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03-08-2013, 07:38 PM | #1 |
No turn left unstoned
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: leicester
Bike: M750
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puncture repair advice sought.
I picked up a 2cm length of broken round needle file in my rear tyre last night.
A neat hole, about 3mm dia , fairly square to the tyre surface and about 2cm off the tyre's centreline. The tyre is a Michelin PR2 which has served me pretty well for nearly 7000 miles, but it still retains a decent profile and looks to me like it might have another two or three thousand miles in it. But if I was going to shell out for a professional repair, I almost might as well fit a new tyre instead. ....and I'd rather not do that just now as I might (unusualy) be doing a few motorway miles in the not too distant, and I might as well square the old tyre off, rather than a new one. So, I was wondering how folks might rate the "temporary" type plug repairs as a longer term proposition. As I said, its a neat, clean hole, in a good position and nicely square to the surface, so it seems to me that it should stand half a chance of going the distance. The bike's a 750 and I do use it, but I don't cane it. Or alternatively, how common is it for a tyre supplier to offer a free lifetime repair ? The tyre came from a local specialist bike tyre fitter, who I get all my tyres from. |
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