Quote Originally Posted by evil_daddy
I've had a mushroom repair fitted to another rear tyre in the past (ironically, same make and model, 190/50-17 73W ZR Avon Storm-2), but was away from home. I know it can be fixed and will be as good as was before the incident.

Why are new rear tyres like nail magnets?
I'm fairly certain Avon still offer free replacements for fairly new tyres which suffer a puncture - here's some info if you've not come across it before

http://www.avonmoto.com/download/Avo...C_Warranty.pdf