Tire Plug tubeless

[spuds]

I Just pulled a nail out of my fairly new Dunlop and had to put a plug in. Now home and seems to be fine. Question I have is it advisable to change the tire out soonest or should it be ok to run for a while with the plug in?

[rjmalizia]

Hey spuds,

 

I had the same problem last year...brand new metzler with the optional 4 penny nail pressure release valve. Is that an option or a feature? anyway, I could not get any of the local shops to patch it...they kept siting something about liability this, liability that. I wasted a couple of plugs trying to plug it...i then tried a can of the sealer stuff (ride-on)...that didn't work either.

 

in the end, I wasted 20+ bucks on band-aids, only to end up throwing the virtually new tire (less than 1000 miles on it) away.

 

On the good side, i had peace of mind not having to worry about the tire failing on me...on the down side, i replaced it with a d404...not happy with that tire at all. squeezed a good 8000+ miles out of her in less than a year. weak side walls too, had to run her at 43 psi just to make the rear end feel right - which of course shortened the tires life...i know. I'll be trying the venom in the next couple of days...hope they live up to their reputation.

 

good luck

[royalstarjac]

I Just pulled a nail out of my fairly new Dunlop and had to put a plug in. Now home and seems to be fine. Question I have is it advisable to change the tire out soonest or should it be ok to run for a while with the plug in?

 

 

Do you feel lucky? Well? Do ya?

Actually that nail did you a favor! Now you can put a real tire on your scoot!

[Pilot]

I had a nail in my new (1600 mile) Dunlop about a month ago when I was in living in Del Rio Texas. I knew it was not a good idea to run a patch in a tubeless tire so I did some checking around with the local mechs in the arae and asked the question here. All of the mechs said it's OK to patch but install a tube. None of the bike shops would patch it but they all told me to bring it to a tire shop. I did and they patched it I now have a patched tire with a tube installed and have put about 500 miles on it with no problem. Others on this site have put thousands of miles on a patched/tubed tire with no problems that I know of. I wouldn't do it if the nail was in the side of the tire but if it's in the tread I think you will be OK but I'M NOT AN EXPERT on this so it's your decision. I'm trying it.

[muffinman]

Yes it is ok to Plug a tire on a bike as long as it is a PLUG PATCH some bike shops will do this for you if you can not find one that does it talk to car tire shops if you take them the wheel they can remove the tire and plug patch it.

I got a nail on a near new tire and had it plug patched at my dealer and proceded to wear it out without a problem.

Jeff

[stardbog]

http://www.stopngo.com/motorcycle.asp is only thing safe to patch tubeless tire. Done that on 4 diferent bikes, and after thousands of miles behind never lose air on any of them. Edited May 9, 2008 by stardbog

[wizard]

I've plugged both rear and front tires and rode them till no tread was left. I never had a problem with plugs. There are motorcycle tire specific plugs made today for them, but I've never tried them. I just use the stringy things with the glue made for car tires.

[MAINEAC]

I agree with muffinman... you need a plug/patch.. If you do it yourself you need to scuff up the inside of your tire 3 inches around the hole... the patch will have a peel and stick type contact area but you still want to use rubber adhesive.

 

http://www.stopngo.com/im/3002-400.jpg

 

good luck

[BOO]

Here is my stand on the plugs/patches/plug patches.

I would do it myself and watch the air pressure very closely until I wear the tire out.

But I never, never recommend that someone else do it.

I think if I recommended someone else run a tire with the patches and they had a problem, that would be hard to live with.

I think it's something you have to decide.

By the way I have had very good luck with plugs through the years.

Jerry