Just had tyre plugged by RAC , question re max speed

40 mph is probaly over kill, def wouldn't do more than 100 though, personally wouldn't do more than 55-60 on it and I would get it changed at the first oportunity. I have used that gunk stuff and it consitently good to around 100 anything over it starts leaking.

I have also had a "properly" repaied tyre fail on me after a few days!

Neither tyre deflated dramitcally though, even with the plug missing leaving a 2mm hole I only noticed in the garage. However I have a feeling the plug was pushed out by a rouge stone on the gravel drive because from experience I know that after the tyre has dropped around 10psi it really starts to show even at sedate speeds, I certainly would have noticed a flat anyway. Still no excuse for it failing though, the guy in the shop said it was a good as a normal tyre.

Originally Posted by teriyakimonkey

I don't think the law would allow tyre repair shops to repair tyres if it would severely alter it's capability

I'm only saying better safe than sorry..... after all this tyre repair company recommended 40mph max for 280 miles. Are you telling him to go for it and forget it??

Besides I meant average for tyres not sport tyres.

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I use the stringy type kit myself and have never had a problem

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...ht=TYRE+REPAIR


Ben

Originally Posted by toonyank

I'm only saying better safe than sorry..... after all this tyre repair company recommended 40mph max for 280 miles. Are you telling him to go for it and forget it??

Besides I meant average for tyres not sport tyres.

Not at all. It was a roadside repair done by the RAC. I'm saying keep to what the RAC man said and when the tyre's been repaired properly (i.e. not by the RAC man but by a profesional tyre fitter/repairer) do what the tyre man says, and that you can't really put an average speed on any tyres as they're speed rated (unless you want to add up all the speed ratings and divide them by the amount of different speed ratings by which time you've done that you'd get a silly number which meant nothing).

I wouldn't put peoples lives at risk by giving them silly advise like it should be good up to 100mph, I'd rather enforce what the pros have told him and err on the side of caution.

I am a bit confused about the 280 miles thing though?

Originally Posted by teriyakimonkey

I am a bit confused about the 280 miles thing though?

I was too I think that's there recommended max but why not 300 miles

If it was me I'd change it straight away for a new one. At the end of the day you have 2 rather small patches of rubber between soft you and hard tarmac...ain't worth the risk imo.

I recently had a nail in my rear tyre when it was 2 weeks old. luckily I was going to the tyre shop for a front anyway.

I asked about the nail, saying I was quite happy to ride on it, but for a few reasons they advised against that. Still, they checked to see if I was loosing air, and I was, so something needed doing about it.

I asked about bunging the rear and he said he could, but you're limited to speed with a bung. I asked what the limit was, and his reply was "Well, keep to the speed limit, but you do that anyway, right? ". 40mph sounds odd, but then, I was talking to a guy that does bike tyres for a living, not an RAC spanner monkey.

In the end, I bought a pair of PR2s and the old Z6 rear is being sent off to Metzler for proper repair free of charge (because I use the same place for tyres and I'm there so damn often! Metzler probably charge them for this, but they're not passing the cost to me). I just have to pay for the rubber fitting again later.

If I had an RAC guy plug my tyre, I'd want it changed ASAP regardless of what they said really.

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Just got back in , got rear tyre changed , have ridden with proper repair no problems , but was not happy with the temp bung , took the back rodes & kept to 50 - 60 mph , the roads were really flooded & everywhere was grid locked , I went to Central Wheel Birmingham , there was guy who had tyres fitted to a vfr which was trailored , he set off about 45 mins before I had got my tyre changed and passed him after about 2 miles !

The good news it I can go to the West Mids meet tomorrow now , just gotta scrub that tyre in now , hope it stops raining as its thundering & p#ssing down at the moment .

Cheers Steve

The other problem with temp bungs is if they are the glue type then you cant always ream the hole out to fit a proper plug afterwards.

The same goes for tyre weld type stuff, this softens the rubber inside the tyre making it impossible to stick a mushroom type on the inside.

Some temp repairs mean you have to replace the tyre!!

Originally Posted by Baph

I recently had a nail in my rear tyre when it was 2 weeks old. luckily I was going to the tyre shop for a front anyway.

I asked about the nail, saying I was quite happy to ride on it, but for a few reasons they advised against that. Still, they checked to see if I was loosing air, and I was, so something needed doing about it.

I asked about bunging the rear and he said he could, but you're limited to speed with a bung. I asked what the limit was, and his reply was "Well, keep to the speed limit, but you do that anyway, right? ". 40mph sounds odd, but then, I was talking to a guy that does bike tyres for a living, not an RAC spanner monkey.

In the end, I bought a pair of PR2s and the old Z6 rear is being sent off to Metzler for proper repair free of charge (because I use the same place for tyres and I'm there so damn often! Metzler probably charge them for this, but they're not passing the cost to me). I just have to pay for the rubber fitting again later.

If I had an RAC guy plug my tyre, I'd want it changed ASAP regardless of what they said really.

I am a RAC patrol (not a spanner monkey)

I in fact I have the highest Master Technician qualification you can get in the UK.

The 40mph 280 miles is set by the manufacturers of the repair kit...not the RAC .

If you were sat at the side of the road in the middle of nowhere with a puncture and a RAC Patrol offered do carry out a temp repair to get you on the way you could always decline as he is only a 'Spanner Monkey' and carry on pushing