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Posted:  03 Jul 2008 04:03	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: May 2008	Posts:  13 Reputation: Unranked [?] User Rank: Second Lieutenant
Got a flat today on the way home from work. luckly it happened just as I was getting off the highway and it's in the back tire. Weird feeling, as I leaned into the off-ramp turn it wanted to stand-up BAD .. pulled to the side and by the time I was slowed down the rear was all over the place. Stopped an the rear was totally flat. Question is, Is a patch safe ? Tire has about 3,500 miles on it. I won't do a plug but not sure about a patch. If it was a auto I'd have no issue with a patch but on a bike the tire is very VERY important and I don't want to take any chance's there. Weird Day .. My son came with the ramp's and my wife brought the truck .. when my son went to start his car after we loaded the bike and the battery in his car exploded !!!! sounded like a gunshot .. never saw that before. Weird day all around.

Posted:  03 Jul 2008 05:39	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: Jun 2008	Posts:  54 Reputation:  4 [?] User Rank: First Lieutenant
In my experience....Patches are a good quick or short term fix, until you have the time or money to replace the tire all together.  Like you said, the tire is a VERY important part.  I had gotten a flat when I came out to my old Yamaha and patched it.  Lasted me about 800 miles until it blew out..which as you said is a pretty strange sensation, especially if you happen to be pretty steep into a curve at the time

Posted:  03 Jul 2008 16:26	[?]
Moderator Currently Offline Join Date: Jun 2007	Posts:  2302 Reputation:  43 [?] User Rank: Five-Star General
get it to a tire shop and they will vulcanise it for you. it's either that or a new tire.

Posted:  04 Jul 2008 18:02	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: May 2008	Posts:  13 Reputation: Unranked [?] User Rank: Second Lieutenant
Got a new rear tire. replaced it with another Dunlop.

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