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09-08-05, 10:07 AM

damn bikes only got 700 miles on it and theres a nail in the rear tyre .... just off centre...

i believe you get a puncture repair scheme with the new bikes so i have rung them and tere on there way out.... should i keep the repaired tyre on or get a new one?

09-08-05, 03:05 PM

thanks for teh quick response.....i dunno... you guys...

i bought a new one so stuff yall...... just got rid of my chicken strips too

09-08-05, 06:09 PM

Yea good decision in replacing the tyre. I would not trust a repaired tyre on a bike!

What you replace it with...dont say the standard dunlop...?

SPeeeeDY

northwind · 09-08-05, 06:21 PM

Bit late (sorry, some of us work!) but I've got a patch in my rear and it bothers me not at all.

10-08-05, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by SPeeeeDY

What you replace it with...dont say the standard dunlop...?

i had to as my emergency budget didn't stretch to a front and back tyre..... so i had to get stock rear.....

Richie · 10-08-05, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by graphikill

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPeeeeDY

What you replace it with...dont say the standard dunlop...?

i had to as my emergency budget didn't stretch to a front and back tyre..... so i had to get stock rear.....

If you were on a stock tyre in the first place I'd have got it reapired then bought a new set when I could have got the money togeter, Sorry a bit late in the day to be saying this but hind sight is wonderfull.

10-08-05, 09:22 AM

yes i agree............ eyesight is wonderfull

09-08-05, 10:07 AM	#1
graphikill Guest Posts: n/a	nail in tyre damn bikes only got 700 miles on it and theres a nail in the rear tyre .... just off centre... i believe you get a puncture repair scheme with the new bikes so i have rung them and tere on there way out.... should i keep the repaired tyre on or get a new one?

09-08-05, 06:21 PM	#4
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Bit late (sorry, some of us work!) but I've got a patch in my rear and it bothers me not at all. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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09-08-05, 03:05 PM	#2
graphikill Guest Posts: n/a	thanks for teh quick response.....i dunno... you guys... i bought a new one so stuff yall...... just got rid of my chicken strips too

09-08-05, 06:09 PM	#3
SPeeeeDY Guest Posts: n/a	Yea good decision in replacing the tyre. I would not trust a repaired tyre on a bike! What you replace it with...dont say the standard dunlop...? SPeeeeDY

10-08-05, 09:22 AM	#7
graphikill Guest Posts: n/a	yes i agree............ eyesight is wonderfull