Ball bags! Puncture. - SV650.org

Fallout · 22-08-12, 10:57 AM

Just spent £20 (would you believe it!) on a 36mm socket to get my rear wheel off. It'll get used in the future so no biggy really. Got the wheel off and found out it was flat. Stuck the pump on it and it's 0 psi, so a proper puncture. That'll explain why my bike felt sketchy on Sunday! Was riding around with a totally flat, or rapidly deflating tyre!

Anyway, it's a pretty much brand new Pilot Power 2CT. Don't want to buy a new one, but hear lots of rumours that nobody will repair bike tyres. Any thoughts?!

Fallout · 22-08-12, 11:09 AM

Local garage was an ooooo ahhhhhh ... nahhh best not. Micheldever tyres is a definitely no. BALL BAGS!

DJ123 · 22-08-12, 11:12 AM

Call ride in at reading

Fallout · 22-08-12, 11:45 AM

I've emailed him so I could send a picture. Did the soap water test and found a decent sized stone wedged deep into the tyre. Funny thing is, the stone embedded in it isn't leaking. It's an invisible microscopic hole an inch from it that's ****ing out air.

Hopefully he'll get back to me.

NTECUK · 22-08-12, 12:09 PM

If the insides ok and hasnt been run too flat its ok to repair them

22-08-12, 12:44 PM

ask dan, he (after alot of searching) found someone in bstoke that did it

22-08-12, 01:47 PM

Funnily enough when I took my bridgestones to micheldever they said that michelin was the only ones they WOULD repair.

Fallout · 22-08-12, 01:51 PM

Interesting! I will give them a ring then. Mind you, perhaps they weren't talking about Z/ZR rated tyres. Otherwise Dan will hopefully chime in when he gets out of bed.

22-08-12, 02:08 PM

Probably not, I expect they will only repair tyres from wheelbarrows.

Littlepeahead · 22-08-12, 02:16 PM

That is definitely an unlucky bike - if I was you I'd take out a decent life insurance policy before you ride it again.

22-08-12, 10:57 AM	#1
Fallout Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Basingstoke Posts: 2,983	Ball bags! Puncture. Just spent £20 (would you believe it!) on a 36mm socket to get my rear wheel off. It'll get used in the future so no biggy really. Got the wheel off and found out it was flat. Stuck the pump on it and it's 0 psi, so a proper puncture. That'll explain why my bike felt sketchy on Sunday! Was riding around with a totally flat, or rapidly deflating tyre! Anyway, it's a pretty much brand new Pilot Power 2CT. Don't want to buy a new one, but hear lots of rumours that nobody will repair bike tyres. Any thoughts?! __________________ MotoGoLoco - You knows it The Shed - Suzuki GSX-R 750 K1 \| Triumph Tiger 1050 K6 Fallout Bikes (VLogs, Tutorials, Bike Vids) Fallout Breakbeat (My Music)

22-08-12, 11:09 AM	#2
Fallout Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Basingstoke Posts: 2,983	Re: Ball bags! Puncture. Local garage was an ooooo ahhhhhh ... nahhh best not. Micheldever tyres is a definitely no. BALL BAGS! __________________ MotoGoLoco - You knows it The Shed - Suzuki GSX-R 750 K1 \| Triumph Tiger 1050 K6 Fallout Bikes (VLogs, Tutorials, Bike Vids) Fallout Breakbeat (My Music)

22-08-12, 11:12 AM	#3
DJ123 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 3,245	Re: Ball bags! Puncture. Call ride in at reading __________________ BMW F800ST

22-08-12, 11:45 AM	#4
Fallout Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Basingstoke Posts: 2,983	Re: Ball bags! Puncture. I've emailed him so I could send a picture. Did the soap water test and found a decent sized stone wedged deep into the tyre. Funny thing is, the stone embedded in it isn't leaking. It's an invisible microscopic hole an inch from it that's **ing out air. Hopefully he'll get back to me. __________________ MotoGoLoco - You knows it The Shed** - Suzuki GSX-R 750 K1 \| Triumph Tiger 1050 K6 Fallout Bikes (VLogs, Tutorials, Bike Vids) Fallout Breakbeat (My Music)

22-08-12, 12:09 PM	#5
NTECUK Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: essex Posts: 5,314	Re: Ball bags! Puncture. If the insides ok and hasnt been run too flat its ok to repair them __________________ Raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are the reason I have trust issues.

22-08-12, 12:44 PM	#6
Jammy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Ball bags! Puncture. ask dan, he (after alot of searching) found someone in bstoke that did it

22-08-12, 01:47 PM	#7
Spank86 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Ball bags! Puncture. Funnily enough when I took my bridgestones to micheldever they said that michelin was the only ones they WOULD repair.

22-08-12, 01:51 PM	#8
Fallout Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Basingstoke Posts: 2,983	Re: Ball bags! Puncture. Interesting! I will give them a ring then. Mind you, perhaps they weren't talking about Z/ZR rated tyres. Otherwise Dan will hopefully chime in when he gets out of bed. __________________ MotoGoLoco - You knows it The Shed - Suzuki GSX-R 750 K1 \| Triumph Tiger 1050 K6 Fallout Bikes (VLogs, Tutorials, Bike Vids) Fallout Breakbeat (My Music)

22-08-12, 02:08 PM	#9
Spank86 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Ball bags! Puncture. Probably not, I expect they will only repair tyres from wheelbarrows.

22-08-12, 02:16 PM	#10
Littlepeahead Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Saaarrrfff Posts: 2,908	Re: Ball bags! Puncture. That is definitely an unlucky bike - if I was you I'd take out a decent life insurance policy before you ride it again. __________________ Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind...

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