Rest In Peace
As many Welly riders know, we had a puncture on a borrowed Bandit yesterday. There's a cut in the tyre aligned with the direction of rotation. The tyre is new (maybe 3,000km old) and everyone is saying that it has to be replaced .... at $290! Surely this is bollocks. In a car and on the FXR all that happens is you stuff a tube in it.
Clearly I'm missing something
Brett
Impromtu gravity attacks
Depends on the tyre damage, you mention a cut, so how much has been cut? If the tyre belting (the structural part under the tread) has been cut then its stuffed. If its a simple hole (like a nail penetration) then thats usually repairable or "tubeable". Show it to a proffesional and believe them.
Rest In Peace
Thanks Crisis, makes sense, it's just sooo different to what you would do with a car road tyre.
Perhaps I will admit to being just a tad wary of the shop "experts" as they have a vested interest in selling me a new tyre as opposed to just fixng a puncture. That's why I came to this forum, for sensible un-biased advice - like yours
I blame the Labour Government
some tyre places can add more rubber to patch the hole, vulcanising(sp?) i think its called.
I have a 3 cm gash in my raod tyre and tyre place say they can't fix it because they only put in those little tubes (like the ones that you use to put air in your tyre) but i was recommended to see another tyre place because they do vucanising(sp?) might want to give that a shot.
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Depends on the shop.Originally Posted by Grub
But generally, if the carcase is damaged (which it would be if the cut's right through), then the tyre is TED. If not, then an internal patch would render the tyre usable again.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Easy Biker
It all hinges on whether it would get a warrant of fitness or not. Check out the LTNZ Vehicle Inspection Requirements Manual stuff here http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/pub...ycles-v2-3.pdf which while this is listed as motorcycle stuff seems to have a lot of car stuff there all the same.
Tyres - they don't like cuts especially if down to the cords.
Cheers
Merv
Forum whore
Same rules apply to car and bike tyres,putting a tube in if there are cut cords is a no go.The bike shops are not conning you into buying a tyre....they are just not supplying you with a reason to sue them for doing a shoddy repair.
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It's your LIFE man, is it really worth haggling over the price of a new tyre?
Any good cut makes keeping the tyre a decidedly dodgy, even on a smaller bike let alone a bigger one.
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Hey,can I have a cheap speeding ticket? The bastards up here charge way too much!
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Shit yes! Competition in the traffic policing area would really bring the price down!
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It's no different at all,putting a tube in it adds no structural strength if the carcass is damaged and no decent tyre shop will do it
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
I blame the Labour Government
its not his life as its someone elses bike and he won't ride it again, so that makes everything OK. ok?
maybe talk to your mate and see if they want to go halves in it as it could've happened to anyone, it's not like you did somthing stupid.
From American dad :
American dads dad: Breaking into a safe is like making love to a woman
American dad: So you just pound on it for two minutes until your done?
Rest In Peace
Thanx all for your input. I asked the stupid question because I'm stupid and I haven't ridden a bike in a verry long time AND I've never ever had a puncture AND and, I've never had to replace a car tyre because of a puncture - even on my rally car.
So thanks again, I understand now that bike tyres are a little more delicate and that it seems 90% of the time, you just have to bite the bullet and buy the damn tyre. Which wouldn't be so bad if it was *my* tyre!
There are things to be enormously thankful fo though ... my darling Nasty wasn't riding it :whew:
Bitch from Hell
Its the life of a girlfriend on mine who is on her honeymoon .. its getting picked up by the shop and they will tell us what to do .. and as you guys have said .. do what they say and don't question ... I am more than happy to pay and make sure no matter who rides they are safe ... cos that is what counts
I blame the Labour Government
theres always more girlfriends out there. If you have been living with her for longer than two years you can get half of her stuff, or ALL of her stuff if you fix the tyre dodgey and let her ride. cheaper than the pain shes gonna put you through in the futureIts the life of a girlfriend on mine who is on her honeymoon .. its getting picked up by the shop and they will tell us what to do .. and as you guys have said .. do what they say and don't question ... I am more than happy to pay and make sure no matter who rides they are safe ... cos that is what counts
edit; oh girl friend not girlfriend. in that case just tell her it was FINE when you left it
From American dad :
American dads dad: Breaking into a safe is like making love to a woman
American dad: So you just pound on it for two minutes until your done?
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