Was out riding and got a flat. So now gotta figure out what's going on there.

Thinking maybe just get wheels and a 23 up front.

 

sounds logical to me... no better time than when you already need tire(s)

 

lol, yeah now reality set in and i'm just going to replace the tire for now.

 

Well that was short lived lol

 

Bought my breakout with 770 miles on it and picked up a screw in the rear tire within the first 200-250 miles so I bought a brand new rear tire at around 1100 miles.

Michael

 

I picked up a nail at 300 miles. After doing a lot of research I decided to plug it. Worked perfectly all the way down past the wear bars. When they took the tire off, I inspected it from the inside and it was solid. I figured the chances of the plug failing were lower than me picking up another nail. I know it's not for everyone, but just my experience.

 

Maybe I'm just crazy, but I plugged mine when I caught a screw in my back tire at the end of last year (I ride all Winter so there's really no "end" for me) and I'm still riding on it with a plug. I bought a Metzler but I was waiting for a set of bearings (non Harley) to do at the same time. Now it's just make an appt. at an independent and ride over. If you do the plug right it'll last the life of the tire.

 

I would have loved to do that instead of spending $400 for a new tire that early but it was a big screw and all the way through where the tire went flat and in the center of the tread. Also was on a Sunday and I was supposed to head out of town on a weeklong bike trip so I stopped at the only shop I knew was open which was sadly a Harley shop. So I had to spend.

Michael

 

Mine was almost all the way through, but in order to plug it I had to go all the way through with a reamer tool and made the hole bigger anyway. That plug was not coming out - no way, no how. When I took the worn tire off and inspected it, the part of the plug inside was a big knot and sort if mushroomed, so a lot bigger then the hole itself. I used the old style sticky "strings"

 

i would have plugged it on the side of the road if i could. mine got sliced. the gash is about 1 inch long. almost like if a single edge razor blade went through it. i've run plugs on everything even my old sport bikes and they have held at high speeds i have no problems at all with plugs when they can be used.