Should be okay as long as the nail isn't on the bottom.

 

I have had zero problems in the past with plugging and adding a tube but yeah, it's your butt on the seat so you do what feels right to you
That is the scariest thing I think I've ever heard come from someone that works on a motorcycle! I hope you were kidding

 

Take it to an indie and have them put a T patch in it. It'll last the life of the tread with no problem. I wouldn't want to waste a good tire for such a simple puncture.

 

I have had a flat on the rear at 80 mph. no fun! It would be a judgement call on how comfortable you are with a plug/patch. I would replace the tire

 

Patches & plugs are so much better now than they used to be. I remember blowing a plug out twice, 2 weeks in a row going over the same pothole back in the 80s. Refused to use them again until the last couple of years. Theres a harbor freight plug in one of my truck tires right now & Ive been to Colorado Springs and back, and San Diego & back. Id be fine plugging a bike tire, but I would be planning on replacing it before too long just in case...another consideration is, is it a perfectly symmetrical puncture?? Not tearing at all??

 

Haha.. It was the tech writer saying that, not the tech.. But I was a little concerned HE didn't know too !