Best puncture repair?

[Joe Marcon]

Pilot road 3 on the back, only done 600 miles :@ and a little nail already . So whats best fix ? And permanent till tyre tread is low ?
Really cheesed off :( .
Only tine i ever get a decent set of tyres and my luck i get a nail . Thanks

[Bordtea]

Ring round local tyre places and see if anywhere will repair em, I phoned around about 10-15 places locally and only one did them so it pays to ring around.

Alternatively you can do a temporary repair yourself and they've been known to last the lifespan of the tyre, but not sure if I'd personally be comfortable with that really

[monkey]

Some bike tyre places won't repair tyres of a certain speed rating which yours probably is so I'd second the ringing around thing.

[Joe Marcon]

Some bike tyre places won't repair tyres of a certain speed rating which yours probably is so I'd second the ringing around thing.

Its an sv . They arnt fast on top end.
Sherburn cafe have a shop called speed style . Gunna ring tommoz

[monkey]

135 mph is a bit fast though isn't it. Don't answer that.

I don't come on here to lead people up the garden path.

Do me a favour and tell me the speed rating of your tyre.

[Bordtea]

Yeh if it's ZR rated which it probably is then most places won't touch it, but as I said I did find one place that would.

[squirrel_hunter]

If I have translated your post correctly, you have a nail in your relatively new tyre?

Been there done that:

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s216/squirrel_hunters_photos/Photo-0132.jpg

My advise, change the tyre take the hit on the wallet. I would only ever treat a repair as a temporary get me home fix. I would not risk the chance of failure.

[monkey]

Eh?! Blimey I didn't expect that. Even on the treaded area?

[Joe Marcon]

Dont have the money . So gunna have to see what i can do

[NTECUK]

As long as its not damaged the inside .Thats more likely if you went any distance with the thing flat.& not close (within 25mm)to the side wall. A plug and patch will hold it.
Its finding some place to do it for you that is the diff bit.

[jambo]

Joe, I appreciate that money's tight (been there).

It doesn't matter what speed your bike will do the tyre is Z rated, and this is what will cause discussion. Michelin are, I believe one of the few manufacturers who approve repairs of their Z rated tyres so that might help.

Someone near you will repair this tyre professionally. ANY repair that can be done without taking the tyre off the wheel is NOT supposed to be permanent, or used at high speed.

A repair will probably be about £20 from a tyre company, and the tyre's then safe to use until it's worn out.

I can't recommend putting in a temporary fix for any length of time.

Jambo

[Joe Marcon]

The place i had the wheels fitted do a full repair for £20.(loose wheel) Vulcanised and a permanent fix :) leeds bike tyres . Gunna go soon

[darylB]

Interestingly there was a feature on tyre repair kits in the last Ride mag. Some people will only repair Michelin tyres as they have kevlar belts rather than steel ones. if you drill the hole out in steel belted tyres and catch the steel it loses its structural capability, it can also rust after a puncture.

Daryl.

[Joe Marcon]

Interestingly there was a feature on tyre repair kits in the last Ride mag. Some people will only repair Michelin tyres as they have kevlar belts rather than steel ones. if you drill the hole out in steel belted tyres and catch the steel it loses its structural capability, it can also rust after a puncture.

Daryl.

Yeh he drilled my tyre

[Jayneflakes]

Check your tyre pressures again after repair, make sure that it is not over inflated. You may also want to check the road outside your garage for sharps. We had a pikey van removing rubbish from someones garden (with out their knowledge it turns out!) that dropped screws and nails through out the street, luckily I saw them before I used the bike and was able to sweep them up.

More road sweepers would improve this situation I feel...

[jambo]

More road sweepers would improve this situation I feel...

Or less Pikies...