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F'ing nail!
« on: June 28, 2008, 12:13:26 AM »
Went on a little dinner ride with the local HOG chapter this evening and when I left the restaurant immediately felt that bike was not handling right.  Sure enough low, low rear tire - almost completely flat.  Pulled out big f'ing nail.  Sucker must be almost 4" long.  Chit and this tire has only about 2k on it.  Luckily I carry a plug kit and a small air compressor.  So friend and I plugged her up and aired her up and HQ and I rode home about 40 miles with no problem.  So gotta pull the rear wheel tomorrow am and off to get a new tire.  Guess I've been darned lucky.  In over 40 years of riding this is the first flat I've ever had.  Still sucks though!
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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2008, 05:21:35 AM »
Sorry about that Jerry. Good to have the plug kit and compressor to save a road call though.
Seems it would be impossible for a 4" nail to jump up there and penetrate that new rubber.  :soapbox:


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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2008, 05:43:51 AM »
What kind of plug kit do you carry?
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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2008, 06:13:35 AM »
I never go anywhere without my little compresser & plug kit. Funny, I've had to repair tires with the guys I ride with but not mine. Good to see you had it with you. THE MUFFMAN
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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2008, 08:47:48 AM »
Quote from: murphy on June 28, 2008, 05:43:51 AM
What kind of plug kit do you carry?
Actually just a cheap kit I got at auto parts store - Auto Zone I think.  Worked fine.
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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2008, 08:49:37 AM »
Quote from: Gettinold on June 28, 2008, 05:21:35 AM
Sorry about that Jerry. Good to have the plug kit and compressor to save a road call though.
Seems it would be impossible for a 4" nail to jump up there and penetrate that new rubber.  :soapbox:


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You're right Dave.  Never know but probably picked it up in the parking lot but of course unsure.  Sucker was in ther at an angle and hardest part of plugging it was getting the nail out and then reaming out the hole to accept the plug.  Those lops are a heck of a lot harder and tougher than I would have expected. 
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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2008, 08:49:57 AM »
Quote from: ultrafxr on June 28, 2008, 12:13:26 AM
Went on a little dinner ride with the local HOG chapter this evening and when I left the restaurant immediately felt that bike was not handling right.  Sure enough low, low rear tire - almost completely flat.  Pulled out big f'ing nail.  Sucker must be almost 4" long.  Chit and this tire has only about 2k on it.  Luckily I carry a plug kit and a small air compressor.  So friend and I plugged her up and aired her up and HQ and I rode home about 40 miles with no problem.  So gotta pull the rear wheel tomorrow am and off to get a new tire.  Guess I've been darned lucky.  In over 40 years of riding this is the first flat I've ever had.  Still sucks though!

Some tire shops can patch them from the INSIDE with a vulcanized patch, maybe you could save the tire??

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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2008, 01:21:10 PM »
Quote from: Florida Marine on June 28, 2008, 08:49:57 AM
Some tire shops can patch them from the INSIDE with a vulcanized patch, maybe you could save the tire??

Sean

Sean, I've thought the same thing more than once over the years.  If Jerry has had but the one flat in 40 years I've had enough others so that he and I even out a bit.

I carry a plug kit and CO2 cartridges to get in with.  Each time I've used them over the years I've always replaced the tire that had gone flat.  Have thought about saving a buck and getting it patched.  Remembered all those tires I patched as a kid working in a gas station with nary a failure.  Then remember that if a car tire goes flat I don't have at least a fair chance of falling down.  When I think of bouncing I've bought the tire.  Everytime.
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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2008, 01:25:08 PM »
Quote from: Twolanerider on June 28, 2008, 01:21:10 PM
Sean, I've thought the same thing more than once over the years.  If Jerry has had but the one flat in 40 years I've had enough others so that he and I even out a bit.

I carry a plug kit and CO2 cartridges to get in with.  Each time I've used them over the years I've always replaced the tire that had gone flat.  Have thought about saving a buck and getting it patched.  Remembered all those tires I patched as a kid working in a gas station with nary a failure.  Then remember that if a car tire goes flat I don't have at least a fair chance of falling down.  When I think of bouncing I've bought the tire.  Everytime.
Amen Don.  To patch the tire you've got to break the bead, remove it from the rim and re-install it.  Don't even know who'd I go to to get that done.  Even if dealer would do that heck I'd pay just as much to repair the tire as I would to mount & balance an new one which costs $154.95 now.  My a$$ is worth $154.95!  I'd never patch a motorcycle tire.
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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2008, 01:26:31 PM »
Got 'er done.  New tire mounted & balanced, re-installed on bike and test ridden.  Good to go for my ride tomorrow.  Now just hope that light rain gets out of here. :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2008, 01:44:36 PM »
Quote from: ultrafxr on June 28, 2008, 01:25:08 PM
Amen Don.  To patch the tire you've got to break the bead, remove it from the rim and re-install it.  Don't even know who'd I go to to get that done.  Even if dealer would do that heck I'd pay just as much to repair the tire as I would to mount & balance an new one which costs $154.95 now.  My a$$ is worth $154.95!  I'd never patch a motorcycle tire.

Just realized I lied.  I have patched and ridden.  But it was when I was much much younger on rattletrap bikes assembled from god knows what going I didn't even always know where.  But then it was spoons on the side of the road or a truck stop parking lot getting at old inner tubes.  Some of that crap wasn't very good and I wasn't always the smartest ass on the saddle back then.
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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2008, 07:13:06 PM »
Been there do that on a tire that had less then 1000 miles on it.
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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2008, 11:36:57 AM »
Last year a friend of mine was on a Father's Day ride with his sons, he ran over a knife in the middle of the road and cut a slice in a brand new Metzeler tire on the back of the bike. Had to get a new tire, not a good father's day!
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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2008, 08:41:40 PM »
Quote from: Talon on June 30, 2008, 11:36:57 AM
Last year a friend of mine was on a Father's Day ride with his sons, he ran over a knife in the middle of the road and cut a slice in a brand new Metzeler tire on the back of the bike. Had to get a new tire, not a good father's day!
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Re: F'ing nail!
« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2008, 09:54:55 PM »
I plug em and pump em with a foot pump,I don't leave home without, then head to the nearest harley shop for a new tire No patches.
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