I have plugged a few tyres and never had an issue with them, many bike shops wont repair a puncture, and will only sell you a new tyre, not great when you only have a few hundred miles on a tyre. Fixing your own is a useful skill to learn.
Had the same issue, brand new tyre on my bike, maybe 100miles in and got a nail, they wanted to sell me a new tyre so I went to walmart gor a repair kit since I had already seen the "how to fix a puncrure" video from lemmy, did that, pumped some air, 5k miles on that tire and still holding strong lol
been places the nearest shop is near 100 miles and a few days to opening. Carry a self built compact compressor and plugs with a set of plug-patches (prefer Tech but Camel works too) Keeping glue in usable condition is the big issue.
@@inkydoug When using a patch-plug you need the glue. Or if you are using certain brands of plug, Tech has a design, the 220 and 222 that won't seal well or install worth a flip if you don't have glue for it. Any way, I was talking about the glue for the Tech 249 and 250 Uni-Seal. I ended up buying an elcheapo rubber repair kit from the C-Store as my glue had not survived the months of Texas heat.
I used a plug patch on my new street triple with 40 miles on the tire. Pain in the butt to take off tire with hand spoons. But the tire is holding air fine now 2000 miles later
Yep me and my mates have all plugged and we don't hang about either , they plug car tyres so to me as long as it's within the meat of tread no probs , would be cautious near the edge of the tyre though .
Got two nails this season: first was on used set with 50% of life - changed the tire, second on a new set of beefy 50/50 tire at 2k miles - plugged, arrived to the shop plugged &patched properly - still riding it on and off road.
Great video! I plugged many, many tires when I worked at a bike shop with zero issues. Told the customer to keep it off the track and lose a speed rating. I plug my own car tires too and it's saved a lot of money, did one last week. Great skill to have and highly recommended.
I had a catastrophic flat at a track. There was an accident and I must have picked up some debris that were not swept up later in the day. I was moving pretty quickly, the rear end started feeling like it was wiggling back and forth kind of like how sone racing tires talk to you when they are the limits of gripp. It was peculiar because I was nowhere near the limit of grip. Eventually had the rear end step out quite a bit as I was transitioning back on to the gas mid corner. It was a completely inappropriate amount of step out for the throttle application. I knew something was wrong and I thought my bike was dumping fluids. I eventually rode off into the grass off the track in case I was spraying oil and found that my rear tire was completely flat. Once we got it over to the tire Guy you could almost see daylight through the hole. If you ever experienced a catastrophic flat tire it will feel like you are riding on a oiled up road in the rain and the bike won't want to steer and it will wiggle. If it was my front tire I would have went down for sure. Just wanted to share some people have an idea of what it might feel like.
Followed ari here from mc garage and hes right try being stuck 20 miles from the safest place for u oe ur motorcycle and catching a flat. Imma use all plugs needed. I have plugged a tire and rode the piss out of it for 6 months and it never went bad
got a flat on a new bike with new tires 2 weeks after i bought it.. plugged it and replaced with q3s.. got another flat 2 weeks after that. been running on a plug its been good for 1 year so far. Have done a track day on it.
good deal. i just started carrying a plug kits after years of riding. i used to think use my free tow from insurance co. new plan, plug away no matter how big a hole (nothing to lose) and drive slow.
I had a broken file that got me once. 4 rope plugs just to get back into cell service, but being a Sunday and out in the middle of NoWhere Texas, I limped it to a gas station and slapped a plug-patch in place as well, then limped home. It was a 100f+ day and the tire was blistering a bit much (110f, 75 to um 80, yeah 80 (100) mph, harsh chip-seal, over loaded Shinko 705 on 730lb bike), then ridden low really killed things. Blistered off most of one block. Got me home, though, and I learned how to modify the blocks (drill holes and sipe) to keep them alive when abused like that. If I didn't hit something I got over 10,000 miles from them. Best was 11,000 miles but that tire was Texas winter used, then I moved to Michigan. I've otherwise been lucky in getting flats on tires about at the end of their life.
I know car tire plugs work on motorcycles because on my sport bikes I would do burnouts until the tire blew and it was never at the area where the plug was installed. I’ve also rode 182 mph with plugs and never sweat it. 🤪It’s amazing how you can see chords and it takes another 2 minutes spinning the tire before the tire pops
Second bike I ever owned, had brand new tires on it when I pru the bike. Got a nail in the rear tire the first week I rode the bike. Plugged it, worked for years with no problem. On the bike I own now, I got a MASSIVE screw in it last summer. Plugs wouldn't work because the hole was too big. Removed the tire from the wheel and used a patch/plug. So far so good, time will tell. Recommendation: when buying a plug kit, spend the extra money and get a kit with METAL HANDLES. You know when the plastic handles will break? They'll break when you're stuck on the side of the road and actually need to plug your tire. Also, have a multi-tool with you to help remove the object that caused your flat in the first place.
Funny, I picked up that EXACT screw (know around here, as a wafer screw) while on vacation and a brand new front tire, with less than 1000 miles on it. I ended up just finishing my holiday with the screw left in and topping up the air. It worked out fine and when i got home I had it repaired with the tire off the rim and pligged from the inside. Continued on the tire until worn out, no issues. On a car I have used the gooey rope plugs a zillion times. I went through about 5 years as the unluckiest guy. Every time a new car or tires and I would pick up a screw or nail. I got really good at road side fixes.
Good Day All : I've also plugged bike tires . When I think of the situations that I was in at those times , it was certainly good that I knew what I was doing . Other riders told me of bad situations wherein the motorcycle shop refused to plug the leak and were stuck buying a brand new tire . They also commented on that bike shop would then plug that tire and sell it to someone else . I think probably yes , that's what would happen .
Good video! I got a hole in my rear tire a couple years ago. Plugged it to get me home. Since the tire had another 3k miles or so of life left, I put a patch on the inside of it when I got home. It's been holding well but I did buy a new tire in case it failed or to use when the tier wears out!
Big fan of dynaplugs. I get tons of punctures on my commuter (usually 3 or 4 in a rear tire before it's worn out) and dynaplugs work great. No failures even tested at 140+mph. I ride them till the tire is corded.
Good god...where the hell do you live? Must commute by a nail and screw factory...lol I have been riding and commuting for over 35 years and I have never had a puncture. I guess I've been very lucky! Going to place a good tire puncture kit on my new ride. Cheers!
Just got 2 punctures in a week. Replaced the first tyre (£250) and got a puncture on the new tyre after 100 miles. I’m going to plug/patch this one. Even if I only do 1000 miles on it and then decide to change it, it’ll be better than £2.50 a mile.
I wish I knew this info last summer. I had gotten a joke in my tire with only about 400 miles on it. I then went out and bought another tire instead of just rolling with a plug.
Right so I used a dynaplug and it got me home but it was to small to keep the tire inflated, so i bought an automotive kit (slime) and some rubber cement and the tire holds air just fine , I dare say I’ll be riding this till replacement time, I just make sure I pre trip the tire ( inspect tire and check pressure) before I ride just to be safe . And the plug still working like a charm!
There is nothing wrong with using more than one Dynaplug in a hole. I have had great luck with dynaplugs in small holds using up to two plugs. However, open holes bigger than about 1/8" I use rope plugs and if the plug is not really a tight fit, I use glue to lubricate the plug and add another. I use a pair of pliers to hold the 1st plug in place.
I'm so lucky today! just replaced the rear tire for new diablo Rosso 3 and first 200 meters got a huge screw stuck in it which cannot be repaired. But at least I didn't go far from the shop.
they actually did a puncture test on repaired tires....puncture same hole that was plugged or patched and the rope repair kit was far stronger than other patch kits.......and sealed back up.... old school rope plugs are best bet and stronger.....
Must admit I've plugged a tyre before, and after doing around a hundred slow miles on it, I got confident to thrash the tyre, and it did another few thousand without issue. My next bike comes tubed so need to figure out what I will do with it.
I carry a plug kit in my car, ever since I learned about them (weirdly recently), and despite being lucky enough to have a full-size spare. It's so much faster and easier to throw a plug in than to put the spare on. I'm still glad to have the spare in case of catastrophic damage, but in 20 years of driving I've only had one of those, vs. a dozen or so screws/nails. I refuse to have a bike with tubes, both for trailside repairability and general safety. Both my current bikes have been converted. Honestly I think it's borderline criminal that cross-spoke rims have existed for years now but the manufacturers hold them out as a "premium" feature to nudge you toward the more expensive trim package or model. I can't imagine they cost all that much more to make. At _least_ make it an individual option, if you aren't going to make it standard.
Angel ST's with a screw hey! reminds me of riding 100+ miles last year still with the screw in the tyre as I had no repair kit, nor did any of the 18 other riders. I repaired it another day and ran it until I got new tyres fitted a short while later.
I use rope plugs down to the wear bar every times on many tires/bikes/cars, sometimes multiple plugs on the same tire. The puncture does need to be round, odd shapes won't hold plugs.
@@Glockovich no that was a plug patch, you have to remove the tire and apply that from the inside. A mushroom type is installed from the outside like the rope type but has a head that somewhat seals it from the inside. Like this: smile.amazon.com/dp/B0006NE3KE/?coliid=I12866K7C1Y6G8&colid=YLTZJUJ0O4TY&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
I ride a puntured tyre for several miles, the nail was still on it so it didnt got flat...then I get it properly repair from the inside, Injust didn't wanted to use a plug cause the tyre was literaly brand new when it happened
Great info on the subject, i recently got a screw in my rear tyre and i went for the safe option of a new tyre but it did get me thinking , even with small punctures like thorns or small nails on a hardly used tyre it would be a pain to have to get a new tyre everytime . A repair kit for v minor punctures is worth looking into and being able to do thrm properly.
Great video and right up my alley. I got a hole in a tubeless tire exactly three weeks ago today on my KTM Superduke GT. The tire had about 2300 miles on it and it was the rear tire. A Dunlop Sportmax, not that it matters. According to the video where it was a pretty round hole in pretty much the center of the tire and I would say within the smaller size range, pretty sure it was an ideal candidate for plugging. Despite all that the bikes been laid up for three weeks now. It's currently on jackstands and waiting for my dealer to simply change tires. I personally don't like changing tires but I did take the wheels off to do it which was kinda annoying because I didn't have the 60mm socket to remove the rear wheel, hence why something that should've taken a day or two turns into nearly a month with mail order for that tool plus a rear wheel stand. I know I should just change the tires myself or maybe risked a plug but thru experience I know I like to ride a whole lot faster than 75 mph and I also can very easily grind knuckles whilst gouging the lips of my KTM's pretty wheels. However at least I have a good running back up bike! But if I had watched this video first then perhaps I would've risked a patch. Heck I would've even did it just for good experience/practice had I not taken the wheel off but the bottom line is it all kinda sucks wasting money and messing around with it when you know you just wanna put on some new tires anyway. Besides in my case the tires weren't even matching brands and the front tire was kinda old with slight dry rot and nearing the wear marker bars on center.
I had a big pen of silver in my 10inch vespa rear wheel in july in france.Stuffed it with a plug .Lastet all the 2500 km of my remaining journey.The hole was around 8-9mm but the tire was less then 1500km old. Even after around 6000 km by now,im trashing the last bit out of it.
In Malaysia the mechanics always use that emergency plug. Never seen them use that repair kit. I've ridden bikes and driven cars with plugs in the tyres until they wear to the limit then I replace the tyre. However, I ride a very slow motorcycle. Top speed 120km/h lol.
Ok, I have a half life worn center treaded tire that got a nail in it. It's on a z900, I could patch it technically but... What I took away from this was I'm definitely just going to replace the tire because of my riding style. From what was said I definitely agree on patching to make it home in an emergency situation and the info provided on that was great, but to continue riding the patched tire as if nothing happened to the tire doesn't seem smart in my opinion. Especially with the mention you made of not really going over 75 mph. When I ride on my bike I want to not have to care about things like that. I had my fair share of bikes that I had little nuances with and quite frankly it takes away from what riding should be.. an escape. Anyways, thanks in aiding my decision to just buy a new tire instead of trying to save my current one. Even though the nail was directly center I don't want to randomly be going over 75 mph and be always worried about my tire plug blowing out in the back of my mind. Lol.. im kinda just really upset I didn't get the chance to burn off the rest of the tire tread like I usually do 🥲
I never use my tires at 100% 75 their out, both off them. Good tyres tolerated a lot but use tire dont. You can even roll on good tyre flat in an emergency but you gona scap them. Some roal two set off tyre in back for one in front. Na not for me. Both out. And yes plugs are ok like you said. My tyre had 5000 kms and a bolt came in one and i have plug it and now i have 12000 they are ok to be change. Its good to know that the side are not mean to be plug.
Anytime I got a puncture, I would pop the tire off, and run a patch plus vulcan compound. That would always hold up for the rest of the time of the tire with no issues even on track. I ran those emergency plugs once or twice and can hold up for longer than emergency too, but its not wise.
As a motorcycle technician I wouldn't recommend road side tyre plugs as anythings other emergency solution. Take the wheel to a tye shop and have them remove the tyre and patch it properly, then the repair should be stronger that the rest of the tyre. Very few bike shops will repair tyres but pretty much every car tyre fitters will happily do it.
I picked up the tip of a utility blade in the rear tire of my Concours 14 while at a rally a few years ago. I put two plugs in the tire side by side and then looked for a new tire. At that time, that 190/50/17 in a sport touring tire was not available everywhere. I was going to be travelling home on a Sunday and Monday through Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota at higher speeds and knew that tires would not be available during that time. I could just see those plugs let go all at once. A slice was one of the punctures that was recommended against plugging. It was costly, but I don't regret spending the money. I just wish that I had a better selection in Cody, WY.
Are patches superior? When I worked briefly at a tire shop, was taught that patches are a better/more reliable long-term fix. (I've used plugs for the entire life of car tires, fwiw, so not saying it's true. Still, I'd like whatever is best--dismounting not a big deal. Oh, and there are patch plugs too?
Asia, where the majority of the world population lives, only uses normal plugs, plug into virtually everything and forgotten once on the road. We don't tend to complicate such small stuff. But on the ultra safe side, what the video advocates is about the gist of it
Back in the day I had a rear tire with 2 plugs in it. I forgot about it, and later did a top speed run using the gps in car for verification😂 young and dumb. I’ve never had a plug fail.
Oops. I’ve ran over a 1000 miles on my patched tire. Several times around 90mph haha. Didn’t know the speed rating went down and completely forgot I had a plug in i
Okay I'm sure you guys aren't going to believe me but here we go. I recently had a screw in my back tire of my motorcycle so Vulcan 900 and the tire went half flat. Upon inspection I found that there was a screw not only just a normal household screw. It was a four and a half inch long roofing screw. Anyhow pull the screwed out and to my knowledge it was supposed to be tubeless I board the whole cleaned it plugged it try to put air in it. But come to find out my valve was screwed up so I had to with c clamps squish the tire together to get to the valve and lo and behold there was a black tube coming from my valve stem come to find out there is a tube in my tire. So my question is how did it not pop not only with the screw going in or with me taking the screw out but also boring the hole and then plugging it LOL.
Would this work? Tube type tire, you notice a screw or nail in it, inflate as much as safely possible, pull out screw and immediately jam prepared plug with tool. Do you think it could go thru the tire AND tube or would the tube get pushed away by the plug?
damn ive done 150+mph on a plugged rear, 120 on a plugged front, just the worm lol. get the brown worms tho, the black ones that come with the kit suck, also carry a bicycle hand pump, mine all fits in my r1
Hello, really enjoy the content you and RevZilla provide. I was wondering what's your opinion on the spray fix like Ipone's SOS Tyre ? My moto ecole instructors use them, but you don't mention them as an emergency temporary option. Thanks, from France.
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I have plugged a few tyres and never had an issue with them, many bike shops wont repair a puncture, and will only sell you a new tyre, not great when you only have a few hundred miles on a tyre. Fixing your own is a useful skill to learn.
Had the same issue, brand new tyre on my bike, maybe 100miles in and got a nail, they wanted to sell me a new tyre so I went to walmart gor a repair kit since I had already seen the "how to fix a puncrure" video from lemmy, did that, pumped some air, 5k miles on that tire and still holding strong lol
been places the nearest shop is near 100 miles and a few days to opening. Carry a self built compact compressor and plugs with a set of plug-patches (prefer Tech but Camel works too) Keeping glue in usable condition is the big issue.
@@jpkalishek4586 I stopped using glue, it doesn't make any difference except as a lube to get that plug in, and a good slimy loogy will do that.
@@inkydoug When using a patch-plug you need the glue. Or if you are using certain brands of plug, Tech has a design, the 220 and 222 that won't seal well or install worth a flip if you don't have glue for it. Any way, I was talking about the glue for the Tech 249 and 250 Uni-Seal. I ended up buying an elcheapo rubber repair kit from the C-Store as my glue had not survived the months of Texas heat.
I used a plug patch on my new street triple with 40 miles on the tire. Pain in the butt to take off tire with hand spoons. But the tire is holding air fine now 2000 miles later
Another tip: carry a pliers or multi tool with you to pull out the offending debris wedged in the tire.
Wow nice to see someone actually advocating personal responsibility.
Awesome videos as always
Ari taught me how to plug my tire. Now I keep a repair kit with me at all times and this has saved me 3 times in the past year. THANK YOU!!!
I plug my tires all the time.
Never ever had a problem.
However I do respect the 75 mph recommendation.
Money is scarce.
Safe rides 👍🏍🙏
Yep me and my mates have all plugged and we don't hang about either , they plug car tyres so to me as long as it's within the meat of tread no probs , would be cautious near the edge of the tyre though .
Huh i always plug my tire.
And 75 mph doesnt even matter my motor wont
Got two nails this season: first was on used set with 50% of life - changed the tire, second on a new set of beefy 50/50 tire at 2k miles - plugged, arrived to the shop plugged &patched properly - still riding it on and off road.
I’ve had two plugs in my rear and went touring around Europe for 5000 miles they where fine.
There is a joke in there somewhere...😂😂😂
Ride safe!
David Helmuth 😂😂 hahaha I washed them first 👍🏻
Did it make you walk funny?
Yes but what about your tyres?
Hahahahaha
Great video! I plugged many, many tires when I worked at a bike shop with zero issues. Told the customer to keep it off the track and lose a speed rating. I plug my own car tires too and it's saved a lot of money, did one last week. Great skill to have and highly recommended.
I had a catastrophic flat at a track. There was an accident and I must have picked up some debris that were not swept up later in the day. I was moving pretty quickly, the rear end started feeling like it was wiggling back and forth kind of like how sone racing tires talk to you when they are the limits of gripp. It was peculiar because I was nowhere near the limit of grip. Eventually had the rear end step out quite a bit as I was transitioning back on to the gas mid corner. It was a completely inappropriate amount of step out for the throttle application. I knew something was wrong and I thought my bike was dumping fluids. I eventually rode off into the grass off the track in case I was spraying oil and found that my rear tire was completely flat. Once we got it over to the tire Guy you could almost see daylight through the hole. If you ever experienced a catastrophic flat tire it will feel like you are riding on a oiled up road in the rain and the bike won't want to steer and it will wiggle. If it was my front tire I would have went down for sure. Just wanted to share some people have an idea of what it might feel like.
Finally common sense and real world experience prevail! Well done.
Thank you for not defaulting to the overly conservative "never plug a tire or you will die" side. Yet another solid video. Thanks, Ari!
You're welcome. We try to provide a balanced perspective. Seem silly to say "don't do it" when we all do it successfully and safely all the time.
I ran a rear tire with 2 plugs for 3 years. Finally replaced it when it had no tread left!
Same here. Had 2 plugs on the same tire and had the tires for 4yrs before I finally replaced them. The ropes went bad after so long
Followed ari here from mc garage and hes right try being stuck 20 miles from the safest place for u oe ur motorcycle and catching a flat. Imma use all plugs needed. I have plugged a tire and rode the piss out of it for 6 months and it never went bad
got a flat on a new bike with new tires 2 weeks after i bought it.. plugged it and replaced with q3s.. got another flat 2 weeks after that. been running on a plug its been good for 1 year so far. Have done a track day on it.
good deal. i just started carrying a plug kits after years of riding. i used to think use my free tow from insurance co. new plan, plug away no matter how big a hole (nothing to lose) and drive slow.
I had a broken file that got me once. 4 rope plugs just to get back into cell service, but being a Sunday and out in the middle of NoWhere Texas, I limped it to a gas station and slapped a plug-patch in place as well, then limped home. It was a 100f+ day and the tire was blistering a bit much (110f, 75 to um 80, yeah 80 (100) mph, harsh chip-seal, over loaded Shinko 705 on 730lb bike), then ridden low really killed things. Blistered off most of one block.
Got me home, though, and I learned how to modify the blocks (drill holes and sipe) to keep them alive when abused like that. If I didn't hit something I got over 10,000 miles from them. Best was 11,000 miles but that tire was Texas winter used, then I moved to Michigan. I've otherwise been lucky in getting flats on tires about at the end of their life.
I know car tire plugs work on motorcycles because on my sport bikes I would do burnouts until the tire blew and it was never at the area where the plug was installed. I’ve also rode 182 mph with plugs and never sweat it. 🤪It’s amazing how you can see chords and it takes another 2 minutes spinning the tire before the tire pops
I always take a tire repair kit with me, and an air compressor, gives you a piece of mind.
Use CO2 tanks
Peace maybe
Can I have a piece?
I've got dynas - great. 12v mini compressor. A tube with two tire valves each end too for air sharing. Tube doubles as gas syphon :)
good to see you're healing up well my man.
what happened to him?
He was burnt in a firework accident.
Most of this can also apply to your cage (car) as many cars do not have a spare tire anymore
Second bike I ever owned, had brand new tires on it when I pru the bike. Got a nail in the rear tire the first week I rode the bike. Plugged it, worked for years with no problem.
On the bike I own now, I got a MASSIVE screw in it last summer. Plugs wouldn't work because the hole was too big. Removed the tire from the wheel and used a patch/plug. So far so good, time will tell.
Recommendation: when buying a plug kit, spend the extra money and get a kit with METAL HANDLES. You know when the plastic handles will break? They'll break when you're stuck on the side of the road and actually need to plug your tire. Also, have a multi-tool with you to help remove the object that caused your flat in the first place.
Funny, I picked up that EXACT screw (know around here, as a wafer screw) while on vacation and a brand new front tire, with less than 1000 miles on it. I ended up just finishing my holiday with the screw left in and topping up the air.
It worked out fine and when i got home I had it repaired with the tire off the rim and pligged from the inside. Continued on the tire until worn out, no issues.
On a car I have used the gooey rope plugs a zillion times. I went through about 5 years as the unluckiest guy. Every time a new car or tires and I would pick up a screw or nail. I got really good at road side fixes.
I thought this is MC Garage haha! Glad to see you back man!
Good Day All : I've also plugged bike tires . When I think of the situations that I was in at those times , it was certainly good that I knew what I was doing . Other riders told me of bad situations wherein the motorcycle shop refused to plug the leak and were stuck buying a brand new tire . They also commented on that bike shop would then plug that tire and sell it to someone else . I think probably yes , that's what would happen .
Thanks for the video. Good to see you've recovered from the burns. Stay safe.
Thanks.
Burns? I guess I missed that.
@@LTVoyager Ari had an accident with fireworks a while back. In some previous videos you could see the bad burns he suffered.
corujariousa Thanks. I missed a few videos obviously as I had not heard about that incident.
I've plugged a bunch of tires over the decades. Never did anything else to them, ran them all until the tire needed replacing, never had any issues.
Ari Hennings = best teacher ever!
Good video! I got a hole in my rear tire a couple years ago. Plugged it to get me home. Since the tire had another 3k miles or so of life left, I put a patch on the inside of it when I got home. It's been holding well but I did buy a new tire in case it failed or to use when the tier wears out!
Big fan of dynaplugs. I get tons of punctures on my commuter (usually 3 or 4 in a rear tire before it's worn out) and dynaplugs work great. No failures even tested at 140+mph. I ride them till the tire is corded.
Good god...where the hell do you live? Must commute by a nail and screw factory...lol I have been riding and commuting for over 35 years and I have never had a puncture. I guess I've been very lucky! Going to place a good tire puncture kit on my new ride. Cheers!
@@thurney4343 Well I live in CA, where lane splitting is legal. So I'm frequently riding where more debris can settle.
Nothing wrong with plugs and I keep a can of Holt's tyre repair in my bag for my tubed bike. Used it, works great too.
Looking well dude . Glad you're back!👍
Just got 2 punctures in a week. Replaced the first tyre (£250) and got a puncture on the new tyre after 100 miles. I’m going to plug/patch this one. Even if I only do 1000 miles on it and then decide to change it, it’ll be better than £2.50 a mile.
I wish I knew this info last summer. I had gotten a joke in my tire with only about 400 miles on it. I then went out and bought another tire instead of just rolling with a plug.
Right so I used a dynaplug and it got me home but it was to small to keep the tire inflated, so i bought an automotive kit (slime) and some rubber cement and the tire holds air just fine , I dare say I’ll be riding this till replacement time, I just make sure I pre trip the tire ( inspect tire and check pressure) before I ride just to be safe . And the plug still working like a charm!
There is nothing wrong with using more than one Dynaplug in a hole. I have had great luck with dynaplugs in small holds using up to two plugs. However, open holes bigger than about 1/8" I use rope plugs and if the plug is not really a tight fit, I use glue to lubricate the plug and add another. I use a pair of pliers to hold the 1st plug in place.
I'm so lucky today! just replaced the rear tire for new diablo Rosso 3 and first 200 meters got a huge screw stuck in it which cannot be repaired. But at least I didn't go far from
the shop.
they actually did a puncture test on repaired tires....puncture same hole that was plugged or patched and the rope repair kit was far stronger than other patch kits.......and sealed back up....
old school rope plugs are best bet and stronger.....
Stop-n-Go patch (actually, two of them in the same tire) works fine. I put thousands of miles on that tire with zero problems.
Must admit I've plugged a tyre before, and after doing around a hundred slow miles on it, I got confident to thrash the tyre, and it did another few thousand without issue. My next bike comes tubed so need to figure out what I will do with it.
I carry a plug kit in my car, ever since I learned about them (weirdly recently), and despite being lucky enough to have a full-size spare. It's so much faster and easier to throw a plug in than to put the spare on. I'm still glad to have the spare in case of catastrophic damage, but in 20 years of driving I've only had one of those, vs. a dozen or so screws/nails.
I refuse to have a bike with tubes, both for trailside repairability and general safety. Both my current bikes have been converted. Honestly I think it's borderline criminal that cross-spoke rims have existed for years now but the manufacturers hold them out as a "premium" feature to nudge you toward the more expensive trim package or model. I can't imagine they cost all that much more to make. At _least_ make it an individual option, if you aren't going to make it standard.
Okay good to hear. I have a small nail puncture in a 3 month old tyre so i dont realy want to buy a new one
Angel ST's with a screw hey! reminds me of riding 100+ miles last year still with the screw in the tyre as I had no repair kit, nor did any of the 18 other riders. I repaired it another day and ran it until I got new tyres fitted a short while later.
I'm riding on one now. It's holding up just fine but will be changing it when I can.
I use rope plugs down to the wear bar every times on many tires/bikes/cars, sometimes multiple plugs on the same tire. The puncture does need to be round, odd shapes won't hold plugs.
I wish he had mentioned the mushroom type plugs and what benefits they have.
@@Glockovich no that was a plug patch, you have to remove the tire and apply that from the inside. A mushroom type is installed from the outside like the rope type but has a head that somewhat seals it from the inside. Like this:
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Mushroom plugs work great on tubeless tires. I have ridden 2K on a plugged read on a heavy touring bike with zero problems.
@@Bill-v650 he showed something similar but didnt use it
I ride a puntured tyre for several miles, the nail was still on it so it didnt got flat...then I get it properly repair from the inside, Injust didn't wanted to use a plug cause the tyre was literaly brand new when it happened
Great info on the subject, i recently got a screw in my rear tyre and i went for the safe option of a new tyre but it did get me thinking , even with small punctures like thorns or small nails on a hardly used tyre it would be a pain to have to get a new tyre everytime . A repair kit for v minor punctures is worth looking into and being able to do thrm properly.
Great video and right up my alley. I got a hole in a tubeless tire exactly three weeks ago today on my KTM Superduke GT. The tire had about 2300 miles on it and it was the rear tire. A Dunlop Sportmax, not that it matters. According to the video where it was a pretty round hole in pretty much the center of the tire and I would say within the smaller size range, pretty sure it was an ideal candidate for plugging. Despite all that the bikes been laid up for three weeks now. It's currently on jackstands and waiting for my dealer to simply change tires. I personally don't like changing tires but I did take the wheels off to do it which was kinda annoying because I didn't have the 60mm socket to remove the rear wheel, hence why something that should've taken a day or two turns into nearly a month with mail order for that tool plus a rear wheel stand. I know I should just change the tires myself or maybe risked a plug but thru experience I know I like to ride a whole lot faster than 75 mph and I also can very easily grind knuckles whilst gouging the lips of my KTM's pretty wheels. However at least I have a good running back up bike! But if I had watched this video first then perhaps I would've risked a patch. Heck I would've even did it just for good experience/practice had I not taken the wheel off but the bottom line is it all kinda sucks wasting money and messing around with it when you know you just wanna put on some new tires anyway. Besides in my case the tires weren't even matching brands and the front tire was kinda old with slight dry rot and nearing the wear marker bars on center.
I've got three plugs in my current rear tyre, the main part, not the sidewall and they've been there for over a thousand miles without issue.
should i put it at the same psi? or less
I had a big pen of silver in my 10inch vespa rear wheel in july in france.Stuffed it with a plug .Lastet all the 2500 km of my remaining journey.The hole was around 8-9mm but the tire was less then 1500km old. Even after around 6000 km by now,im trashing the last bit out of it.
Rode on a plugged Supercorsa down to the cord. No issues.
In Malaysia the mechanics always use that emergency plug. Never seen them use that repair kit. I've ridden bikes and driven cars with plugs in the tyres until they wear to the limit then I replace the tyre. However, I ride a very slow motorcycle. Top speed 120km/h lol.
i do trackdays with plugged tires, if installed correctly, it's a permanent fix.
I like the fact that there is no plugging of useless VPN products on this channel coming in the way of the content, especially content about plugging.
Ok, I have a half life worn center treaded tire that got a nail in it. It's on a z900, I could patch it technically but...
What I took away from this was I'm definitely just going to replace the tire because of my riding style. From what was said I definitely agree on patching to make it home in an emergency situation and the info provided on that was great, but to continue riding the patched tire as if nothing happened to the tire doesn't seem smart in my opinion. Especially with the mention you made of not really going over 75 mph. When I ride on my bike I want to not have to care about things like that. I had my fair share of bikes that I had little nuances with and quite frankly it takes away from what riding should be.. an escape.
Anyways, thanks in aiding my decision to just buy a new tire instead of trying to save my current one. Even though the nail was directly center I don't want to randomly be going over 75 mph and be always worried about my tire plug blowing out in the back of my mind.
Lol.. im kinda just really upset I didn't get the chance to burn off the rest of the tire tread like I usually do 🥲
I never use my tires at 100% 75 their out, both off them. Good tyres tolerated a lot but use tire dont. You can even roll on good tyre flat in an emergency but you gona scap them. Some roal two set off tyre in back for one in front. Na not for me. Both out. And yes plugs are ok like you said. My tyre had 5000 kms and a bolt came in one and i have plug it and now i have 12000 they are ok to be change. Its good to know that the side are not mean to be plug.
yes, its fine, ive done it to two tires, and about 7k per tire on the plug.
I took one to my brand new rear tire on the k R12RT
Nice video Ari!
If i go as far as pulling the tire off the rim i think I'll just replace it with some new rubber! 🤘
@ObamaReally Suucks lol with the plug, no. But for a recommended patch, yes. 😂 Fool
I dunno... tires are $150-$200, or I can pop it off the rim and patch/plug it in 20 minutes.
@@AriH211 you make a good point! Others would suggest your life is worth more than $200 😉.
Had to plug my new rear tire as of now I’ve had no problems air doesn’t leak I check the psi every now and then
Anytime I got a puncture, I would pop the tire off, and run a patch plus vulcan compound. That would always hold up for the rest of the time of the tire with no issues even on track. I ran those emergency plugs once or twice and can hold up for longer than emergency too, but its not wise.
You used a patched tire on track? So the voided speed rating is pure BS to scare us to buy new set of tires?
4:10 I’m laughing from the seat of my trail 125
Have definitely plugged a tire to get my wife's Aprilia home.
All sound advise.
If it comes to being stuck on the side of the road...anything that will let me go is great!
But that’s just me😬
Agreed. I'm going to do whatever it takes to not call a tow truck.
As a motorcycle technician I wouldn't recommend road side tyre plugs as anythings other emergency solution. Take the wheel to a tye shop and have them remove the tyre and patch it properly, then the repair should be stronger that the rest of the tyre. Very few bike shops will repair tyres but pretty much every car tyre fitters will happily do it.
Guys make something for smaller cc's bike as well.... for instance a Duke 390.
A fully qualified bike mechanic told me after fitting a wick/ licorice style plug to my slow leaking tyre. Plugs are fine ,but no track days.
Waiting for your bike reviews mahnn....
I picked up the tip of a utility blade in the rear tire of my Concours 14 while at a rally a few years ago. I put two plugs in the tire side by side and then looked for a new tire. At that time, that 190/50/17 in a sport touring tire was not available everywhere. I was going to be travelling home on a Sunday and Monday through Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota at higher speeds and knew that tires would not be available during that time. I could just see those plugs let go all at once. A slice was one of the punctures that was recommended against plugging. It was costly, but I don't regret spending the money. I just wish that I had a better selection in Cody, WY.
Are patches superior? When I worked briefly at a tire shop, was taught that patches are a better/more reliable long-term fix. (I've used plugs for the entire life of car tires, fwiw, so not saying it's true. Still, I'd like whatever is best--dismounting not a big deal. Oh, and there are patch plugs too?
Asia, where the majority of the world population lives, only uses normal plugs, plug into virtually everything and forgotten once on the road. We don't tend to complicate such small stuff. But on the ultra safe side, what the video advocates is about the gist of it
Bacon strips are great.
Compared to pulg, how about tire sealants?
Hey, Ari! You and Zack work for RevZilla, now? It’s really nice to see you, guys 👍🏻
We do indeed!
Ari Henning that is great! All the best 👍🏻
I once have an entire wrench stuck in my back tire.
Plugs is the way to go😉
What about having two nails at a time?
Can it still be fixed?
Thank You!
Back in the day I had a rear tire with 2 plugs in it. I forgot about it, and later did a top speed run using the gps in car for verification😂 young and dumb. I’ve never had a plug fail.
Oops. I’ve ran over a 1000 miles on my patched tire. Several times around 90mph haha. Didn’t know the speed rating went down and completely forgot I had a plug in i
Good to hear "take responsibility". Ofcourse we want to get rolling again. Slow with hazards will do me !
Very useful!
Riding a motorcycle slowly start making owners a mechanic Lol Great vid
Been plugging my bikes for 35 years and cars
Ryan F9 said that it's fine to plug
Dude there are tyre gels available in the market boasts of puncture less tyres ..is it safe ? Can you do a video on the same
Okay I'm sure you guys aren't going to believe me but here we go. I recently had a screw in my back tire of my motorcycle so Vulcan 900 and the tire went half flat. Upon inspection I found that there was a screw not only just a normal household screw. It was a four and a half inch long roofing screw. Anyhow pull the screwed out and to my knowledge it was supposed to be tubeless I board the whole cleaned it plugged it try to put air in it. But come to find out my valve was screwed up so I had to with c clamps squish the tire together to get to the valve and lo and behold there was a black tube coming from my valve stem come to find out there is a tube in my tire. So my question is how did it not pop not only with the screw going in or with me taking the screw out but also boring the hole and then plugging it LOL.
When you say if you ride long enough you will eventually get flat tyre, I’m guessing you meant around 600km. Because that’s what happened to me
Would this work? Tube type tire, you notice a screw or nail in it, inflate as much as safely possible, pull out screw and immediately jam prepared plug with tool. Do you think it could go thru the tire AND tube or would the tube get pushed away by the plug?
Nothings worse than having a hole in the rubber after a long ride
yeah, you're screwed for many years...
Yea, an no kit can save you. Cross your fingers and hope for the best. LOL
Less hazardous if you're riding the back road.
Is it safe for lethear basketball?
Good Info. Thanks
What about pros and cons of liquid sealants?
Plugged plenty tyres on a 1000cc. Even used on on a track day. No biggy
Next time show us how to use the repair kit
It’s easier than eat a pop tart.
We will. ;)
It's uploaded on by Ari on MC garage.. do check it out
He did when he plugged the old tire for practice.
So over the flat tires every time i get a new tire
damn ive done 150+mph on a plugged rear, 120 on a plugged front, just the worm lol. get the brown worms tho, the black ones that come with the kit suck, also carry a bicycle hand pump, mine all fits in my r1
Hello, really enjoy the content you and RevZilla provide. I was wondering what's your opinion on the spray fix like Ipone's SOS Tyre ? My moto ecole instructors use them, but you don't mention them as an emergency temporary option. Thanks, from France.
How did the tubeless tyre hold air when puncher
I had my tire punctured by a very small metal wire, so a tiny hole. Then had it patched up from the inside like you would patch up a car tire.