Yippee, 146 miles
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Montydoesdallas
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must be repairable...?
I can beat that did 77 miles on a new front tyre on my car, nail in the side wall...not repairable....another £130 for a front tyre.
I can beat that did 77 miles on a new front tyre on my car, nail in the side wall...not repairable....another £130 for a front tyre.
Georgeeboi
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Bad luck old chap!!
Blimey that bolt has rusted quickly !! I'd be on to BMW main Head quarters 
Getting a new tyre fitted on Thursday (Anakee 3) , £120 all in,....... bloody £500 bill tomorrow for body repairs on the wife's car from x3 dinks ( none her fault , one hit and run and two f**k wits who ran into it when stopped), first service on the bmw next week which will no doubt be £160 and my car is in for a cam belt change next week as well . It never ends !!!!
Bad luck Neil, but think positive, you own a new GS...and you live in Northumberland....your glass is already at least half full!
Hope you enjoy the new bike.
Hope you enjoy the new bike.
Blimey, didn't you feel that when you rode over it?? My last bike (F800GT) had a puncture at 650 miles and another one at 800 miles, both rear = £360. I won't be buying conti sport attack 2 tyres on any bike in future - just too bloomin' soft for London roads full of glass, nails etc.
If you're going to throw the old tyre away, I'll take it off your hands. I'll happily pay the postage.
Bolt looks like it had been cut off with an angle grinder, the end that went in was razor sharp, it went in at an angle tearing the tyre before straightening up.
The tyre has an elongated tear about 15mm long and has possibly nicked the inner part of the sidewall, it was in at least 45mm.
It is going to get a knife through the sidewall to make sure it doesn't 'accidentally ' get back into circulation
The tyre has an elongated tear about 15mm long and has possibly nicked the inner part of the sidewall, it was in at least 45mm.
It is going to get a knife through the sidewall to make sure it doesn't 'accidentally ' get back into circulation
Bung a tube in it. Problem solved.
Unless you have TPS...
Unless you have TPS...
WindyChuffer
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Plug it. Problem solved. StopNGo plugs.
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First service on a new GSA should be free, or if you have to pay then max £100 quid.
First service on a new GSA should be free, or if you have to pay then max £100 quid.
I've attended a fatal on a bike and serious accidents in cars due to tyres blowing out, so no tube , no plug tyre is getting scrapped
WindyChuffer
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A plugged tyre won't cause a blow out. Particularly the mushroom style plug, where the tyre pressure holds it in place along with friction.
A tubed tyre blowing out is a possibility though.
A tubed tyre blowing out is a possibility though.
I bought a StopNGo mushroom plug kit last month, did a test on an old kwaka wheel and tyre, seemed to go well although that bolt looks too big for the standard mushroom plug. I compared the StopNGo to the usual sticky strip plug and the solid plastic screw in types. Only the StopNGo did not leak air (did not glue the sticky strip).
As for them blowing out, I plugged one and was sitting in my garage when 10 minutes later the plug failed and the tyre deflated in milliseconds in a huge wooosh. Funny thing was that the mushroom plug was still installed, the air rushed out up the side of the plug.
I use plugs all the time, just make sure you do not try to plug a large hole and do not over ream it. Makes it hard not to with steel belts but the Michelin Kevlar belts are easy to plug but they get a lot more punctures over a steel belted tyre.
As for them blowing out, I plugged one and was sitting in my garage when 10 minutes later the plug failed and the tyre deflated in milliseconds in a huge wooosh. Funny thing was that the mushroom plug was still installed, the air rushed out up the side of the plug.
I use plugs all the time, just make sure you do not try to plug a large hole and do not over ream it. Makes it hard not to with steel belts but the Michelin Kevlar belts are easy to plug but they get a lot more punctures over a steel belted tyre.
Run a tubeless at low pressure or with sidewall damage caused by low inflation it will blow out.
I had almost exactly the same thing happen to me at only a few hundred miles. I figured the same as the OP, replace the tyre. The construction is likely to be deformed by this sort of puncture and you wont necessarily be able to see the extent of the damage.
We pay all this money for a bike, why stick in a 2p mushroom repair which isn't rated to the same speed as the tyre (or any speed most likely) and risk damage to your new bike or worse, yourself....? To me it's madness for what these tyres cost compared to the bikes themselves.
We pay all this money for a bike, why stick in a 2p mushroom repair which isn't rated to the same speed as the tyre (or any speed most likely) and risk damage to your new bike or worse, yourself....? To me it's madness for what these tyres cost compared to the bikes themselves.
WindyChuffer
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You clearly dont understand them, and never installled or used them.
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