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No, not Honda's immobilisation system, that sound that makes your heart drop when you switch your bike off and take off your helmet...
![]() So now i have 2 bikes with a pair of wheels between them, or more accurately, two unicycles ![]() The annoying thing is that i must've picked up the stone on my own drive, or even on the garage floor, at least it didn't happen miles from home. and now the point of the thread - am i right in thinking that as the hole is in the very centre of the tyre it should be possible to plug it, the expense of a new tyre isn't something i need considering i was planning on ordering all the bits to stick an open pipe and rejet the DRZ next week ![]()
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I have plugged plenty of tyres all with perfect success. The only time I have had a bad plug was when the AA man did it.
![]() Generally, so long as the puncture is in the treaded part of the tyre, you should be good to go. The arguable question after this is if you should then proceed to get it repaired properly. There is always a risk that the carcass of the tyre has been damaged. You can't see this from the outside of the tyre. Also if it is plugged from the inside out, the air pressure ensures the plug keeps the seal. Saying that, I have never had a proper repair done after a puncture and to date never had another issue with the plug I have put in. |
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it's probably a good excuse to adjust my chain ![]()
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The way I always see it is that if the original puncture wasn't dangerous, I'll happily plug it- plugs aren't explosive, if the plug fails then you just get the old puncture back. I'd sooner have it mushroom plugged from the inside, that's just a stronger way of doing it as the air pressure inside the tyre strengthens the seal.
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![]() ![]() New tyre required, apparently the inside is a bit buggered - phoned the usual place and they couldn't give me a discount so as the suzuki shop already has it i'm getting them to do it, should be done wednesday, joy, scrubbing in a new tyre in the middle of winter... Never mind, looks like we'll be having an imagination Christmas this year... YAAAAAY IMAGINATION CHRISTMAS
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True that. But then, you can test that by removing ht eobject and seeing what happens.
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now I've bluddy got one
![]() was washing the bike and could hear a hisss, looked on the back tyre and a little hole not even the size of a pin was bubbling oh well needed some news ones, some how they became flat on the top ![]() |
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