All about Plugging Motorcycle Tires
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Do's, don'ts and how to plug motorcycle tires. Is that safe? Depends on you! Plugging is an emergency operation, but if done right, they can last a long while. Note: my official position is to NOT run a plugged tire longer than necessary and to replace the tire ASAP.
Hands down the best tire plugging video I have ever seen.
Great vid and thanks for the information . I am a Brit living in Thailand and doing a lot of miles .
Very information and good humor as well . Thanks again Mark
Great video! I laughed at all the innuendoes...
Shops not repairing tires is relatively new. They have just decided they want to sell more tires. motorcycle tires aside, for most of the last 50 years that I have been alive they not only repaired tires, they usually repaired them with externally applied black rope plugs. I had never had one of those fail and they are usually were on 80k mile tires. I didn't realize until I was watching your video that this had become some sort of controversy. I guess I haven't had a tire repair in a while that could be repaired. So if I extrapolate for motorcycle tires, basically, I always need to keep a spare set of tires in place.
Your conclusion is spot on. Having a plug kit on the bike is cheap and doesn't take much space. For me its like having 4wd. I dont use it much but it only takes one time to get stuck and need it.
Thanks for taking the time to share this. Here in the UK we have similar liability issues but I’ve used plugs successfully and ridden thousands of miles with no problems. I have the Uk version of the Concourse (GTR 1400) Once the tyre pressure falls to a certain level ( don’t know what that is) the display flags up a problem. A really good feature Thanks once again 👍
I have heard many people say you should not plug a tire or ride on it very far. If a plug fails , or a screw or nail for that matter, you will lose air slowly. It is no different than having a bad valve stem or something else. Your tire isn't going to blow while riding because of a tire plug. I have ridden many Motorcycles through the years that I have plugged and do not replace till the tire is worn. It is as safe as riding Motorcycles is. Of course there is always a danger, just as there is with riding on tires with no plugs or patches at all.
I don’t disagree, however, there’s a valid liability argument for people who repair motorcycles. I’ve ridden many miles on plugged motorcycle tires. But they’re my one machines. I personally would and have plugged my own but wouldn’t on a customer bike. It’d be easy for a rider or family to blame a plugged tire even when or if a rider did something boneheaded and crashed. Cause and effect always weighs heavily upon the most recent “change” in circumstance. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Totally agree
i've been fortunate enough not to have a puncture yet, but wanted as much info as poss for my upcoming tour, and although your's is the longest i've seen, enjoyed the extra content above others as more knowledge is always an advantage. I only ride a small displacement bike and aint a speedster anyway, so feel quite confident using a plug will be ok for me. one thing though, on another vid a guy said that it's important to cut the plug flush to the tyre rather than wait till it wear's down, so the bit that's proud doesn't have any chance to be pushed in when in use, so i think that's what i will personally do. Thanks for the vid.
Looking forward for the next video
I get abt 10 nails on average during each tire's lifespan. "Properly" patching by a mechanic would cost $1,000 -- if I can even find one to do it. I use the plugs and I'm good to go. The only issue with those plugs is that they tend to leak slowly after a few weeks.
I've seen plugs that do not have the fiber cords in like yours and are just rubber , the steel cords cut them in half . Then there's half a plug rolling around in a tire going flat . I've had good luck with the type your using .
Good worms , , good video too .
I just did my Harley rear tire just to see if it would hold. The tire is about 95% gone anyway. I also did the new (less than 75 mi.) $240 rear tire on my ZX10R as well. That one is just to roll it around in the shop as I already have a new replacement for it. I'm not gonna go 150+ on a plugged rear tire!
Ive heard that you always need to cut the excess off because when you put weight on the tire/on the plug it puts more force on it moving it back and forth and weakens the bond.
That makes sense. 👍
I found a red pen works great to mark the hole. Does Leatherman make a tool?
Great video! But I am not a fan of reaming out the whole or dilating it as you call it. You should try the dynaplug tire repair kit the insert easily without enlarging the hole and do not require rubber cement. With the correct angle of insertion the install very easily because of their small size. I have had larger holes in my tire and have had to install multiple plugs I think once I use 4 or 5 with no problems. I have always ridden on them till the end of my tire tread life. My only disagreement with your video is that I always cut the plug off flush with the tire. With any aggressive type of riding or in the case of a tandem axle trailer I have found that a tire being pushed or sliding in any non rotational direction will pull the plug out so I always cut them flush and if not had this issue.
I was riding the corners pretty hard today , was about to go out for a longer ride through the hills when I decided to go home , got off the bike and noticed a hiss . Tyre was losing air noticeably .Pretty scary for a new rider, now I’m left with the decision to plug or not 😂 almost new tyre
That stinks. The whole purpose of this video was to help make that decision with clear facts on risks vs benefits, personally, plug the tire and immediately or as soon as possible replace. Keep the plugged tire as an emergency spare. You could be on a long trip like trailering well away from a shop and have even worse failure making the new new tire completely unusable even with a plug and you still have a spare if nobody has a tire.
Or better yet, replace and PATCH the other tire don’t plug first because if you do the patch will be either poor or undoable. Patch from the inside.
At my auction we just rate any tire with a plug as a road hazard
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Talk about a long winded video for something that takes 2 minutes to fix.. Geesh!!.
I’d agree. If the video was about just that. You missed the big picture. The video is a look at how plugs stick into tires, not just how to but to educate viewers on the mechanics of plugs. How often does one see a plug as it sits from the inside? Never. How far should they penetrate? The whole gist was about riders educating themselves on the risks of plugging tires and knowledge helps understand these risks. You’ll notice the title isn’t “how to plug a motorcycle tire.” It’d titled “All about” them. So again, you missed the point and I’m sorry you failed to grasp the intent.