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Title: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Twolanerider on September 30, 2017, 04:02:10 PM
Walked out late morning to put a seat in the seat only to find a flat tire.  Crap....

Have a good used replacement tire laying under the work bench that could have put on.  Just really didn't want to mess with it though.  Wanted to get riding now.  So plugged it real quick and thought "to hell with it."  Puncture was in the sidewall but it sealed up so well I just wasn't going to worry with it.

Screw it. 

I know.  Some will bitch about safety and ignorance.  Probably even using the wrong kind of oil to lube the plug.  But I wanted to get the yard mowed and those stupid little tires are such a bitch to get reinflated when they've been off the wheel.  Even worse is that I intend to keep right on using it...
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Para Bellum on September 30, 2017, 04:48:28 PM
Don't know if I could live with having to keep the speed in single digits.   :D

"They all do that."  Just said that b/c you probably miss hearing it at the dealership.  LOL
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: 110tHunDer on September 30, 2017, 05:06:26 PM
I sometimes wish I had a rider .... even one with a plugged tire!
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: 110tHunDer on September 30, 2017, 05:07:43 PM
You know they're gonna move this thread somewhere else, don't ya?!
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Bubba on September 30, 2017, 05:31:56 PM
I put an inter tube in mine but sometimes I get that HIGH GRASS Wobble
at upper single digit speed.  :huepfenlol2:
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: grc on September 30, 2017, 06:48:54 PM

Well, when that plug gets shot out of the sidewall and hits your companion/neighbor in the eye, don't say I didn't warn you.

Jerry  :nervous:
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Cat Eye on September 30, 2017, 07:27:37 PM
Living on the edge....you 1%

 :drink:
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Cvostu on September 30, 2017, 07:39:40 PM
I wouldn't do it. . I'd replace it. .  Sucks when that happens. .  Stuart  >:(
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Yellow09SERG on September 30, 2017, 09:07:26 PM
Maybe it will be the last ride for it this season... ;D
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: J.D. on September 30, 2017, 09:18:41 PM
I personally wouldn't plug a sidewall.
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: kansaskim47 on September 30, 2017, 09:27:00 PM
 :D
I have 10 acres if Osage Orange and Honey Locust........... I feel your pain!

Place is up for sale now, living in in Manerva now. (Manerva is our motorhome)

When we sell, off in Manerva for at least a year before we build an old people friendly house with no steps.
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Mr D on September 30, 2017, 10:02:40 PM
Don,

That’s the crazy chit we did in our 20’s single before a family
Get a replacement, do not go past go & collect $200  ???
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Twolanerider on October 01, 2017, 01:34:25 AM
You know they're gonna move this thread somewhere else, don't ya?!


Yeap.  But it's after midnight and they haven't yet!!
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Twolanerider on October 01, 2017, 01:35:28 AM
I put an inter tube in mine but sometimes I get that HIGH GRASS Wobble
at upper single digit speed.  :huepfenlol2:


Mike, any kind of a grass related wobble might be entirely different kind of problem.   :huepfenlol2:
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Twolanerider on October 01, 2017, 01:36:34 AM
Maybe it will be the last ride for it this season... ;D


Except for butchering leaves....   Damn leaves.
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Twolanerider on October 01, 2017, 01:38:43 AM
:D
I have 10 acres if Osage Orange and Honey Locust........... I feel your pain!

Place is up for sale now, living in in Manerva now. (Manerva is our motorhome)

When we sell, off in Manerva for at least a year before we build an old people friendly house with no steps.


For me it's just three acres.  Still feels too long to get it done some days.  I could get really pissed off doing 10.  Or really wasted.  Depends on the beverage with me on the mower...  ???
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Para Bellum on October 01, 2017, 01:45:28 AM

Except for butchering leaves....   Damn leaves.
I love to hear them scream.
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: iski on October 01, 2017, 02:18:36 AM
Well Twolane, I hope you used nitrogen to re-inflate and you know you have voided your warranty. 

Ride year round here, leaves scream all 12 months. 
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: WRE4U on October 01, 2017, 09:35:34 AM
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Well Twolane, I hope you used nitrogen to re-inflate and you know you have voided your warranty. 

Ride year round here, leaves scream all 12 months.

You also need to make sure you use the more expensive "Harley air" which is available at Harley dealers everywhere....more expensive, however it will not void your warranty.
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Yellow09SERG on October 01, 2017, 10:44:58 AM

Except for butchering leaves....   Damn leaves.

At least with the leaves its a couple times and done, or hopefully.
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Ghost Rider on October 01, 2017, 04:55:20 PM
I don't blame you one bit Don. We know what a pain in the ass those low profile mower tires are to get mounted.  Does that wheel even fit on the tire changer?
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: J.D. on October 01, 2017, 05:21:45 PM
Duh...nevermind; you're talking about your mower and not your bike  :oops:
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Twolanerider on October 01, 2017, 06:05:10 PM
I don't blame you one bit Don. We know what a pain in the ass those low profile mower tires are to get mounted.  Does that wheel even fit on the tire changer?

Nope... Tried hard too :smash: .       :help:
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Twolanerider on October 01, 2017, 06:06:09 PM
You also need to make sure you use the more expensive "Harley air" which is available at Harley dealers everywhere....more expensive, however it will not void your warranty.


Oh my gawd.  Don't even check the price on the Screamin' Eagle upgrade to the standard Harley air.
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Yellow09SERG on October 01, 2017, 06:51:13 PM

Oh my gawd.  Don't even check the price on the Screamin' Eagle upgrade to the standard Harley air.

Just be careful Don. Plugged tire and adult beverages could lead to loss of hedge
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: iski on October 01, 2017, 06:51:31 PM
Don, My riding mower tires used to go flat.  Started using this stuff when the mower tubeless tires were new.

(http://www.autowares.com/images/product/FIXAFLAT/fixa-s980-6-400.jpg)

When a mower tire gets a leak, it seals it by some sort of sorcery.  Have used it on a couple of riding mower tire sets.  No flats.  Of course I voided all my warranties.  I priced Screamin' Eagle air.  Yee gads.  Found out there is SE pre- 2007 air and it will not work in bikes after 2007.  Something about the metric system I think.
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Twolanerider on October 01, 2017, 06:56:17 PM
Just be careful Don. Plugged tire and adult beverages could lead to loss of hedge

I think with iski's advice of using the metric air it might be ok.  Might need a moderator to confirm.
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: MIKEYTEE on October 01, 2017, 07:39:00 PM
Metric air is only good when installed late afternoon on Tuesday thru Thursday of the second week of the month when the ambient temps are between 77 degrees F and 83 1/2 degrees F. Also coastal air is better for sidewalls. The Lawn Boy told me about that.  :D

Mike
 :nixweiss:
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Yellow09SERG on October 01, 2017, 08:33:19 PM
Metric air is only good when installed late afternoon on Tuesday thru Thursday of the second week of the month when the ambient temps are between 77 degrees F and 83 1/2 degrees F. Also coastal air is better for sidewalls. The Lawn Boy told me about that.  :D

Mike
 :nixweiss:

And we all know to trust the Lawn Boy!
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: iski on October 01, 2017, 09:35:25 PM
Bookmarking this thread because of the infinite wisdom contained therein, for future reference.   :2vrolijk_21:

Also, retina tattoos are not a good idea.
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: Twolanerider on October 01, 2017, 09:36:47 PM

Also, retina tattoos are not a good idea.


This is true.  No matter where on your body you might get them they are a bad idea.  If only everyone could see that clearly enough to understand.
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: iski on October 01, 2017, 09:44:59 PM
This is true.  No matter where on your body you might get them they are a bad idea.  If only everyone could see that clearly enough to understand.

Johnny Nash could. 

Downside is you can't get into the secret chat room.  Other downside is if you are blinded by the ink would need to be a Braille chat room.
Title: Re: Plugging a tire?
Post by: charles05663 on October 01, 2017, 09:52:08 PM
I think that the HD SE air is produced locally at the HD dealerships and smells suspiciously like yesterdays lunch burrito.  It is too dangerous to ship.
 :oops: :nixweiss: