Effin Nail

Loafington

Loafington

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Was cleaning my K9 today, had it up on the jack, wiping the rear rim down and low and behold, an effin nail. I could see the buldge of the nail on the surface of the tire, thought, hmm maybe I can pull it out, no biggie. NOT, the nail was much bigger than I thought (hoped) and also bent at an angle....psssssssssssss, yeah that is air coming out, PHUCK! So I yanked it the rest of the way (the nail). Now what? Any suggestions?

EFFFIN NAILS!!! PHUCKING HATE THOSE THINGS:angry:
 
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kcnjamie

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Only option I would be comfortable with is to suck it up and buy a new tire. I'm sure others will disagree and say a patch is good enough, but I would never trust a patch on a machine that while I'm riding it, I'm inches from the asphalt. Just my opinion.
 
Raywood

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Loafington said:
Was cleaning my K9 today, had it up on the jack, wiping the rear rim down and low and behold, an effin nail. I could see the buldge of the nail on the surface of the tire, thought, hmm maybe I can pull it out, no biggie. NOT, the nail was much bigger than I though (hoped) and also bent at an angle....psssssssssssss, yeah that is air coming out, PHUCK! So I yanked it the rest of the way (the nail). Now what? Any suggestions?

EFFFIN NAILS!!! PHUCKING HATE THOSE THINGS:angry:
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Sorry for your flat tire but this has been played out here plenty of times. I think the overwhelming suggestion is to get a new tire.
But depending on the age of the tire (how many miles) and the size and place of the nail you could probably have it patched.

I will tell you that I had a flat tire (rupture) last month and when that wide wheel sat flat on the ground there was no steering the bike as is lead me over into the oncoming lane in front of a semi truck and off in the the ditch.

Your call!!!

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dogvet

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Raywood said:
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I will tell you that I had a flat tire (rupture) last month and when that wide wheel sat flat on the ground there was no steering the bike as is lead me over into the oncoming lane in front of a semi truck and off in the the ditch.
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Been there done that! those wide ass tires suck with no air in em. Was at least able to force it over to one side of the rim before the bead broke loose and it still took most of the road.

replace the tire!
 
emcclary

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I agree with the crowd on this one you dont want to risk your life for a couple of hundred bucks. Taint worth it my man.
 
ChuckRB05

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Raywood said:
Sorry for your flat tire but this has been played out here plenty of times. I think the overwhelming suggestion is to get a new tire.
But depending on the age of the tire (how many miles) and the size and place of the nail you could probably have it patched.

I will tell you that I had a flat tire (rupture) last month and when that wide wheel sat flat on the ground there was no steering the bike as is lead me over into the oncoming lane in front of a semi truck and off in the the ditch.

Your call!!!

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Ray, what was that...a big piece of metal that caused that gash? What was your speed when the tire went down?
 
Raywood

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ChuckRB05 said:
Ray, what was that...a big piece of metal that caused that gash? What was your speed when the tire went down?
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I had just got on US-40 headed West (2 lane Hi-way) out of Daytona about 10 miles doing 60 mph when it went down on me. No indication that it was going flat. Felt a push to the left like a hard side wind then all of a sudden it was driving left into the oncoming lane and I had the handlebars turned right but that back tire really drives these bikes and off into the ditch I went. Only about 100 ft in front of a semi!!!

Have no idea what I ran over. Didn't see or feel anything. Rotten part is was that was a brand new tire!!! :rant:

No problems the rest of the way across country. My first flat on a fat tired bike and haven't had another one since my early HD days back in the early 80's on a skinny wheel.
 
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twowheel99

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I work for a tire company and I will tell you what the tire industry says: It may be allow to plug or patch the tire to get home if there is no other option.
You need to replace the tire as soon as possible, as others have indicated what happens if you have a blow-out at 70 mph and you can't control the machine to get stopped safely. The only correct way to repair any tire is to dismount it from the wheel and have it inspected by someone who is trained to do so. I have repaired several motorcycle tires using repair material from our retread plant and have used them for my own use. I would never repair one for someone else, because I wouldn't want that on my conscience.....
Ride Safe & Peace Out
 
LARS

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I agree with the rest,look into it but...I'm sure you'll make the right decision,what about puttin a feeler out there ,there are alot of guy's on this site,would it be stupid to try to get a group buy together I mean there has got to be at least 10 guys lookin to replace tires,with the number of guys on the site,just a thought
 
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woodbutcher

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:hi: hey loafington, go ahead and plug it, but before you do , email me your vital information so i can take out a life insurance policy on you.:loony: :loony: :loony: JK





( get a new tire. your life is worth more than that. )
 
PROFLYER

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I plugged mine but it was a tiny finishing nail I picked up in my garage. The BD dealer plugged it and said they do it all the time...over a year and it never has lost any air. With a bigger nail I'd plug it, get it to the shop and patch it. Your call, but if the tire has a lot of life left it sucks to scrap it and toss 400 at a new one..
 
Raywood

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I've been buying my tires from Motorcycle Assecory Warehouse. Dunlop tire, agv helmets, bridgestone motorcycle tires, avon motorcycle tires, tourmaster
I change my front tire myself but you can't do the rear without the machine after several attempts I've determined that is not enough dish in the wheel!

Maybe we can get Nelson or Vicky to look into this for us.

:cheers:


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woodysan

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:flag: Loafington, I picked up a knife blade--yes a knife blade! in my rear tire in 1998 on a new sport bike,100 plus miles from home,luckily my son was with me so he ran for parts,we plugged it and rode home---very cold though made home ok,replaced tire next day. Mechanic found knife blade inside tire,but I never gave it a second thought about a new tire.This bike was capable of 150 plus mph,new tire no brainer.:2thumbs: Best of luck. Woody
 
Loafington

Loafington

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OK, no plug, no plug. Now the next question. Who has the best deal on the rubbah (thats rubber for all of you that aren't from around here)?
 
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