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Oil leak to flat tire


tufftom4

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Yesterday I went into the garage and found a small puddle of oil under the bike witch has never leaked before so I investigated and found a couple of bolts to the cover I had powder coated were loose so I tightened them and the leak was fixed, my eyes then caught a strange sight in the front tire and it was totally flat so I rolled the bike around and found a roofing nail in it, I plugged the tire but will not ride it on the highway my ? is should I spend the money to have a patch put on the inside or should I just buy a new one, this one has less than 2k on it.

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It depends on where the nail is and how straight it went in.

 

If the nail went in at a big angle and/or is not near the center of the tire, then I would replace the tire.

 

If the nail went straight in near the center then I would get a T patch.

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I wont ride on a patched or plugged front tire, but will plug or patch a rear tire. A bike just gets too uncontrollable when the front goes down and I am not prepared to risk it.

 

 

Brian

 

I agree. Controlling a bike where the rear tire goes flat can be quite an experience, but with a front tire you are looking seriously at going down hard. I'd hate to replace a nearly new tire but it sure beats crashing at 60 mph or so on a busy 4 lane. As a very good technician once told me - you can't always be sure how seriously that area of the tire has been damaged - do you really want to find out at highway speed?

 

Andy

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