Anyone ever put a patch on a rear tire? I have a rear tire with less than 1600 miles on it ?

 

I did on my last bike, a 2002 Nomad. Actually, my son-in-law did it for me. At first I was a little nervous about it, but after a while I completely forgot and never had a problem. I told the new owner when I sold it.

You'll get all ranges of answers for this question. Some people would never patch a motorcycle tire. Others do it all the time. As they say, you only have two tires on a bike and you need both of them. I would never advise someone to do it because only they can decide on their safety comfort level.

 

Don't **** around with tires or brakes. Ever. Riding a bike is dangerous enough for a multitude of reasons. Doesn't matter if the tire has 10 miles on it. If it needs to be patched, buy a new tire.

 

The old fashioned way of patching a tubeless tyre was to have it vulcanised IIRC. That means having it heat sealed onto the tyre, not just stuck on with glue. I haven't tried it myself, not least because worn tyres are more vulnerable to punctures, rather than nice new ones.

 

This has the nail dead center of the tire. and yes vulcanized was what I was thinking.

 

I have no idea how readily available that is, but worth doing if you can find someone who can.

 

We were stopped a day's ride away from home at a hotel when I saw a rivet in my buddy's tire. Turned out it was right through, but luckily he had a patch kit with him. Well fixed it up and I ran to a hardware store for a 12v pump so he didn't have to put the c02 in it. He never did change the tire. Got thousands more km out of it. Personally, I think it would bother me to much and I'd replace it as soon as I could. if it's a good patch, I'm sure you'd be fine, but I'd be checking the pressure VERY often. It's not likely to cause a blow-out I guess...

 

If a patch alone scares you then patch and TUBE it. Then it is just the same as a tubed tire.

 

On my bike, not happening. On yours, sure why not?

 

On my 14 street glide, I probably would be ok patching it. Carry a plug kit and small compressor in the bags for emergencies. On my previous hayabusa that I pushed 190 mph on a few times, hell no!!!! Even if i did plug it though, would probably only do so temporary and get the tire replaced. Got a nail in rear tire on my gsxr 750 just a few hundred miles after buying new tires, pulled the wheel and had the tire replaced. Had a friend that got a screw in a tire on his sport bike, dumb *** left the screw in and rode the bike until his next tire replacement, but it never leaked or failed on him lol. Would highly recommend replacing the tire though, not worth risking your life for a few hundred bucks!