What would you do with a nail in your rear?

[sandctrev]

Gosh dangit I'm bummed right now. After my pree-ride inspection. I see I have a nail in my rear tire. Dead center. I'm gonna ride it down the st. To Ramona Performance Cycles tonight. Should I replace, plug, patch, or plug and patch? I just got the dang tire.

 

[fmf]

the title made me LOL.....must....not.....make......jokes... :BLAA:


not sure what advice to give you on whether to plug or patch though

 

[PFD023]

Same thing happened to me the morning of my license test.
I'm not a tire guy but since bikes only have two I'd suggest you do what I did.....replace it.
It sucks.....big time.

 

[greg]

depends how old the tyre is, and on how you ride on the road I'd probably get it plugged.

I've recently had a puncture on mine, but it was more of a cut. I happened to have a spare nearly new tyre so I replaced it with that. Did notice a long nail in it elsewhere when it was remove which wasn't leaking, but can't have been helping.

 

[Gelvatron]

If the hole is smaller than 3/16 of an inch it can be patched i done correctly will not affect the structure of the tire.

Inward out patch using cement and a inner patch on top if the plug

 

[Jblk9695]

I wouldn't be able to sit down with a nail in my rear, ouch:BLAA:

Plug it, had a hole about 1/4" diameter in the rear tire on an 01 Concourse and had it plugged, lasted to the end of the tire life, another 5K miles.

I've even plugged a tire with the sticky sting style and had no worries, this was on a WeeStrom.

Jerry

 

[tejkowskit]

If you decide to repair, plug AND patch is ideal. I went about 7000 miles on a plug in my last rear tire with no problems what-so-ever. 2000 of those miles were on a trip, too, with a lot of higher speed interstate riding.

 

[Ssky0078]

Depends on how old the tires is. I just had a nail in my rear tires but I had about 8000 miles on the tire and didn't really like it in the first place so I replaced it..

If it's a new tire I would get a plug/patch however the shop recommends to do it.

 

[Andz]

I have had this a couple of times and always used an internal mushroom plug, it looks like a giant rubber thumb tack that they insert in the hole from the inside. Perfectly safe. The only time I couldn't was when I hit a piece of metal on the highway and it cut a V shaped slot in my less than a week old tyre. I just made it (slowly!) to the bike shop and had to shell out for a new tyre.

 

[SweaterDude]

the title made me LOL.....must....not.....make......jokes... :BLAA:


not sure what advice to give you on whether to plug or patch though

Never plug/patch a motorcycle tire. it should only be done to get you to a place where you can get a new tire. too much rides on a motorcycle tire. dont be stupid or stingy on this one, get new rubber.

 

[DownrangeFuture]

Patch and plug is fine. Make sure they actually do both. It requires removing the tire from the rim and inspecting the inside. If they don't do that, walk away. I'm sure they will though.

The only caveat is that the tire is no longer "speed rated". So it's not rated to go over 120mph any more. Which isn't a huge deal, but if you're going to be canyon carving and heating the tire up, you'll want to replace it for safety reasons. If you're just commuting, well it'll be fine.

 

[TownsendsFJR1300]

being a brand new tire, I'd combo plug/patch the tire.

The inside of the tire just needs to be smoothed out and the "Steelman plug/patch " glued and installed.

Being dead center, I wouldn't worry about it as long as it was installed correctly.

 

[Sawblade]

I plugged mine when when I picked up a screw about 5000 miles in on a rear. Another 2000 later, I got a roofing nail, so I decided 2 holes was pushing it and got a new tire.

 

[red_rock_beetle]

i'd go to the doctor, you might get tetanus

 

[lytehouse]

the title made me LOL.....must....not.....make......jokes... :BLAA:

I wouldn't be able to sit down with a nail in my rear, ouch:BLAA:

i'd go to the doctor, you might get tetanus

I love this forum! Glad I'm not the only one that thinks in a twisted way :BLAA:

 

[sandctrev]

I thought the title would amuse everyone. I've decided since the nail is so small that I'm going to get it plugged, and patched if possible. I've seen how a couple of the guys who replied ride, (much harder then I) though they make it look easy. I am conserned about the speed rating. So no 100 miles per hour till I get new tire. Thank you all for helping me make this choice.