Punctured tire...again!
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Nails seem to be attracted to tires! I work part time at a "big box" home improvement store...I recognized the nail I picked up in our parking lot as the clipped head framing nail we sell.
I plan on having a tube installed next week, but I was wondering...my rear wheel is an aluminum casting for tubeless tires and the tire valve fits in a machined hole with counterbore. Wonder if a tube tire valve will fit through the hole?
I plan on having a tube installed next week, but I was wondering...my rear wheel is an aluminum casting for tubeless tires and the tire valve fits in a machined hole with counterbore. Wonder if a tube tire valve will fit through the hole?
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Nails seem to be attracted to tires! I work part time at a "big box" home improvement store...I recognized the nail I picked up in our parking lot as the clipped head framing nail we sell.
I plan on having a tube installed next week, but I was wondering...my rear wheel is an aluminum casting for tubeless tires and the tire valve fits in a machined hole with counterbore. Wonder if a tube tire valve will fit through the hole?
I plan on having a tube installed next week, but I was wondering...my rear wheel is an aluminum casting for tubeless tires and the tire valve fits in a machined hole with counterbore. Wonder if a tube tire valve will fit through the hole?
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Plug it with the cheap sticky strings. I did when my Breakout rear had only a few hundred miles and it lasted the entire time. When I replaced it, I looked inside and it was perfectly seated an no way coming out.
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Well, called Freedom Powersports and Tina said they couldn't put a tube in my aluminum rear wheel. They don't patch and the other indys I called said insurance wouldn't let them. I plugged the tire and rode about 150 miles; developed a very slow leak next to the plug...so I stuffed another plug in. Seems to be holding. Social Security is about 10 days away; I'll buy a new tire and we'll eat weenies and P&J sandwiches until my paycheck from my part time job comes in.
I had retirement planned better than this but Obama screwed that up. Wife will complain a little but she knows we loved beanie weenies when she "needed" a new couch. By mid-May I'll be back on the road with confidence.
I had retirement planned better than this but Obama screwed that up. Wife will complain a little but she knows we loved beanie weenies when she "needed" a new couch. By mid-May I'll be back on the road with confidence.
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I plugged my motorcycle tire once to get home and asked my buddy who's ridden for a very long time if he'd ride on a plug.
His response was. "You know I like to ride my Harley to bars and have a bunch of beers. I will not ride on a plug except perhaps to get home".
Take that for what you will but I personally won't ride on a plug except slowly to get home.
His response was. "You know I like to ride my Harley to bars and have a bunch of beers. I will not ride on a plug except perhaps to get home".
Take that for what you will but I personally won't ride on a plug except slowly to get home.
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I agree no plugged motorcycle tires for me except as a last resort to get home. But my rear is tubed, so that's out anyway with a nail puncture. With that being said, last week when I picked up that nail on my way to work, if it wasn't tubed already, I would've plugged that joker without a second thought to get me back home just to save me the hassle of getting my truck and trailer, 30 miles away, coming back to load the bike up and taking it home. Anyway, I picked mine up from Tina yesterday and put it back together last night. I wonder why they can't put a tube in an aluminum wheel? Might be something to do with corrosion inside the wheel or something would be my guess?? I ran tubes in alum motocross wheels...
If you haven't already, might wanna try Marr's Performance in Park City and see if he can help you out with it. He's a good dude. He also does dyno tuning and builds some pretty nasty race bikes.
If you haven't already, might wanna try Marr's Performance in Park City and see if he can help you out with it. He's a good dude. He also does dyno tuning and builds some pretty nasty race bikes.
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I agree no plugged motorcycle tires for me except as a last resort to get home. But my rear is tubed, so that's out anyway with a nail puncture. With that being said, last week when I picked up that nail on my way to work, if it wasn't tubed already, I would've plugged that joker without a second thought to get me back home just to save me the hassle of getting my truck and trailer, 30 miles away, coming back to load the bike up and taking it home. Anyway, I picked mine up from Tina yesterday and put it back together last night. I wonder why they can't put a tube in an aluminum wheel? Might be something to do with corrosion inside the wheel or something would be my guess?? I ran tubes in alum motocross wheels...
If you haven't already, might wanna try Marr's Performance in Park City and see if he can help you out with it. He's a good dude. He also does dyno tuning and builds some pretty nasty race bikes.
If you haven't already, might wanna try Marr's Performance in Park City and see if he can help you out with it. He's a good dude. He also does dyno tuning and builds some pretty nasty race bikes.
BTW you might look into Ride-On, there are threads on here and they claim 60% or so IIRC success in plugging a nail hole. It's pretty cheap and if it works even once, well worth it to me.
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I have plugged many car tires and one motorcycle tire.
The car tires are a bear to jam the plug in....a trick is if you have a drill and bits handy drill out the hole a little so you can insert the plug. I have one in my 345/30/19 rear tire on by Vette with 30,000 miles on it, no problem.
The motorcycle tire was super thin I almost jammed the plug all the way through expecting it to be hard to do like a car tire. Motorcycle tires are very thin compared to car tires.
That said it got me home and to the dealer for a new tire with no problem. It didn't leak either.
The car tires are a bear to jam the plug in....a trick is if you have a drill and bits handy drill out the hole a little so you can insert the plug. I have one in my 345/30/19 rear tire on by Vette with 30,000 miles on it, no problem.
The motorcycle tire was super thin I almost jammed the plug all the way through expecting it to be hard to do like a car tire. Motorcycle tires are very thin compared to car tires.
That said it got me home and to the dealer for a new tire with no problem. It didn't leak either.