Motorcycle Tyres

[twistedlemon]

Recently I had a puncture on my rear tyre (180/55 Dunlop Sports type tyre).

I have been worried ever since of getting a puncture. The road outside my girlfriend's place is really bad, in a farm type area where a lot of small stones are washed onto the road with flooding.

Well I got home last night after visiting her place, and on my brand new Michelin I can already see lots of cuts and small piercings in the tyre. Even pulled a few sharp stones out. There's a bad hole but no puncture. The front one also has a few cuts etc.

Can I keep riding on it with that hole? There's no loss in tyre pressure and the tyre is still sound. Just worried about it bursting or something when I'm at speed! Biggest fear!

Look forward to hearing the respected opinions of yourselves!

Graeme
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2013 Triumph Daytona 675

[Ja7]

You will be fine !
It is a bummer getting a puncture, even worst when it can't be fixed, your more likely to get a puncture when it's wet, roll on summer

[yaigi]

[twistedlemon]

Alright gents, thanks for your replies!

The hole isn't deeper than the tread that I can see, but the funny thing is I had a puncture literally a week ago today and already my new tyres are in that state! I will try and post a pic!

The tyres are both still rock solid and inflated, I'm just scared that if another stone hits that weak spot that it goes BOOM on the motorway and I get wrapped underneath a trucks wheels, even worse if my bike causes a further accident *shivers* it's not even worth thinking about - that's why I want to make sure it won't happen at all! Apparently it's illegal to repair tyres now as well, because they are at a higher risk of blow outs.

I commute on my bike all year round, I hate using cars - they're big they're clunky and they're a pain in the a***.
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2013 Triumph Daytona 675

[Wonko The Sane]

A friend of mine had a blow out on her little 125's front wheel at about 40mph, she was fine if a little shaken by it.

she held the bars straight and coasted it to a stop with a bit of help from the back brake.

As such, I don't think a blow out is going to launch you sideways under a truck, the probability is pretty low.

[twistedlemon]

[Wonko The Sane]

I can understand your worry,

lived in a block of flats with a shared drive and courtyard, the block was a 70's build with the ground floor all garages and lots of car parking around, after some workmen had been doing something in the grounds I came down to my bike to find it wouldn't roll when pushed, looked down and my back tyre was flat.

had a screw through it

had it patched repaired which I was assured would be fine, but was made aware that my tyres had a fair bit of millage left in them but would need replacing at some point in a month or so depending on use.

The number of times I checked my rear tyre when out on a ride because the bike felt a bit funny due to the road surface was getting a bit silly!

[yaigi]

[twistedlemon]

Post pics of your tyres to ease my woes!!

I will take a pic tomorrow and post it, I'm probably being a bit melodramatic but that's just who I am! I'm sure this thread will help for the next guy like me who also worries!
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2013 Triumph Daytona 675

[twistedlemon]

[P.]

Tyre repairs are legal, shop sound like wangs.

In the summer I get loads of stones and shit in my tyre, they are sticky sport ones though..

[BTTD]

[Thorn]

Two local garages told me it was illegal to fix punctures on tubeless tyres, and again illegal to fit a tube. I bought a tube and fitted it myself, job jobbed.
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[twistedlemon]

[twistedlemon]

[Thorn]

[P.]

I ride all year, have about 2 punctures per year

[twistedlemon]

Here's the front and back tyres... the one that got punctured was brand new as well! Freak occurence?
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2013 Triumph Daytona 675

[twistedlemon]

Back tyre
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2013 Triumph Daytona 675

[haroman666]

For it to be of any danger the stone would have to get down to the kevlar belts before the structural integrity is compromised. And for loss of pressure it would have to go through the most inner rubber layer that actually makes it air-tight.

Dont go sticking things in it to find how deep it is cause you could extend it.

It'll be fine I've seen/had far worse.
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[twistedlemon]

[joncwl]

[Ja7]

By the look of it you could of got it repaired

[0l0dom0l0]

That's nothing, that'll be fine dw.

It'll wear out over time anwyays.
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Bikes: 2007 Derbi GPR 50, 1998 Yamaha Fazer 600 (written off), 2002 Yamaha Fazer 600, 1994 CBR 600F, 2003 Triumph Daytona 600, Kawasaki ZX6R J1.....Current: 2006 Yamaha FZ6, 1998 Suzuki TL1000R and a Honda VFR 400 NC30.

[Walloper]