Screw in tyre thread

its do-able alright but not with a kit u can buy from you local bike store, those kits are "get u home kits" a bike shop should be able to mend this properly from the inside.

[yorkie_chris]

I cant tell where you're looking there!


Basically if its in the middle of the tyre then you can plug it.


However, be careful, a proper plug is a vulcanised rubber mushroom and is applied from the INSIDE. I wouldn't trust the ones applied fromt he outside to do anything except get me home

ok, thx for the info guys

So you only need to get by for a couple of weeks right? if it were me in your situation, then I'd just keep riding it and pump the tyre up every couple of days (assuming it isn't losing silly amounts). But that is me

If you can find somewhere to fit an internal 'mushroom' type repair, they are perfectly safe and looking at that pic, that tyre can be repaired

[jambo]

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

So you only need to get by for a couple of weeks right? if it were me in your situation, then I'd just keep riding it and pump the tyre up every couple of days (assuming it isn't losing silly amounts). But that is me

If you can find somewhere to fit an internal 'mushroom' type repair, they are perfectly safe and looking at that pic, that tyre can be repaired

I'd try to get the tyre repaired. A local independant tyre shop is your best bet. For a screw that size I wouldn't keep riding round on it as it is big enough that it could do further damage to the carcas. A "Get you home" plug from the outside will be better than leaving the screw in. These are supposed to be used for 50 miles at up to 50 mph, but in all honesty most people have had no issues doing significantly more than that...

Edit: The reason most places won't repair a tyre is that the manufacturers won't recomend it. This means in case the tyre fails the responsibility moves from the tyre manufacturer to the dealer that repaired it. In today's blame and claim culture many places just won't take that risk, even though if done properly the chances of failiure are very very small. I have used the type of repair applied from the inside of the tyre on a track day more than once...

Easily repairable and safe too. I had a full length 6mm masonry drill bit through the Metz on my GSXR, roughly same place on the tyre. RAC (recovery) fitted temp plug - Local tyre place fixed it from the inside with a plug - no problem. Cost just ?25 (don't know what 'states would charge) which included fitting the wheel.