Bugger!

[Phill Elston]

Thankfully, yesterday was a day with an uneventful shift that only ran over to 13 hours... because half a mile from home, lights on my dash started flashing and my ears were assaulted by the sound of an alarm as the steering on the bike started to go very soggy, very quickly.

Puncture in the front tyre. It went from 36 to 26 and lower in seconds. Rather than wait for roadside assistance, I decided to get the bike home, engine running, hazards flashing in first gear with me walking next to it. I had an idea that the tyre was FUBAR because of the speed it deflated. It took a while but I got back.

I phoned the BMW helpline and, as I wanted to get some shut-eye, arranged for a pick up this morning. As we were loading the bike into the pick-up van, I found the cause of the puncture...

So I guess I’ve got to make a quick decision on what tyres to replace the standard Anakee3’s with. I’m thinking a decent wearing 70% Road/30% trail tyre?

Your thoughts gents??

 

[Daxaar]

You went to the trouble of measuring, photographing and posting photos of a pointy stone that caused a puncture.

Am I missing something here?

 

[JerseyNeil]

He works in forensics

 

[PDiddy]

A couple of sticky strings would have fixed the hole and you'll be on your way -

 

[MaDPRoFF]

More to the point, does BMW Warranty and recovery cover Punctures??????

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

FFS wait for recovery??

Just plug tyre, reinflate and ride

Walking alongside it for half a mile, with the hazards on - FFS

Booking a BMW recovery collection, take the wheel off yourself and take it to a tyre place for a new tyre

Is this the new BMW GS biker model??

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

You went to the trouble of measuring, photographing and posting photos of a pointy stone that caused a puncture.

Am I missing something here?

More to the point he went to that trouble but won't search all the threads on tyres that will give him his answer!

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

More to the point, does BMW Warranty and recovery cover Punctures??????

Yes it does

 

[Andi_archer]

South West England
The rocks of south west England are mainly strongly deformed Old Red Sandstone of Devonian age, together with Carboniferous sandstones and siltstones.
The moors, such as Bodmin and Dartmoor are formed where granite intruded these younger rocks. The granite can be seen as granite tors out on the moors. Granite also forms the spectacular coast around Lands End. The Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall is something special. The rocks here are metamorphic serpentine, gabbro, schist and gneiss, which were pushed up from the ocean floor
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/scien...ence/geology/uk-rocks-region#southeastengland

 

[ShakeyGS]

Anakees good, Tourance next better!

There’s tyre opinion number one. Let the flood gates open.

 

[ShakeyGS]

South West England
The rocks of south west England are mainly strongly deformed Old Red Sandstone of Devonian age, together with Carboniferous sandstones and siltstones.
The moors, such as Bodmin and Dartmoor are formed where granite intruded these younger rocks. The granite can be seen as granite tors out on the moors. Granite also forms the spectacular coast around Lands End. The Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall is something special. The rocks here are metamorphic serpentine, gabbro, schist and gneiss, which were pushed up from the ocean floor
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/scien...ence/geology/uk-rocks-region#southeastengland

Thet do look ter me as a good ol’ piece o narfolk flint.

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

FFS wait for recovery??

Just plug tyre, reinflate and ride

Maybe he didn't have a tyre plugging kit?

Here's a question to which I don't know the answer. If you plug a tubeless tyre at the roadside is that repair then speed rated and can you then go on to get the plug removed and patched from the inside

 

[Andi_archer]

Thet do look ter me as a good ol’ piece o narfolk flint.

Just think of the coincidence this rock has spent millions of years underground just waiting to puncture Phills tyre.
How cool is that.......

 

[Hairyweasel]

Maybe he didn't have a tyre plugging kit?

Here's a question to which I don't know the answer. If you plug a tubeless tyre at the roadside is that repair then speed rated and can you then go on to get the plug removed and patched from the inside

Read the instructions on your kit.
Mine says to keep below 30 mph after using the patch.
As for getting it repaired it depends where you take it and the extent of the damage.
Some places won't repair full stop, others will if they think it's safe.

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

Read the instructions on your kit.

That's the problem ... the kit doesn't give any information in that respect hence the question

 

[rattler]

Anakees good, Tourance next better!

There’s tyre opinion number one. Let the flood gates open.

2nd that and Conti Trail Attack 2 very good

 

[Warlord]

You went to the trouble of measuring, photographing and posting photos of a pointy stone that caused a puncture.

Am I missing something here?

Its an Adventure Bike. This is an Urban Adventure !

When it's all over and tyre is fixed. We all go back to watching the TV

Have we got any Geologists on here that can identify the offending 'shard of death' and milk this thread for another 30 pages?

 

[Phill Elston]

Yeah ok thanks for the flood of banter and mild abuse...

The reason I didn’t stay and repair it was that I was a quarter of a mile from home, knackered after a long arsed shift and on a dark, narrow country road. There was nowhere safe to plug and go - yes, I have “sticky string” plugs (and no, there are no instructions. I have used the “sticky string” plugs before - but a LONG time ago and you don’t often get a chance to “practice” such repairs) it would have also taken me FAR longer to find whatever caused the puncture and then repair than to limp the bike back - riding it may have caused further damage meaning that even if the puncture could have been repaired, that might have been precluded by the further damage. That said, when I found the actual damage today, I doubt that the sticky strings would have been a sufficient repair anyway.

I knew I had the BMW assistance so I didn’t need to worry about a roadside repair when I could get the bike home without undue fuss and at less danger to myself than “staying and playing”

Norfolk flint?? I’ll have you know that my flint wasn’t any old common or garden Norfolk flint! It was the finest, sharpest WILTSHRE flint (being so close to so many “Sites of Special Scientific Interest” it may possible even be a discarded Neolithic arrow head - all sorts if weapons and ammunition on Salisbury plain don’t you know!?) LOL

The point of my post you argumentative, sarcastic bunch of ne’er do wells is - no, I haven’t got time to trawl through endless posted arguments and posts - “what’s the concensus on the best 70% Road/30% trail tyre?”

Thank you!

Once again, sits back awaiting another torrent of jibes.

 

[Piggers]

It could have been worse, you could have asked about what engine oil to use ?

 

[Piggers]

I am surprised that nobody suggested Wheeliing (if that is how you spell it !) home