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Originally Posted by SV650rules
They recommend mushroom plugs on cars because with a patch only on the inside of tyre water can get in through original hole and corrode the steel braids - I have absolutely no idea if motorbike tyres have steel braids under the tread ?
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The Metzeler Roadtech tyres I had on the SV a few years back had steel braids. It made it almost impossible to use one of those externally inserted mushroom plugs as a temporary puncture repair, as they just squeezed back out or right inside the tyre. Sticky string repair worked ok though.