Nail in rear tire... Okay to patch or replace?

Zoodles95

Zoodles95

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My co-worker had some bad luck in his first week with his new Ninja 300. He just texted me that he had/has a nail in his rear tire. Can this be repaired like a car tire or would you replace it no matter what?

He literally has about 130 km on the bike so super bad luck for that rear tire. :(
 
Get an inside patch done on it, and ride it like normal.

Not many shops will do an inside patch anymore. Rosey Toes is one that will though.
 
Really? That is cool. Would be such a bummer to toss what is essentially a brand new tire.
 
Zood, I won't be comfortable riding with a patch. It's your life you are gambling with. Replace it. It's worth the money.
 
AL3RT said:
Zood, I won't be comfortable riding with a patch. It's your life you are gambling with. Replace it. It's worth the money.
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I will pass this advice on for him as well. Two Wheel apparently will do the patch for $60. Not sure how much a new tire would be.

It is not my bike. This is the bike in question though:




My bike is the old CB 750...
 
there is no speed rating on a patched tire, meaning its technically unsafe to ride on. People do though...
 
I wouldn't run a patched tire for long. If that let's go at highway speed you're screwy-Louie'd. Being brand new go back to the dealer tell them the sob story they'll likely cut a deal on a new tire discounted or at cost.


Avro
2011 Yamaha FZ8
2009 Kawasaki ER-6n (SOLD)
 
infernobuster said:
Get an inside patch done on it, and ride it like normal.

Not many shops will do an inside patch anymore. Rosey Toes is one that will though.
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Not many will anymore because they don't want the liability when it lets go and causes you to be spread along 100m of the 401.


Avro
2011 Yamaha FZ8
2009 Kawasaki ER-6n (SOLD)
 
infernobuster said:
Get an inside patch done on it, and ride it like normal.

Not many shops will do an inside patch anymore. Rosey Toes is one that will though.
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Dave at competition will do them as well, He did one for me before and the tire ran fine till the end of its life
 
LOL> Lots of misinformation here.

I have run a patched tire a few times for a the tires lifespan. And were not talking just cruising from home to Tim Hortons either.
Never has a patched tire "blow up" "explode" or "have a thermo nuclear meltdown" in any case.

Sure if your talking about a track bike, than yes .. replace it.
 
I've used the punch and patch tool from Canadian Tire plenty of times. I keep it in my trunk in case I do pick up a nail or something. I've also run the patch the life of the tire and it definitely didn't explode. Lol. They were all mostly touring miles on the hwy, so I didn't take it easy on the tire.
The most I did was check the tire pressure a little more frequently but other than that it was fine.
 
I have a plug in my tire, Its held up now for 11,000kms, I got it about 250kms after my new tire was installed.
 
I used this product on my rear tire on a R1200RT.

http://www.motorcycleinnovations.ca...Plugger_Kit_for_Tubeless_Tires_p/sng.1000.htm

I picked up a nail with less than 3K on the tire. I drove the repaired tire at speeds >200KpH and toured with a passenger and luggage. The plug finally failed with tire well beyond the tread bar. Failure was not a catastrophic explosion, but a slow leak that equaled a flat tire in the morning when I went to ride it. The tire lasted to 13K.

So, yes I would plug a new tire.
 
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Dumping a brand new tire is bad for the environment.

Patch it!

It defies logic that a patch can come loose in a tire. The air pressure is pressing against a patch, it cannot move, it is pushed against the tire wall.
 
There is a product which is a pull through plug with a patch all in one unit. It installs from inside the tire, so tire removal is required. Prep the hole like a patch, pull the plug portion through, and affix the patch portion.

I would ride on the above ^^^ mentioned plug/patch fix on the street. Not on the track or under major stress. and not if the hole was at the edge or near the side wall of the tire.
 
I rode with my buddy today. He ended up putting a new rear tire on his Ninja 300. I was kind of surprised. Cost a lot more than the patch would have cost.
 
Glad to hear it's fixed, he should sell the tire with the hole. Someone will patch it and have a cheap tire.

Personally, I will ride on a mushroom patch until the tire is worn out. If I use the plug from the outside, on a bike I try to get it fixed properly within a few days. On a car, I use the ones from the outside and have never had a problem.
 
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