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I've plugged a bunch of them, as long as they are in the tread and not the sidewall I don't worry about it. I'm pretty sure the rears on both mine and my wife's bike have plugs in them now. Her's uses a tubed tire so I patched it on the inside.
2008 M109R, 2016 FJR1300, 1999 VMax, 2009 Suzuki AN400 Burgman
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I'm also in the "Plug it and ride it" camp. You can get a kit and plug it yourself for less than a shop would charge, if you could find one to do it.
Some people prefer the mushroom plugs, but I have always used rope plugs with no problems in the 45 years I've been riding.
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Some people prefer the mushroom plugs, but I have always used rope plugs with no problems in the 45 years I've been riding.
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Same here , I've been over 180 MPH with string plugs.
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Plug no, plug patch yes. Keep in mind that you are reaming a hole in the tire first anyway before doing the plug/patch. Just make sure the plug part of the patch is big enough for the hole. That is the safest way and where that is, it is more than safe to do it. Never on or close to a sidewall, but you are in the meat of the tire right there so you are good.
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I'll plug it and hope for the best. It'll be my first time plugging a tire, but it looks easy enough in the videos I've watched. Thanks, all, for the advice!
I'll plug it and hope for the best. It'll be my first time plugging a tire, but it looks easy enough in the videos I've watched. Thanks, all, for the advice!
It's not hard. You remove whatever punctured the tire, ream the hole out good with the reamer to make it nice and round, squirt some glue in the hole, put the string on the plug tool, add glue to that, then shove it into the hole. Follow the instructions on how far to insert it. Then you pull the insertion tool out and trim the plug remaining outside the tire.
On deflating the tire, sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. It depends on how stiff the tire is whether you can shove the plug into it or not, which takes some force. I've had to add air to make the tire rigid enough to be able to push against it enough to get the plug in.
On deflating the tire, sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. It depends on how stiff the tire is whether you can shove the plug into it or not, which takes some force. I've had to add air to make the tire rigid enough to be able to push against it enough to get the plug in.
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Its quite normal patches but if these are continually irritating you then change it.
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I've plugged more than one motorcycle tire using Tubeless Tire Repair kits. Never been an issue. Will do so again if necessary.
Shoot, before getting new tires for my 98 Ranger recently, all four tires had more than one repair. Damned dry wall screws around here. 90% of the time, it's those pesky screws.
Years ago, when I had a Yamaha FZ-700 Fazer, I had just left the dealer with new tires. Picked up a screw on the way home. Damned if I was going to go back and buy another new tire the same day. Put a plug in it and rode it til it was near bald. Never leaked any more than any other motorcycle tire I've had.
Shoot, before getting new tires for my 98 Ranger recently, all four tires had more than one repair. Damned dry wall screws around here. 90% of the time, it's those pesky screws.
Years ago, when I had a Yamaha FZ-700 Fazer, I had just left the dealer with new tires. Picked up a screw on the way home. Damned if I was going to go back and buy another new tire the same day. Put a plug in it and rode it til it was near bald. Never leaked any more than any other motorcycle tire I've had.
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