Tyre advice
 

Just picked up my SV yesterday, only worry I have with it is that is has had a puncture repaired albeit professionally.

I am new to all this and just wanted some advice before I send my bloke off on a ride with a possible dodgy tyre.

Should I put a new tyre on or are mended ones (done professionally) OK? I apologise for my lack of techincal jargon but basically it looks like a small rubber bung type thing has been inserted into the tyre where it has been repaired.

Shell :oops:

Technically the tyre has lost it's ZR speed rating. An SV however cannot push the tyre to 180mph. I maybe wouldn't try redlining the tyre, but I have ridden on them with no problems int eh past

A friend of mine has a Honda SP-1 with a repaired tyre, he's had no problems with it, so you should be fine! :D

As long as the tyre has been inspected by a professional and repaired properly then I think the general consensus is that it will be OK to ride on.

If its a temporary plug from an emergency spare kit that you can buy in Hein Gerrick and the like, then if it was me I would get the tyre replaced as those kind of plugs are different and only meant as a get you home measure.

Its up to you. If its niggling away at you that you have a plug in the tyre get the tyre replaced, if you are comfortable that the tyre has been repaired properly then I would think you'll be OK.

Personally I always get my tyres replaced after a puncture, but thats just my personal choice. I dont like the thought of the repair failing or that damage has occured to the tyre that I dont know about and the tyre going down quickly and causing me to crash.

If it was a professional repair (i.e. mended from inside) then it really isn’t a problem!!

I have ridden a repair from when a tyre was 50miles old (Boy was I annoyed to get a puncture!! :lol:) to the end of the tyres life, at all sorts of speeds (was on a CBR600), like I said, it’s not a problem!!

If you have ever seen a pro repair plug you will see there is no chance of it coming out!!! Its like a big fat (but flat) mushroom, the ‘stork’ bit being the plug, the head bit ensuring the rest isn’t going anywhere (and making an additional seal!).

I have also driven pro repairs in car tyres with no problem!

Thanks folks - feel alot better.

I think I will pop it to my local dealer or bike place just to get them to confirm its been done professionally and then my mind can be at rest. As I never seen one before I am only going off what the girl who sold it me told me. She was genuine and the bike is well looked after so I can only imagine its fine.

Saves me some dosh :lol:

Shell x

no problems here with a repair'd tyre.

I had a puncture repaired by Essential Rubber and then went on holiday to the south of France for a week. No problems at all.

This was on an SV1000S and I easily hit *eeek*mph on the way down there and coming back a week later.

:? How do you redline a tyre :wink: :)

I've had a plug in my rear for about 5000 miles, including 2 trackdays, more than a few episodes of "testing the capabilities of the vehicle" and also a few burnouts ;) The absolute worst that happens if it fails, for some reason, is that you get a puncture- but as you can only usually repair fairly minor punctures, and the plug method isn't very destructive of the carcass, it should be a fairly minor one as well. And remember that's absolute worst, even that's very unlikely.