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Only had my bike a month - 2 brand new tyres on (its ok Mr Salesman I won't bother with the Tyre Insurance) and now I've got a FECKING screw slap bang in the centre of my rear tyre :(
Arse.
Not gonna bother replacing it, gotta get it plugged - other Ninja's seem to have done this loads and its fine - what do you lot think?
Then I gotta find somewhere to get it done before Friday or I miss the meet :(
Bad luck, mate. >:( I'll probably get shouted down on this, but I believe it may depend on the speed rating of the tyre whether it can be done or not. Or maybe if you can persuade the tyre shop to do it!
I guess - its a Dunlop 208 - loads of the Ninja lot say they've had it done and tested at 150+ *cough* ;) lol!! So that would be fine for me as I don't go anywhere near that speed!
Other question of course is where the heck do you go to get it done? Do I go to a Kwak dealer or can another place do it......?
get it plugged mate
did it on my old J2 dunslip rear with no probs
obviously it depends on exactly where the nail is, but seeing that they are new tyres i would have thought it'll be ok
Presumably anyone you know who has had it done is not local to you to ask. I would talk to the (hopefully) friendly local bike shop and see if they do it in house or if they outsource who they would recommend.
I had to get a car tyre done last week as had a neail in a nearly new Pirelli. I got it done at Arrow Tyres in Calne - 10 min job and holding up at legal(ish) speeds with no probs so far. Prob for you as I see it is that the profile is alot different on a bike tyre compared to a car! If theres shed loads of tread Id give it a go but Id be carefull for the first 100 miles "just in case"! If it feels funny (as the bung might sit proud of the tyre to start with before it wears at the same rate as the tyre) and your not happy, then you should change it, but its a case of nothing ventured, nothing gained!
I had the same on my ninja when I was running Diablo Corsa' and the tyre lasted fine after, right through the speeding fine (and temp ban) so they can handle it at speed, only replaced them a few months ago. Obvisouly depends here on the tyre the scre went in though!
Have had the rear plugged on mine before,(Diablo at the time) tested to the speed limiter,no problemo!
Nails are an arse!! picked one up on my bike on the way home from the showroom, less than 20 miles on the clock. Nail went in through tread out through side wall.
Good stuff - gonna phone around tomorrow and try and find out where I can get it done!
The good news (if you can call it that lol) is that it went right in the middle of the tyre and dead straight! Its nowhere near the water channels etc, right slap bang centre! LOL! So should be good to fix. Just gotta get it sorted in time for Fri now which is gonna be tricky with work and stuff :(
Good luck & fingers crossed. :)
Neil, that's a right pi55er! We'll have a chat later on to see if we can think of a way around this as you can't miss the meet on Friday as it could be our only day off from the decorating for RVFBabe and me.
You're not having much luck since you've changed bikes :(
Hope you get it sorted by Friday :)
Tell me about it - heres me staying in at weekends to try and save money to clear debts before heading to NZ and stuff like this keeps happening :(Quote:
Originally Posted by RVFBabe
I think it has something to do with SOD and his laws
Yeah and some dodgy git called Murphy :( lol
yeah he is a pain in the rear aswell!! He is always interfeering with my lottery tickets....
Well I've phoned a few places and they all say the tyre has to be sent off and its at least a week turnaround. Either that or you have to buy a new tyre and get the other sent off and if its repaired you end up with 2.
So pretty much looks like I'm fecked for Friday :(
oh, now that is not funny.! I would be well pi55ed off with that. That is a total C U next Tuesday. I cant go either but that dont help you.. Total Bummer! Cant think of any solution or place that could do it quicker myself... >:( >:( :(
you need to find a decent place mateQuote:
Originally Posted by SkyJawa
when i got mine plugged (some honda dealer in Calne) i just rocked up and they did it there and then.
could be worthwhile to give micheldever tyres a bell. they could do it i reckon. they've even got a mobile unit in case you don't want to go to them
Everywhere I phone says its a ZR rated tyre so its not recommended and no they don't do it :(
Micheldever I can't make it that far and the mobile is car tyres. How annoying is this....
whip the tyre off and take it to a local dealer
ignore their zr talk, trying to get more money out of you
whereabouts do you live?
How do I get the wheel off mate - I don't think I have sockets big enough and being a complete noob don't want to put it back together wrong :( lol
tries to think of a joke to cheer SkyJawa up this afternoon, will post a jelly baby joke in the muppet bit just now.
Scott W has come up trumps.
Its a bit of a trek, but http://www.rideinbiketyres.co.uk/ Gave em a call and they'll do it no probs :D Wooooohoooooo!
I'll just be sure to ride there with a footpump and pressure gauge lol!
HEY HEY, thats got to cheer you up just a tad laddie!!
Lol @ foot pump! :D
lol
get pumping neil
Mate - get yer mind outta the gutter - must sort the tyre first ;) :o ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by ninja_richie
Aye - better when its fixed though! ;) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by benobiker
I'm sure Biketreads in Swindon where Gav works will do it, my bro-in-law has had waaaaay too many punctures from all sorts of crap in his back alley and they always do the biz, if not they may have a matching part worn untill u want/need to replace it.
Bealesy, unfortunately for Neil he's based in Guildford so to Swindon it's a rather long trip with a flat tyre! :D
Ah right :-[ lol
I was going to suggest the same, as Biketreadssorted me out when I had my puncture.
bealesy, were you out Saturday just gone, going through Wroughton?
Yeah - bloody Wiltshire Bikers, fancy this site being no help ;) ;) ;) :P ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Scott W
Pumped the tyre up tonight - over 360 pumps on the old foot doofer :o
Got it to 42psi - left it 30 mins - down to 39. Left 3 hours down to 36. So fingers crossed I should get away with getting to Reading riding nice and sedate like. Worse comes to the worst I'll get it recovered there by the AA!
Over 360 pumps - I can't believe you counted!!!! Muppet! ;) :P :D
Yeah, and fancy this site not being of much help for a Surrey biker! Grrrr! ;D Perhaps we should set up our own site called Berkshire/Surrey Bikers! :D In fact, I'm off now to see if such a site does exist! :D
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Originally Posted by Scott W
You gonna be unfaithful to us?