07-17-2021, 09:29 AM
(07-17-2021, 02:12 AM)Senna02_imp Wrote: Hi everyone. I'm a newbie who just experienced my 1st flat tire on my
2017 CB1100ex that has spoke wheels and tube tires. Punctured my rear tire last week from a piece of screw on my way home. Got the bike brand new with brand new tires but unfortunately caught a flat. My question is, if I have the tube fixed(patched)can I use the same tire again? What recommendations do you guys have to get me up and running safely on the road again and to save me some money? Saw the helpful video of Terry Cox who converted his wheels to tubeless from BART. I'm also considering that option but it also depends how much that would cost me. I live in NY and I know shipping those wheels to Italy and getting them converted to tubeless won't be cheap. Has anyone in the forum
with spoke tires converted to tubeless? Any recommendations? Wish HONDA sold the CB1100RS here in the US market.
Thanks in advance.
My experience with patching a tube nearly led to disaster. The damage to the tube was a slit maybe 1/4" long and I patched it. About two weeks later, while traveling on a parkway at maybe 65 mph, I had a *blowout*!. the slit had actually spread *under the patch* until it *popped out* from the edge of the patch!
I will never again patch a motorcycle tube...
Frank