punctured rear tyre!!!

so... i was jus about to jump start my bike to investigate the flat battery problem, start to wheel the bike out and ive got a totally flat rear!!!!

ive no idea how... mustve got something in it whilst trying to bump start the other day.

I pumped the tyre up fully and when it got to a decent psi, i could hear air coming out. woke up this morning and it was fully flat.

so... how do i get my bike to get it repaired? are punctures easily repaired??
i was thinking - pump n ride.... hope i get there... sounds dodgy....

my insurance came with puncture assistance... anybody know if i can use this???


thanks guys

Originally Posted by branny

my insurance came with puncture assistance... anybody know if i can use this???

Of course you can

I'm assuming it's rear so beg, steal or borrow a paddock stand to get the wheel off. Try and find the puncture, if it's in the middle 3rd of the tyre and not in a tread line then most places will fix it for around £15. As far as i'm aware the puncture assistance is for if you get a flat while out and doesn't cver you if you're home safe ( i could be talking bull faeces here though ) i had a rear puncture after 1500 miles ad rode it repaired for another 2500 without problem

Not sure about the puncture insurance, but I have had two punctures in my rear and managed to get them repaired at local ATS for free!! Both used for 3-4000 miles without any probs.

As it is such a ball ache when I got a new pair of Road Attacks I had them filled with puncture seal for £25 the pair. Typically, haven't had any punctures now I have taken the extra precaution but then that's life.

Cue mass response ... I never had any problems with my tyres?! You can't ride on a repaired tyre etc etc.

Only teasing!!!

yeah, its the rear wheel...
jus rang my puncture assistance, as i thought, this is only if your stranded, they jus take you to a garage...

best jus investigate tonight, then try and do a pump up and go to suzuki

Originally Posted by branny

best jus investigate tonight, then try and do a pump up and go to suzuki

Not advisable mate...anything above rolling pace and it'll handle like a shopping trolley with 3 wheels. Best to get the wheel off and take it in, they normally fix it within 1 hour or so. Plus if they do charge it's more if they have to take wheel off for you

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by branny

best jus investigate tonight, then try and do a pump up and go to suzuki

If you need to ride it, go to halfords if you have an alternative form of transport and get some holts emergency tyre seal and see if that will inflate the tyre so you can ride it somewhere to get the tyre repaired / replaced. A word of warning I dont know however if a tyre company will repair the tyre once you have used the emegency tyre seal though. I've used the holts stuff before and it reinflated the tyre enough for me to ride to a garage and get a new rear tyre.

You dont say what sort of tyre it is, I have been told before that brands of tyre the manufacturer do not recommend be repaired, But I know from what other people have said on here that this isnt always the case.

If its loosing air that quickly I wouldnt ride on it if I were you, it may well deflate all of a sudden and spit you off your bike.

[rictus01]

Two things,

1./ buy yourself a puncture repair kit

takes all of 5 mins tops and even if you stick to the recomendations will allow you to travel a couple of hundred miles (how far away is the tyre shop anyway).

2./ DO NOT go to the Suzuki dealer to get it done, dealers only have a small turnover in tyres and repair so charge accordingly, proper tyre places not only do more of them (should mean a better job), but also charge less.

Cheers Mark.

ok.... so to remove the wheel then...
i obviously need a trackstand... which i dont have
and then....??? a lot of work?
do i need to de link the chain?/?

no, get a paddock stand,

take out the rear wheel spindal then roll the wheel foward then lift the chain off the wheel then roll the wheel back out, easy