Just had tyre plugged by RAC , question re max speed

[steveg]

Originally Posted by caz650s

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

I have been a member of the RAC for almost twenty years , and they have always offered great service & have responded really quickly . Being skint I have run a collection of old un-reliable cars & bikes over the years and have called on the RAC to get me out of the s##t loads of time .

Cheers Steve

Having experienced a blow out, 6 inch nail through rear tyre side wall at 50 mph, all I can say is that it happens very quickly and all I had time to do at the time was drop both feet to the ground hang on and coast to a stop in the middle of the road, it was a left hander, luckily for me staying up right.

I would always have this nigling doubt that possibly the fix would fail, just me perhaps, but doubts are never a good thing when you ride.

Tyres are relatively cheep, buy another as soon as. The RAC man did his job and got you home, is all.

Originally Posted by steveg

I have been a member of the RAC for almost twenty years , and they have always offered great service & have responded really quickly . Being skint I have run a collection of old un-reliable cars & bikes over the years and have called on the RAC to get me out of the s##t loads of time .

Cheers Steve

Cheers for that Steve...all the patrols I know do their best to help and would err on the side of caution and have a Bike recovered rather than carry out a temp tyre repair if they had any doubts about how safe it would be.

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

And ejohnh that sounds just plain stupid

Originally Posted by toonyank

I'm with you! The technology in tyres now days rates at probably an average of 120mph and that's for an un blemished tyre. The fact that a tyre has been punctured severely alters it's entire capability. I wouldn't risk it.

Me too.

A temporary repair has been done, nothing else.

It is not the same as having the tyre removed, an internal inspection and a repair to the relevant standards done.

Anyone who thinks different is a tit.

[northwind]

As RandyO says, tyre plugs aren't made of dynamite. In other words, when they fail you can usually expect to just get another puncture much like the first. But still, I don't like ever getting a puncture at high speeds, regardless of how small, which is why I'd get it mushroomed. It's not generally expensive, though it can be tricky to find a shop that'll do it. Once that's been done, I'll treat the tyre exactly like any other, but even though a temporary repair could well do me the life of the tyre, I'd rather not find out personally.

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Me too.

A temporary repair has been done, nothing else.

It is not the same as having the tyre removed, an internal inspection and a repair to the relevant standards done.

Anyone who thinks different is a tit.

Are we allowed to say tit on here?

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by teriyakimonkey

Are we allowed to say tit on here?

Well I did, and I'm a moderator, so yes - we can*.

So ner .


*Obviously I await a reprimand from my fellow Mods if that's wrong of course - but I'll not accept chastisement unopposed I can assure you, they'll never take me alive I tells ya! etc etc.

I've had ultraseal in my rear GSX750F tyre for several months and given it a bashing. No difference in puncture (ie not bigger or worse), still sealed.
The only difference being I don't have to put a few pounds of air in it as often as I used to cos everything is sealed better!
Tested to 150mph lasts for life of tyre, oh come on chaps, you take a risk riding a damn bike in the first place, surely you aint going to start umming and arring about a flippin puncture??

If you are blatting down a lane and hit a fallen twig or rock you could be looking at an angel close up but it doesn't stop you giving that right wrist a little leverage!
Fear doesn't prevent you feathering the edges of those tyres when rounding the apex of a bend with trucks passing by on the other side. You lose it that way you are squashed mate!

The RAC are covering themselves against liability on the million to one chance the repair fails!

If you are worried about a blow out from a neat hole puncture, I'm sure teriyakimonkey will confirm this, it won't. Tyres are incredibly tough and blowouts are caused by abuse, sidewall damage due to kerb parking, too much weight, wrong pressure, constant high speed, add them all together and you could be looking at a blowout and thats a heavy car. You are not going to get damaged sidewalls due to kerb parking on a bike.

I used to make remoulds and believe me a tyre is an immensely strong piece of kit which requires serious abuse to make it blowout!
Riding fast used to frighten me untill I saw how tough they were!

Have you seen the abuse they take on the track and by stunt riders?? Sheeeeesh!

F1 tyres blow out but they are extremely light weight and thin and under extreme stresses and temperatures....road bike tyre, different kettle o' fish!

Having experienced a blow out, 6 inch nail through rear tyre side wall at 50 mph

...but thats a nail in your sidewall dude, not a repaired tread puncture!
Once a proper repair is done problem solved! Or ultraseal the blighter! The RAC one will do for now but if you abuse it, it may pop out!!

The only blow out I've experienced was on a racing cycle with very thin tyres and a hawthorn twig stuck through the 'sidewall' rounding a fast bend at the bottom of a hill and phut...down she went! Still got the scars!

Sidewalls are definately dodgy territory!