Flat Tyre Advice
 

What do you think - New tyre or would you get it repaired? If a new tyre I will fill it with foam and drive it to the tyre shop. Cost 100+ for a rear tyre. If a repair I need to buy a paddock stand and take it off :scratch:

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How much life's left in the tyre ?

Everytime I've had a puncture I've replaced the tyre. But some peeps have had professional permanent repairs done that has allowed them to get full life from the tyre.

Its to you and then end of the day.

About 500 miles old - prob another 2.5 left so worth repairing if it was possible?? Wasn't sure if a repair job here would be safe to ride on.

I've had a couple of tyres repaired before, once on the hornet, once on my very first sv. It was right in the centre so had to take it to a garage to check it was fixable. Thankfully it was, they were able to plug it. I'm a skinflint though so would certainly take the cheapest route possible. Also, if you have a trolley jack, you don't need a paddock stand. Bike on side stand, trolley jack under engine and jack it up, enough to raise the rear off the ground. :)

As long as you get a proper repair done by an approved tyre repairer with the right type of plug, then it should be OK.

a pro repair would be safe for life of tyre!

ive done the temp type of repair on my tyres and used for life of tyre....

but im not allowed to say you should do it or ill get slapped.....again!

not that i ever told anyone they should do that!

Repair it is - need to find a stand now.

I have just lifted my bike and rested the gearbox up onto a breeze block padded with wood. Then I propped either side of the bike with a couple more bits of wood, and I was pretty stable.
A milk crate is another one I have heard...

A paddock stand is handy though 8)

The bolt is big it's true, but it looks as if it's gone in pretty square, so I'd say there was room for optimism, and a repair is most probably a viable option. In any case the inside of the tyre must be examined by somebody competent before any repair is made, as if the carcass is damaged, and this is rarely evident from the outside, the tyre could be structurally degraded.

Hence the reason why it would be double daft to squirt a can of Tyreweld or use another similar temporary repair in your punctured tyre and then ride around on it as if it had never happened.

plug it with a rope/string type plug that can be inserted from the outside, no need to put on a stand

they are as reliable and safe as any other type of plug o patch and for all practical purposes as safe as a new tire . don't listen to the anti plug hype, it's not true, plugs are not made of plastic explosive