Re repair of a re repaired tyre

[BigTed]

Fark! I recently repaired a puncture in my rear tyre that I recently re-repaired... a left hand looping bend entering the freeway - pop, sudden deflation. Not dangerous - which was surprising and nice to know.
Fixed on the side of the freeway. Now waiting for Tyres For Bikes to open... I want them to check the repair - I worry the hole is too​ big for my plugs and it'll just fail again. I'm still hoping they can plug it though - I don't want to buy a tyre just yet. I want it to last another 3 months for my trip to start.

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[hobs]

Know how you feel. Got a flattened rear tyre one week after purchase. Do people purposely drop self-tapping screws on the highways. Fixed it with a roadside fix plug. Been a year since repair and tyre maintains pressure very well. Previous tyre had three roadside plugs fitted during its life. Only had to repair one repair three times, (was still learning how to do it then). Don't like having roadside plug repairs, but all seems ok so far. Success comes from making sure the hole is reamed out well and very clean, use glue lavishly and allow a little curing time before reinflation.

Cheers, Hobs

[BigTed]

Bugger - too close to the edge for them to repair, so a new PR4 it is. I reckon it'll have around 6000 on it when I take off on my lap, so it's now likely I'll need to change it again mid-ride. :-(

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[Williamson]

My ST1300 was only two weeks and 1,000km old when the rear tyre found a small, sharp piece of road metal / stone on the Omeo Highway approx. 12km south of Omeo.  It took five rope plugs and C0² cylinders to get back on the road. 

Despite the plugs, it would not reliably hold adequate air pressure, so on return to Melbourne I took the bike for it's first service and had them replace the rear tyre - from memory it had only done 1,450km.

 

[Biggles]

Bugger - too close to the edge for them to repair, so a new PR4 it is. I reckon it'll have around 6000 on it when I take off on my lap, so it's now likely I'll need to change it again mid-ride. :-(

Or go to the trouble of putting a new one on before you go and keep the half-life one to use up when you get home.  Depends how much it would cost to do the change-over at home, and how that fitted in with your preference for replacing both tyres at the same time.

[ppopeye]

Quote from: BigTed on May 24, 2017, 11:54:53 AM<blockquote>Bugger - too close to the edge for them to repair, so a new PR4 it is. I reckon it'll have around 6000 on it when I take off on my lap, so it's now likely I'll need to change it again mid-ride. :-(




Safer option though methinks. I was nervous for you when reading the first post. Good result even though not as convenient for your trip.

[Sicman]

Yep what Biggles said