Shortest Lived Tyre ??

[Rusty]

Booked a bike out from the garage at work on Friday morning, checked it over and saw it had just come back from workshops .... serviced and with a set of new tyres ( sorry don't remember what we run on ) ..... 11 miles later when getting back on I saw that horrible shiny wood screw head smiling at me from the side wall of the rear tyre ... how on earth did it get in there ? Right in the side edge of the tread, just where, in a few thousand miles it starts to square off .... slowly back to the garage and back to workshops for a replacement tyre.
They are not plugged, just replaced and although I'm not paying for it I find it so annoying that stuff like that is on our roads at all. >:( >:(
So .... anyone had a tyre that has only lasted a few miles or a couple of hours ?
Plug for good or do you replace ?
Personally, I carry a kit, like I know a lot of you do, and would plug, ride carefully to dealer and replace ... I just would not trust a plugged tyre at quickish speeds .... thoughts please ...............  ;D

[mecki]

I had a rear tyre puncture on my 1250 Bandit a couple of years ago and got the AA to fix (plug) it.
The mechanic put a sticker on the speedo (40mph max) and advised me to have the tyre replaced asap.
So I wouldn't ride on a plugged tyre except to the next workshop to have it replaced.
Especially not a Z-rate one.

[Lonewolf]

Lol, bet you got some ribbing about that. If not you should have done.  ;D

I can see how this would be frustrating, did you have to ring ahead and cancel your reservation at Greasy Joes cafe?  ;) ;)

I would replace, although I'd be pissed off at doing so at £150 approx per tyre. You need to have confidence in your tyres and I dont see how you would have that if it was just plugged. I've been lucky and only ever had one puncture and that was about five years ago. Probably due for another pretty soon.  :(

So there you go, in my case it would be call out the AA or whoever I'm with, let them plug it or convey me to a bike shop and then it woudl be a new tyre.

[Kevin]

<snip> Personally, I carry a kit, like I know a lot of you do, and would plug, ride carefully to dealer and replace ... I just would not trust a plugged tyre at quickish speeds .... thoughts please ...............  ;D

Me too although I might have to confess to not riding as carefully as I perhaps should once it appears the tyre is going to stay up.

Kevin

[Martin#30]

I got a puncture in my shiny rear PR3 at 100 miles. 10 minute DIY repair myself (using one of these kits ) , and it lasted another 9,400 miles in all conditions and speeds.

Happy to repair tyres, and will continue to do so.

Martin.

[100milesaway]

Many years ago I picked up a brand new cx 500 Honda, and from the bike shop to my house was 1.2 miles. As I rolled up at home with my wife and young sprog stood outside awaiting an eyefull of my first NEW bike, ;D I thought something feels a bit strange, sure enough when I got off the bike the back tyre was almost flat with a huge nail smiling up at me. :'( Game over for that tyre 1 miserable mile, that of course will not be a record but me thinks it will be pretty close. :(

[2kwacks]

I do know mates that will plug the tyre and think nothink of it ??? however! it's a no brainer for me, would plug to get me home but that's about it. then would replace with a new tyre as soon as posssible, am not saying a professional repair is not safe, have got mates who have plugged there tyre's and run them for 3,000 miles plus. personally I would not be happy with it being repaired, at work they will not allow a tyre to be repaired on a bike or car regardless of age, mileage or wear.

[Lonewolf]

2kwacks, we also dump our tyres at 3mm, rather than when they get to 1.6mm.

[2kwacks]

2kwacks, we also dump our tyres at 3mm, rather than when they get to 1.6mm.
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[routemaster]

Hi

On my previous bikes I have opted and will tend for a tyre repair done by a tyre dealer.

On the CBF1000 I have had a couple of rear tyres that were plugged and in one case one tyre had two repairs (the maximum) and they went on to do 8-10,000 miles without any issues or problems.

On the GTR I changed my 021's tyres to PR3's at @ 4,000 miles. Unfortunately the speed rating of the GTR tyres means they can't be repaired I have to replace the tyres. The first rear PR3 had to be replaced after 1000 miles due to a puncture,  :-[ :-[ :-[    the second rear PR3 after 7,000 miles  :-\ so I am now my third rear PR3 tyre which has clocked up over 2000 miles so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it runs puncture free.

BTW my front PR3 has clocked up @ 10,000 miles and is still looking very good  :) :)

Steve

[Boomer]

I swear that tyre dealers see their sales declining so send someone out to strew the roads with screws.  ;)
I'm being facetious. No need for that.
We have more than enough doughbrain builders, plumbers, leccies and chippies who are quite capable of strewing screws far and wide.

I've never had a bike tyre punctured with less than 2000 miles on it, but had a car tyre that did an explosive deflate about 200yds from the tyre dealer. The tyre itself was defective and it blew out a piece of the sidewall. Dealer fitted a new tyre.

[Ziderman]

Was it an old Rusty Nail me Lord.....te heee.. ;D