Front tyre plug?
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podman said:
So I was told, garages have no cover/insurance for plugging high speed (ZR) rated tyres so many wont do it...
Plenty will thou.
The shop I worked at were happy ( and insured! ) to carry out a single internal repair in the centre 75% of the treaded area but a second one for us was a no no. Plenty will thou.
Also I wouldn't be happy continually riding on an externally plugged repair but that's just me.
podman said:
So I was told, garages have no cover/insurance for plugging high speed (ZR) rated tyres so many wont do it...
Plenty will thou.
Yep, this is the case. Plenty will thou.
Tribal Chestnut said:
Been riding for a couple of months now with two plugs (from the outside) in my rear, no problems at all.
Good for you, not my idea of a win win . mak said:
podman said:
So I was told, garages have no cover/insurance for plugging high speed (ZR) rated tyres so many wont do it...
Plenty will thou.
Yep, this is the case. Plenty will thou.
ts. I doubt their insurance gave any more.Insurance cover get out is nonsense. I wouldn’t be going to them for any work in the future.
trickywoo said:
mak said:
podman said:
So I was told, garages have no cover/insurance for plugging high speed (ZR) rated tyres so many wont do it...
Plenty will thou.
Yep, this is the case. Plenty will thou.
ts. I doubt their insurance gave any more.Insurance cover get out is nonsense. I wouldn’t be going to them for any work in the future.
As above, AFAIK none of the manufacturers EXCEPT Michelin will sanction a repair on a bike tyre & even they will only do so if its done from the inside by someone approved to do it.
So if your local tyre shop sticks a plug in from the outside of your Bridgestone / Pirelli / Dunlop etc & it fails then they are likely to be on the hook because the insurers of whoever may have suffered loss / damage / injury as a result will come at them.
They in turn will try & point at their own insurers - who will try & bounce it because they shouldn't have done the work in the first place.
Given they can probably only charge you a tenner for doing the job, its just not worth getting involved in for the aggro that might follow.
Tribal Chestnut said:
Been riding for a couple of months now with two plugs (from the outside) in my rear, no problems at all.
Two plugs in your rear at once...... Oh My, George Takei!But on topic - I'd plug it and carry on. I'll generally ride with one or two plugs in a front and upto three in a rear depending on severity / location / tyre life etc. - only ever used the wormy type repairs and never had an issue. I generally seem to only pick up nails/screws etc in new tyres, but my luck is often s
te!If the side wall is damaged in any way then thats the tyre knackered in my eyes - had to have a new front tyre for that reason last week - massive nail through the tread pattern and poking out the side wall - was fully deflated in the time it took to get across from lane 3 to hard shoulder!
I hadn’t had a puncture for donkeys years and always took the car/bike to my BiL’s garage, took the tyre off myself and plugged it from the inside old school.
I had a puncture in my car a few weeks ago and couldn’t be arsed so they just did it for me in 5 minutes plugging it from the outside. It’s obviously safe or millions of punctures wouldn’t be sorted the same way.
But to be honest if it was the bike I’d still be tempted to take it off and plug it from the inside. But to be truthful that just a generation thing I think.
I had a puncture in my car a few weeks ago and couldn’t be arsed so they just did it for me in 5 minutes plugging it from the outside. It’s obviously safe or millions of punctures wouldn’t be sorted the same way.
But to be honest if it was the bike I’d still be tempted to take it off and plug it from the inside. But to be truthful that just a generation thing I think.
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