This thing in my tire

[boxermania]

GypsyRR

Glad you made it home. On the other hand I see that you like to push the envelope.....bad girl!!!. No need to tease the law of probabilities when one is in the minus column.

On the other hand you are a big (adult) girl and can do as you wish. BTW, you should be able to do more than an indicated 110.....that bike needs a little tuning....he, he, he

[boxermania]

Boxer

You are a very trustworthy and reveled man in this board. However, as a friend, I'm going to recomend that you lay of the "funny tobaki" when answering some of these posts.

If you persist with your antics I'll be forced to ask Brian, Van and Cyclerob to administer 40 lashes with a wet noodle. One to hold, one to tickle your belly and one with the wet noodle.

COMPRENDE ?

[Boxer]

I'm going to recomend that you lay of the "funny tobaki" when answering some of these posts.

Which ones?

If you persist with your antics I'll be forced to ask Brian, Van and Cyclerob to administer 40 lashes with a wet noodle.

Oh, you shouldn't have said that. You just don't know how much I love wet noodles thrashed about me body. AARRGGH!

[wncbmw]

Wow - count me out of any Boxer punishment! I can't say I want any of those 3 jobs!

[DJ Downunder]

The cycle shop didn’t have a replacement tire and he said it was too far to the outer third to patch it

Crap!.....IMO.. ....I've had tires fixed in that same position without a problem.

It's either center or side wall..that's no where near the side wall in my book..it's much closer to the center.

Plug it...They're only half worn...(a professional plug/fix..not a roadside plug/fix)

btw..Great pics...nice deer shot..

DJ

[awagnon]

The cycle shop didn’t have a replacement tire and he said it was too far to the outer third to patch it

Crap!.....IMO.. ....I've had tires fixed in that same position without a problem.DJ

I agree. I'd probably try to plug it from the inside with a professional tire plug/patch. However, getting a shop to do it because of the liability may be another issue.

[Byrdguy]

You can plug the dang thing without even taking the wheel off. Let the air out of it, pull the nail, drill it through with a 1/8" drill and use a Wal Mart plug kit. It'll last for the rest of the tire life. I've put many miles on repairs like that. Riding agresively also.

[duke]

If you carry a proper tyre plugging kit under the rear seat + some pliers you can plug your own tyre, rain or shine.
And then you can limp off for another 1000 miles if you have to and finish that long distance trip of yours.

If you would like to ride for the rest of the tyre life with the rubber bung, get it professionally fixed or just swap it - do whatever you fancy.
I had to swap mine (only 400 miles old) as I had 2 nails 5 inches apart from each other.

Or conversely give the the kit to one of our fellow biker brethren (my last kit went to a courier's rear tyre) to get them home ...

Or if you spot a member of the biking sisterhood, you may as well fix it for them (I am sure they are 100% perfectly capable to do it themselves).

[slant]

So much sage advise !
Personally I enjoy living just "a little" dangerously.
I'd pull the nail out, give the tire a soap test.Check the pressure a few times.
If a minute pressure drop (not temperature related) appears,
plug the damned thing and try again.
More than once have I used automotive tireplugs and rubbercement.
Maybe it is because I am too cheap to spring for a new tire before
it's time !
To have a new tire mounted,I prefer a shop that has the correct adapter for the wheel-balancer.
That almost "locks you in " to a BMW dealer.

slant

[GypsyRR]

It's still holding pressure just fine like it is - even after 350 miles of aggressive riding (probably more like 500-600 miles, since I only started counting miles after I found the thing). So why do I need to plug it at all?

Is it because of the chance that it might press further into the tire? Or is it for the experience of learning to plug a tire while in a safe environment rather than on the side of the road?

[Airman]

To have a new tire mounted,I prefer a shop that has the correct adapter for the wheel-balancer.
That almost "locks you in " to a BMW dealer.

slant

"Correct adapter?" I mounted my Diablo Stratas using the Mark Parnes balancer, which uses a simple pair of cone adapters. The dealership where I live charges serious money for a tire change, whereas a good independant shop is much less. Tire change and balance on these bikes is simple compared to some. I made a simple fixture to hold the wheel and bought decent tire irons. My only real expense was the tires and that balancer. And time of course. Sometimes I hire out maintenance because I just don't want to take the time to do it.

[slant]

It is not always what you, or I can do. Not everyone is so equipped.
I also made my own balancer and adapters after a hassle with some independent shops.
On my woodlathe I turned 2 conical half-adapters.
Works great.
So while I agree that do it yourself id an option,
it is not for every-one.

[DJ Downunder]

If you can pull it out (before it cuts deeper) ..and it still holds air..I would leave it..It should be ok IMO.

DJ

[Rog(UK) - Yorkshire Dales]

We're in the realms of "nobody knows" how close you are to having a very dangerous tyre or one which is still perfectly OK. My opinion is that it would be on the extremely dangerous side of being safe.

Another lesser issue is whether the tyre will let you down simply by losing pressure when you are miles from home.

What's the extra cost to you of just buying a new tyre now? $40? Your tyre looks to me a lot more than half worn.

It may well be fine, in which case you have saved $40 but tyres are the only thing between us and the road. If they let-go we have problems.

Get a new tyre Gypsy. We all (well I do) push things more than a little, but the more we do, the more the odds stack up against us.

Rog