Tire plug opinions
Road Captain
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From: Down South Jukin'
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Road Captain
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From: Palm Harbor, Florida
If you remove the tyre you can check the tyre bands which form the construction of the tyre. If the nail has cut through one of those I may not use it, but if it hasn't I'd put a mushroom patch in it.
I've plugged loads of tyres and I too have never had one fail. I use the stop n go plugs and then if I bother to remove the tyre I use a mushroom patch glued to the inside.
I've plugged loads of tyres and I too have never had one fail. I use the stop n go plugs and then if I bother to remove the tyre I use a mushroom patch glued to the inside.
Found it at J&P and Amazon - http://www.jpcycles.com/stop-and-go?...=c&matchtype=b
Thanks,
P.S. I installed Ride-on tire sealant/balancer stuff, works pretty good and I'm sure it would work well w/a plug to seal etc.
http://www.ride-on.com/motorcycle-formula-mot.html
Last edited by Rollbar; Jun 24, 2015 at 12:05 PM.
Road Captain
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From: Palm Harbor, Florida
Question, do you use the old style plug/straw push-in type?
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Tourer
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From: NashVegas
Update
Ok, I felt very guilty about doing the plug. My 16 y/o is the primary rider on this bike. His safety is more important to me than the price of a new tire.
Bike is at dealer getting a new tire.
Ok, I felt very guilty about doing the plug. My 16 y/o is the primary rider on this bike. His safety is more important to me than the price of a new tire.
Bike is at dealer getting a new tire.
Road Captain
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From: Palm Harbor, Florida
What tire are you getting/MFG?
I hope not the Dunlop-Mine slip on tar snakes and some cornering/doesn't stick well-Just a thought.
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From: Stockbridge GA
About half the people on this thread say its bad news, yet not a single instance of it actually being bad news.
Kinda like changing your oil at 3K miles, if it makes you feel beter.....go for it.........not really doing anything though.
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From: Stockbridge GA
Dont know what the straw kind is. They are some kind of rubber impregnated nylon I think. You thread it through what looks like a big needle, after prepping and glue you push it through the hole and back out. You end up with it folded over 4 times. I then cut it off flush.
Ive never had one fail or affect the tire that I could tell. The oldest I have is on my ridding mower, yeah I know it only a mower. But I picked up a screw about a month after I bought it, plugged it, still working almost 26 years later.
All other plugs Ive used lasted till I needed new tires or sold the vehicle.
Ive never had one fail or affect the tire that I could tell. The oldest I have is on my ridding mower, yeah I know it only a mower. But I picked up a screw about a month after I bought it, plugged it, still working almost 26 years later.
All other plugs Ive used lasted till I needed new tires or sold the vehicle.
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Road Master
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From: Essex, England
Never have heard about this product-looks easy to install etc.
Found it at J&P and Amazon - http://www.jpcycles.com/stop-and-go?...=c&matchtype=b
Thanks,
P.S. I installed Ride-on tire sealant/balancer stuff, works pretty good and I'm sure it would work well w/a plug to seal etc.
http://www.ride-on.com/motorcycle-formula-mot.html
Found it at J&P and Amazon - http://www.jpcycles.com/stop-and-go?...=c&matchtype=b
Thanks,
P.S. I installed Ride-on tire sealant/balancer stuff, works pretty good and I'm sure it would work well w/a plug to seal etc.
http://www.ride-on.com/motorcycle-formula-mot.html
The plugs are little mushroom types (see pic below) but are only held in by air pressure. That said they work and work well if fitted correctly. I think my father-in-law has about 3 or more in each of his mower tyres! Also got us out of trouble when we picked up a puncture in the back of nowhere in France and found the spare was flat!!
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From: Maryland near DC
the tire sellers say they are not safe and I am sure they are not- as safe as a new tire...but on the rear of a bike in the center of the tread I would not worry about having a plug in the tire...I have been riding motorcycles for going on 50 years and around garages that do repairs for the same length of time and have never seen a plug cause any issues except for coming out once and leaking a few times...