i absolutely hate my luck with tyres.
 

just checking and adjusting my chain today and i thought i'd adjust the foot brake light switch as it needed doing.

just finishing up and i thought id check the wear on the tyre all around, and i come across a SCREW stuck in my tyre. i havent worn out a tyre out since 2009 because of bloody screws, random off-cuts of aluminium in the road, nails and a random shard of plastic that looked like a shark tooth. i have used a repair bung and hoping it holds the pressure overnight so i can get to work easier but i suppose the real test is in when the tyre warms up.

has anyone else used these repair bungs and how long have they lasted? is it really a temporary fix or do they end up lasting beyond all expectations??

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I have had a couple of bungs in the past (Not as many as Arry though) and they are generally fine, I had the AA fix a temp plug and then took it to a tyre fitter to get a permanent one fitted.

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im tempted to take it to a tyre place to get it properly sorted but cant do anything until friday because to say i am skint would be the understatement of the century.

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Yep at ar10 I picked up a pretty good puncture, mark (rictus) plugged it for me with the sticky string, I did 2.5k on the repair including a track day :)

It was in the tread though so was protected a bit.

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Depends on the puncture, if you're really unlucky then the foreign body involved will choose a stupid angle to enter the tyre meaning a plug's completely pointless :rolleyes:

Fingers crossed yours does the trick.

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Did less than 200 miles on my Pirelli Angel ST rear tyre and found a nail in it. Arghhhhh

Removed the nail and used a mushroom plug to fix the rear tyre using this HG kit (LINK)

2000 miles later the tyre is still going. If left a for about a week the tyre will drop around 3 or 4 PSI.

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I'll say it again. Any repair that can be applied without removing the tyre is a temporary fix.

Some poeple (myself included) have exceeded the recommended 50 miles, 60 mph limits suggested by these plugs by some margin. I would, however, strongly suggest you phone around until you find a tyre company in your local area that will do a permenant repair (a lot of places won't nowadays due to the possibility of being sued if it goes wrong).

This type of repair with a patch from the inside has been used by myself and others on several tours and trackdays and gives the tyre the full strength it had in the first place. Anything else might last, or might not. And if the bung comes out the tyre can deflate pretty quickley, as there's no screw or similar in the hole. Not a lot of fun.

Still, we're all adults here, I just want to be clear that whether you use sticky string (my favorite), HG, BMW or any other fitting bung from the outside, it shouldn't be considered permenent.

Jambo

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[QUOTE=tom-k6;2681178]. i havent worn out a tyre out since 2009 because of bloody screws, [QUOTE]


Only 2009, count yourself lucky. The only tyre I have worn out was the one that came on Suzy somewhere near 8 years ago! I replaced Daves tyres god knows how often becuase of screws. Even had a nail in the Raptors, within 8 miles of it being put on!

The last screw in the front tyre of Suzy was a couple of months back, thankfully it hadn't gone all the way in and once unscrewed left the tyre with no apparent damage.

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as has been said, these type of repairs are both temporary and often exceed expectation, however the proper repair serves two functions, not only does it fix from the inside, it also allows someone with knowledge to examine the carcass of the tyre which otherwise couldn't be seen.

On another note, I do a fair amount of mileage and have had 2 punctures in the last 50,000 miles, I do inspect my tyres once a week and often find objects stuck to them that given time would cause a puncture, regular inspection is a good habit to get into, worth considering?

Cheers Mark.

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Are you guys riding around looking for nails or something? I must be either incredibly lucky or doing something differently. The last puncture I had was about two years ago when something went through the rear tyre at night on the Motorway (big gash, straight down). I do generally avoid riding on the sump line, or on hatchings (especially around bollards and on the entrance/exit from roundabouts) as that is generally where all the debris accumulates, and I don't filter down the outside of the right hand lane on motorways for the same reason.