Repaired tyre

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Thom

Original Poster:

2,745 posts

279 months

Wednesday 12th June 2002
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I drove on a nail the other day, but didn't find out before I got home: it took half an hour for the tyre to deflate.
Now that it has been repaired, is it reasonable to drive as if it had not been punctured?

JMorgan

36,010 posts

290 months

Wednesday 12th June 2002
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I thought that there were some ratings, the fast ones, that are not allowed to be repaired?

ZZR600

15,605 posts

274 months

Wednesday 12th June 2002
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I think any tyre can be repaired as long as the puncture is not near the edges of the tyre

Niggle

600 posts

272 months

Wednesday 12th June 2002
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I thought that there were some ratings, the fast ones, that are not allowed to be repaired?



IIRC 'Z' rated tyres are only allowed to have one repair.

Thom

Original Poster:

2,745 posts

279 months

Thursday 13th June 2002
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Thanks all for your replies
The tyre should be ok since the hole was located right in the center of the rolling band

CarZee

13,382 posts

273 months

Thursday 13th June 2002
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I had the same thing on a Z rated tyre - repaired, it ran fine at 150mph on the AutoStradas.

JMGS4

8,755 posts

276 months

Thursday 13th June 2002
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For safety put an innertube in!!!!

pjg

46,643 posts

281 months

Thursday 13th June 2002
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Tyres are allowed to have TWO punctures repaired before they are deamed unsafe, after that they're binned.

I think all of my tyres have had at least one puncture repair... as long as it's in the "safe" zone (main tread of the tyre and not the shoulder) you'll be fine.