout one that has been pluged due to insurance pourposes b/c its such a [sm=badidea.gif]

 

man, this is going to be hard to swallow, the tire is practically new, and I have to go buy a new one! BOO! Damn it for bikes that I love so much!

 

it depends on how much you value your life.

 

just order a new one today, thank you very much guys!

 

This is on a patched Dunlop:



This is on a patched Michelin (probably hitting 130ish):



Make sure you find a shop you can trust, because a major dealership will refuse to patch the tire and try to sell you a new one, and ask the shop where you take the wheel to use an umbrella plug (not that gummy worm like they use on cage tires).

 

yeah I don't know if I can find a professional shop that will do a good job.

 

i know the majority of the shops in my area wont do it. think about it.......

something that goes in excess of 150 m.p.h. these is nothign between you and the road. just save yourself the threat that might be there and get a new tire. i had a road attack on my F4i with 900 miles that got a hole and i ended up throwing that away, but of course i got the exact same thing.

 

These "can I patch a tire" threads always make me feel like I'm lunatic...I've got bent rims and a patched rear tire [&:]

 

well at least you have leathers on.