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Cruiser
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Gilroy, Ca | So I was out riding this weekend and I get something in my rear tire that left a slow leak. This is the first time I have had a flat on a bike. Should I patch it or new tire (tire has 1200 miles) |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | As long as there is good tread, and the hole is not the side wall, I would plug and ride with a worry. |
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Cruiser
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Gilroy, Ca | Thanks varyder |
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Brighton, TN | What he said without the worry part! |
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Visionary
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Central Maryland | Agree...plug it and go on (without worries) 
Edited by willtill 2012-10-26 1:34 PM
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Iron Butt
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Orlando, FL |
+1 if the leak is in the center portion of the tire and not on the sidewall or the arc as it turns into the sidewall.
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Visionary
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Jasper, MO | Ideally, you would dismount the tire and patch it from the inside. That said, I've plugged many a bike tire and ridden the rest of the life out of it, sometimes forgetting that I had plugged it until a new tire was being mounted and I saw the plug from the inside.
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | Yes, WITHOUT WORRIES!!!!! |
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Visionary
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Sand Rock, AL United States | plug and go, don't worry. Life's too short to worry, tires are too expensive to replace needlessly  |
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Tourer
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New Mexico | Guess I am the lone voice saying no to this. I don't trust plugs on motorcycle tires. Nothing to back it up - just my opinion.
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | Boots - 2012-10-27 10:17 PM Guess I am the lone voice saying no to this. I don't trust plugs on motorcycle tires. Nothing to back it up - just my opinion. Boots, the voice of caution is a good thing. My first flat I wanted to replace the tire. I called a friend who had 100s of thousands miles on his bike, and he knew other high milers. They had flats that were plugged witkh no issues. He said to plug and ride if it was a clean round hole. |
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Iron Butt
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Peru, IN | Plug til you get to a shop then have them dismount the tire and patch it from the inside. Then forget about it until the tire wears out. If you only have a hole in the tread area (NOT the sidewall), an inside patch is as good as new. Assuming the tire shop does it right (and it's pretty simple to do), there's really no way you can have any issues. Leave the plug in to keep water out of the belts. |
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Iron Butt
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, WI | Tire repair done correctly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4BTzc5qMeo http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=77 . |
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Tourer
Posts: 466
Grand Cane, LA | They make a motorcycle plug kit that has plugs that "mushroom out" once inserted correctly. Wife bought me one of these kits for a Christmas present one year and I've used it to patch regular car tires but have yet to use it to repair a motorcycle tire. The kits are a little pricey at $50 but they come with 2 CO2 cartridges that are suppose to be enough to fill a tire and about 30 plugs and the tools. Can't remember off hand who it is made by but I'll try to find it and post it on here later. |
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Tourer
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Grand Cane, LA | Here is the kit I was talking about. It's called the Stop-N-Go Pocket Plugger Kit.
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Iron Butt
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Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | I had good luck with plugs. Even though they might not be the recommended method they seem to last the life of the tire. Even the cheapest Walmart plugs have worked good for me. $6.00 for a 30 pack (that will last me a lifetime). In just a couple of minutes I am back on the road. |
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Tourer
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SC, Bluffton | I have tried those dang mushroom plugs 3 or 4 times. They don't work for me. Everytime I try
a plain jane messy automotive tar rope, they last until the tire wears out. I don't use any glue
either. I think the tar crud melts into the tire after awhile. I have 4 ropes in the rear of my kawasaki
right now with the oldest tar rope at about 10,000 miles. Yes, I need a new tire on it!
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | You all make this way to complicated... How to plug a tire: the redneck way |
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