Punctures – Like When You Had You First Off

[skidMark]

no punctures ever, then 2 in two weeks. with less than 1000 k old tyres.

both times coming out to the garage in morning to discover she had gone down over night.

and going fuck...**out with ze Co2 canister and dog turdy thingy**

i have to replace my tyres every 4,000 k's anyways on the 250....

gets expensive at $450 per set...

my mate with a zx10r goes through a set just as quick sometimes quicker.

$650 a set or something silly....

owie.

it's commuting that fucks them.

i always wear out middle well and truely before the sides.

and no i'm not going to get some homo spec dual compound tyre.

i still have to replace them because the edges get severe stepping on the water drain channels (tread grooves) from accelaration out of corners.

rips the poor things up horribly...

same with my mates zx10r...rip up from acceleration then folds over and melts back onto the tyre...

yep hes nuts. lol

it's a nice toy too...

fastest n/a zx10r in nz w00t

[Lucy]

Sorry. Showing my ignorance here, but generally are motorcycle tyres nowadays tubeless?

A tube tyre, well unless you got the tyre irons and a special puncture kit [like bicycles], it might be a long walk, or the AA breakdown service.

Heads Up and Enjoy

You think THAT'S ignorant??? I didn't even know tyres could be tubeless! I've fixed punctures on pushbikes, and it was a pain, removing the tyre was the hardest bit. I can't even imagine doing it on a motorcycle, so I just pray that I don't get one. After riding the River road I bought a tyre panda can of stuff, which says 'don't use on motorcycles' so I am even more confused nowadays....

[skidMark]

You think THAT'S ignorant??? I didn't even know tyres could be tubeless! I've fixed punctures on pushbikes, and it was a pain, removing the tyre was the hardest bit. I can't even imagine doing it on a motorcycle, so I just pray that I don't get one. After riding the River road I bought a tyre panda can of stuff, which says 'don't use on motorcycles' so I am even more confused nowadays....

you are the reason bike shops stay in business

i like you.

[Lucy]

you are the reason bike shops stay in business

i like you.

Thanks!

If I could manage to get served in a bike shop I'd agree with you, and probably spend money. But I can't, so I got it from Repco and will keep riding my GN for a while.

[skidMark]

Thanks!

If I could manage to get served in a bike shop I'd agree with you, and probably spend money. But I can't, so I got it from Repco and will keep riding my GN for a while.

shes a hard road finding the perfect women boy....


wanna go halves on a baby?

[Monsterbishi]

The last puncture I got on the YZF was a minter, never found what holed it, happened on the way to work one morning, and discovered it once I went to go home, it was also the first time I found my Dunlops had strong enough sidewalls to act like runflats so I did the trip home like a beserk relay race - it would last for a minute or two from full of air to empty so I filled it using one of the work compressors, rode like a madman to the nearest servo and refilled, then onto the next, and the next, and you get the idea.

17km trip, considering the roads were dead empty at 3am, it still took freakin' ages to get home, almost a hour

[Bikernereid]

Was pillioning on back on mates Moto Guzzi TODAY (return trip of first ride back in the UK after NZ) and got 18miles into an approx 190miles rainy journey when the road surface started to feel a bit jippey. Then we got onto another road surface and it still felt crap. Dawning realisation crept in that f*ck it is the bike n not the road surface. Managed to to creep along for 1/2 mile into layby n sos stop to see bloody great bit nail in tyre.

Only got worse after that, never trust break down companies!! Bike still up north!!

Well sort of remembering when we had our first whoopsie [off/drop], today it happened - the first flat tyre, rear.

Only got the two new tyres a month ago, and being 150km short of 3000km when the air vacated the residence. Well I suppose it had to happen sooner or later.

My first reaction, ‘that wind is strong’, then ‘oh heck the rear axle nut is loose’ and then when I pull over this morning on the way back from Ngawi to Martinborough the tell tale was there for all to see – the tyre flat as. Honestly the puncture scenario did not even register until I stopped – true.

Oh for carrying onboard puncture kits, mine, Stevedee’s and Andy’s we had enough gas bottles to have a party. Stevedee is becoming a master of the roadside puncture repair, having had one in Martinborough 6mths back, and yes on a new tyre too.

So what has been your experience with your tyres and having a puncture?

Heads Up and Enjoy

[DEATH_INC.]

Depends if you carry tyre levers and a tube type puncture repair kit. Or a spare tube . Always wise to include one for each wheel on a long trip.

On your bike, I'd ride home on the flat tyre.

Done it before not (quite) as hard as you might think. You'll fuck the tube for sure though, and maybe the tyre.

Actually, just carry whichever tube is the smallest, they'll stretch heaps (a 13" car tube will reach around 6' diameter before it pops...) so it'll do both in an emergency.
Try not to use Pando, it's shit and often won't fix the problem and it's near impossible to get a patch to adhere properly after you've used it.
The biggest trick to not pinching the tube is not pushing the lever right over when refitting the tyre, don't go past vertical (the tyre lying flat...) and push the tyre down that last bit to get it on....it's usually the end of the lever that wrecks the tube when it crushes it against the rim....
Ummm, where's the 'my tyres don't last long enough to get a puncture' option....

[Usarka]

2 of the bastards.

If the hole is small heating up the tyre can stop the leak. Fill it with air, do a burn out and jump on the motorway to get to the tyre shop. Feel like a smug bastard until it finally starts leaking and wobbling as you come down the harbour bridge. damhik.

[Nasty]

Sorry. Showing my ignorance here, but generally are motorcycle tyres nowadays tubeless?

A tube tyre, well unless you got the tyre irons and a special puncture kit [like bicycles], it might be a long walk, or the AA breakdown service.

Heads Up and Enjoy

for tubed tyres there is Tyre pandy ... you don't have a long walk unless you want one. Also best to check with your local motorcycle shop ... their information can be a bit more accurate and they can sell you what you need.

[Swoop]

Tipping the bike into a bumpy corner at 110 ish, and finding out later the rear tyre was inflated to a third of its pressure (hadn't felt anything wrong before that).

Someone posted, a while back, that speeds over 70kmh will centrifuge the tyre and keep it "working".

The guys at Cycletreads said that punctures only appear in rear tyres, from their experience.

[jrandom]

I picked up a fuckoff big rivet bang smack through the center of a Metzeler Sportec M3 only a couple of weeks after it was fitted. Walked back out into the carpark shortly after arriving at work and there's me bike with the rear tyre sadly spread out under the rim, flat as a pancake. I must have rolled over it very close to my destination, because I didn't feel any handling disturbances on the ride in.

Fortunately, Frosty lent me his van to haul the bike around with and Cycletreads plugged the hole later that day with a minimum of fuss. Apparently, repaired tubeless tyres are fine at any speed, just as good as the original, etc...

[xwhatsit]

Someone posted, a while back, that speeds over 70kmh will centrifuge the tyre and keep it "working".

The guys at Cycletreads said that punctures only appear in rear tyres, from their experience.

That 70kph centrifuge guy was the infamous knee-down-public-road Tom. I won't put too much stock in that tip.

My puncture was in the front. Rode over some broken glass scattered on the street next to mine (that really shits me when people throw bottles onto the road), pull into driveway, hear a hissing noise, tyre goes dead flat in about 10 seconds.

[James Deuce]

That 70kph centrifuge guy was the infamous knee-down-public-road Tom. I won't put too much stock in that tip.

My puncture was in the front. Rode over some broken glass scattered on the street next to mine (that really shits me when people throw bottles onto the road), pull into driveway, hear a hissing noise, tyre goes dead flat in about 10 seconds.

It's more like 140kph and Bike mag did an article on an English motorcycle courier who has done millions of miles on VFRs as a courier. He never let flat tyres interfere with his working day. He reckoned he was fine on the motorway with a flat rear, provided he maintained 80mph or so.

[Nagash]

I got a flat rear tyre on my 125 not too long ago, was only commuting back home and just felt the back sorta slid around a bit when I went round corners. Pulled over to see the tyre as flat as flat can be (or atleast heading that way) so I had to push this moto with a flat tyre the 30 minutes or so. give it some air so that I could atleas get it home and sort it out later..

Thing I learnt, if ever pushing a bike that still has gas, just walk along side it and use the throttle si it propels itself and you a wee bit!