What a beautiful day in Hertfordshire. Blue skies, golden sun, glorious autumnal colours and then ten miles from home rear wheel puncture. Then home on recovery truck. Only 600 miles on new michelin which replaced last one which punctured and could not be replaced. Im not best pleased are these tyres partiularly susceptible to rear punctures or just my luck? Whilst the warning light is a good idea it is a double edged sword as sealants like slime cannot be used.
Quote from: sausage1 on November 11, 2012, 04:20:21 PM
What a beautiful day in Hertfordshire. Blue skies, golden sun, glorious autumnal colours and then ten miles from home rear wheel puncture. Then home on recovery truck. Only 600 miles on new michelin which replaced last one which punctured and could not be replaced. Im not best pleased are these tyres partiularly susceptible to rear punctures or just my luck? Whilst the warning light is a good idea it is a double edged sword as sealants like slime cannot be used.
what bad dam luck, bet your well :angry: but :shit: happens and often comes in three :sad: you can't use sealants :nono: but you can use one of theses.. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNIVERSAL-MOTORCYCLE-BIKE-ATV-QUAD-CAR-BICYCLE-PUNCTURE-REPAIR-KIT-TUBELESS-/320956974959?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item4aba86c76f I've got one tuck away in my pannier :smiley: just in case.. well you never know! it also has 3 air canisters, but I also carry one of theses.. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/motorcycle-motorbike-tyre-pump-air-compressor-compact-100-psi-12v-/250921279731?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item3a6c12e0f3 I've also removed the lighter plug adaptor and solder a optimate connector on :smiley: to power it. but only done this because I did heard the cigarette type adaptor supplied with the compressor tends to blow the fuse in the 12 volt connector on the bike. "where's there a will there's a way :smiley:
just bad luck, cant see how a particular tyre would attract things to puncure it or being made softer than other tyres for sharp items to penetrate, particularly a Michelin.
Thank you 2kwaks. i will certainly be getting one of those kits.
Quote from: sausage1 on November 11, 2012, 06:05:24 PM
Thank you 2kwaks. i will certainly be getting one of those kits.
your very welcome :smiley: but your crossed of my christmas card list :yes: for leaving out the "C" :grin: As the penny dropped.. :wink: :mfr_lol:
Had a puncture a couple of weeks back making 4 in the last 2 and a half years. Now back on PR3s - just to contradict the trend, running PR3s has been the 10 months of no punctures in recent riding.
The weather we have now is washing all sorts of crud onto the roads, sometimes it's more of a surprise on my commute that I make it unscathed - don't think it's the tyres, just bad luck.
You should have seen the tiny slither that punctured the standard rubber on my GTR. OK, so it justified changing from those black painted polo mints to proper rubber, but it was insulting, about 1/4" long and 1/16" wide - what an insult!
I think youv'e just been exceptionally unlucky!
Quote from: Lonewolf on November 11, 2012, 07:07:11 PM
I think youv'e just been exceptionally unlucky!
:agree: I cant really see that Michelin is more likely to puncture than other makes of tyre....could be wrong though :innocent:
They are a soft compound compared with some tyres but I am very particular about tyre pressures and keeping them correctly inflated helps, or at least that's what I've convinced myself.
I've had one puncture in a PR2 rear in my 50,000 miles on the 1400.
To be honest WHERE you ride is more likely to affect how many punctures you get.
If you regularly ride on cross-hatched bits of road or other parts of the road not regularly used by cars/vans/trucks then you are riding through debris and will get more punctures. It also pays to not ride into areas where a lot of building work is going on as those areas are covered in screws and other tyre shredding rubbish.
I once saw a chippy drop a big box of self-tapping screws whilst walking from his van to a building site.
It split wide open and spewed screws across the road. He scraped up most of them leaving several hundred screws laying around. :no: :nono:
I had a polite word and got told to :censored: off.
So, I had a word with the site manager and got told to :censored: off.
So, I called the company headquarters and told them what I thought of their employees attitudes.
They were polite but didn't seem to care or likely to take any action.
So, I finally phoned the Police to inform them of a road traffic hazard, they sent a car and within 10 minutes the chippy was out on the road with a dustpan
and brush cleaning up his mess. He did not look happy and later on when I left work he came over and had a go about me calling the Police.
Needless to say I told him to :censored: off. :mfr_lol:
He looked like he was going to swing for me but I guess he decided that he would lose against a 6'4" behemoth clad in armoured leather, crash helmet and carbon fibre knuckled gloves.
:mfr_lol: - where's the like button when you need it most!
I like it George :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol: