jacobmitchell92 Donating Members 370 Member For: 13y 9m 20d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 03/03/14 10:31 AM Share Posted 03/03/14 10:31 AM G'day guys, anyone on here know if your able to get a rear tyre of a R1 repaired. Got a screw smack bang in the middle of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 5d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 03/03/14 10:33 AM Share Posted 03/03/14 10:33 AM (edited) Yeah - should be fine as long as it's not near the sidewall.Will end up stronger at the repair than it was before.Any tyre shop should be able to repair it.edit: if need be you can get a plug kit from any bike shop that will let you get it to a workshop/home if stuck. Edited 03/03/14 10:34 AM by raband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatG6ET Bronze Donating Members 707 Member For: 12y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: cherrybrook Posted 03/03/14 10:35 AM Share Posted 03/03/14 10:35 AM I think you can repair sports bike tyres but it's normally just a get you home fix. And then put a new tyre on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 5d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 03/03/14 10:46 AM Share Posted 03/03/14 10:46 AM Proper plug and whatever they do to galvanise it at a shop is perfectly fine - have had to have it done more often that I would wish on anyone.The temp plug packs you can do yourself are definitely only a temporary fix.If tyre's close to changeover time I'd just get a new tyre, but if I had to replace every $300+ tyre every time I'd gotten a simple puncture then I'd be spewing.I put 100k kms on my old Blackbird - probably about 30k kms of that was with tyres with plugs in them all up - something about the setup I had seemed to make the front wheel flick screws, nails, stones up in exactly the correct position for the rear tyre to eat them :(Last couple of bikes I've had zero punctures (touch wood) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LU82 Bronze Donating Members 569 Member For: 12y 5d Posted 03/03/14 10:51 AM Share Posted 03/03/14 10:51 AM Yeah you can just plug them the same way you do a car. It just depends on what you use your bike for, I could never ride the bike hard with confidence on my favourite piece of road knowing my tyre is plugged . But if its just cruising aroud or for commuting it should be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobmitchell92 Donating Members 370 Member For: 13y 9m 20d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 03/03/14 12:12 PM Author Share Posted 03/03/14 12:12 PM that's the worst part! It has only done around 500km!I use it to commute but it also cops a bit of a hard ride (that's what its built for!)Ill call the bike shop tomorrow and see what they say, its still holding air so getting to the shop is no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LU82 Bronze Donating Members 569 Member For: 12y 5d Posted 03/03/14 12:47 PM Share Posted 03/03/14 12:47 PM Only 500km , that sucks. Yeah I guess just run it by the shop and see what they say.I was at the track once and just had a new slick put on the rear and didn't leave it on the warmers long enough and destroyed the Tyre in about six laps . Not really relevant but that's my bad Tyre story lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobmitchell92 Donating Members 370 Member For: 13y 9m 20d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 03/03/14 12:53 PM Author Share Posted 03/03/14 12:53 PM Sucks but can't do anything about it! Hopefully it's small enough they can patch it from the inside or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 5d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 03/03/14 01:00 PM Share Posted 03/03/14 01:00 PM Never heard of a plug failing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LU82 Bronze Donating Members 569 Member For: 12y 5d Posted 03/03/14 02:08 PM Share Posted 03/03/14 02:08 PM Yeah same I've never heard of anyone that's had issues, I've just always been fussy with Tyres on a bike. Im not sure what effect it would have on the tyre when your doing 250+kmh and if it would increase the chance of it failing ,but that's illegal so you shouldn't have to worry about that lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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