puncture repair / new tyre Romford

[ukgooner]

Riding home from work today and a kind guy on a Busa pointed out that my rear tyre looked a bit flat, went into the nearest garage to put a bit of air into it and found a nice nail in it.

Does anyone know of a motorbike tyre shop in the City area that they can recommend?

Thanks

[Draper]

i am afraid i cannot help with this, but would be interested if anyone could shed any light onto whether that goop you fill your tyre with actually works if you get a puncture/ is it worth getting for a few quid?

[xXBADGERXx]

Well it`s a long time since I lived down that way but there was a good tyre shop in Hornchurch , plus you have John`s of Romford as well .

[Blue_SV650S]

I think you will find most car tyre places do bikes tyre repairs too now these days ... might be worth giving your local car tyre place a ring :)

[harvy]

I filled my tyres with ultraseal when i first got my bike - bout 6 months ago, saturday just passed found a nasty plasterboard nail in the tire... not pleased but first test for ultraseal ( that i know about anyway!)

Put on all the gear, pulled out the nail ( worried slightly by the hissing sound...) but jumped on and rode slowly half a mile or so to the nearest petrol station...

checked the tire to make sure it had stopped leaking and it had!

prob lost about 2-3psi max (not 100% on what was init to start with!). topped it up and went for an hours ride just to make sure (mainly up the a1(m) at 70mph ( yea rite!) and no probs at all...

you may get away with fillin it into your already punchered tire as long as the nails still in the hole...

pour in the ultra seal, fill up with air, pull out the nail and go for a ride!

[ukgooner]

I have had the AA put a temp bung in for now, I will make a couple of calls tomorrow at work and see if I can get a replacement fitted, or a repair.

Fingers crossed that a repair is viable as a new tyre is looking like £120 + :(

[Blue_SV650S]

I have had the AA put a temp bung in for now, I will make a couple of calls tomorrow at work and see if I can get a replacement fitted, or a repair.

Fingers crossed that a repair is viable as a new tyre is looking like £120 + :(

I could be wrong (and I am sure someone will correct me if I am) but I think you will find that if it has had a temp repair it can no longer have a proper repair ... sorry, I think it is new tyre time ... :(

What I will add (and this is not a recommendation, just a matter of fact) although they are only supposed to be temporary, I have heard many reports that people have ridden a temp repair for many thousands of miles ...

[ukgooner]

That sucks, only just got the chicken strips down too 5mm :(

[ukgooner]

Not that I am measuring :^o

[xXBADGERXx]

I`ve heard of temp repairs being used for the life of a tyre .

[Paul C]

No reason you cannot pull a plug out and put on a proper self vulcanizing patch, so long as there is not massive damage to the belts from the original hole. The plugs use the same rubber cement that the patches do, they will rough up the rubber with a grinder to remove the remaing cement from the plug.

Also, while I haven't ever left a plug in a motorcycle tire, I use them to plug holes in my one ton diesel pickup, the cargo trailer I pull around, my wife's cars, and my ATVs, and have never seen one fail in over 20 years of use.

[nikon70]

there is a bike ride in ride out garage near moorgate / liverpool street station, city bikes i think it is called.

[rictus01]

I think he might have got it done by now........;)

[xXBADGERXx]

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[maviczap]

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