New rear tire or both new tires?

[Cormanus]

Has anyone on this forum had personal experience of a plugged tyre failing?

[GoldOxide_imp]

I had an Avon rear tire on an ol' Yamaha Seca 550 that had three plugs in it. Never leaked, no imbalance behaviour.

For clarity: I never used "mushroom plugs", but rather the "shoe string" type. I always vulcanized the endpoint after installation.

[Lord Popgun]

Only had the original rear that the dealer wouldn’t plug. My friend plugged it for me and I rode it until I replaced the tires when they wore out.

[Whoops]

Front and rear tires ordered.

Which ones did you order??

I ordered the Bridgestone’s from Partzilla using the OEM part numbers. I presume they will be the Battlax BT54’s?

What's wrong with sticking a tube in it.

Didn’t even occur to me to be honest. I wouldn’t know where to begin with finding a tube that fits.

[NovaCB1100_imp]

Solid move on replacing both at the same time IMHO.

Years ago I replaced just the rears on my S2000 and less than a year later, I needed fronts...and from that point on I was "off cycle" with always having a mismatched set. Needless to say, like socks, I just replace them both. If one is still in good shape, maybe hold onto it in case you have an emergency and then pitch it after a year. Just my 2 cents.

[Stichill_imp]

What's wrong with sticking a tube in it.

[li]Excessive heat buildup from friction[/li] [li]Potential for catastrophic blowout / deflation
[/li] I'd rather ride on a plug personally.

[Mixagon_imp]

What's wrong with sticking a tube in it.

[li]Excessive heat buildup from friction[/li] [li]Potential for catastrophic blowout / deflation
[/li] I'd rather ride on a plug personally.

[li]Excessive heat buildup from friction[/li] [li]Potential for catastrophic blowout / deflation
[/li] I'd rather ride on a plug personally.
I know a few people who do this on cars and motorcycles with no problems, of course the tyre shops are against this because they want to sell tyres.

[Whoops]

So I called around and as previously stated, pretty much everyone refused to repair the tire. I did find one shop that said “bring it down and I will take a look at it”. Once I got there he said “Nope, can’t touch it. But go down to this other shop and ask for Chris. Tell him I sent you.”

Turns out Chris doesn’t give two craps about liability and was happy to try and plug it. It still has a slow leak though but he offered to try again if that happened. I will give him another crack at it and if nothing else it gets me by until the Bridgestone’s arrive.

Again, I learn that life is more often who you know rather than what you know.

[peterbaron]

A tire can legally be repaired if one inspects it and follows DOT regulations. Simple.

[ride4now_imp]

Interesting that I found this so fast... I need tires on my 2014 DLX. After 7000 miles, the front is worn unevenly and shows signs of dry rot. The rear looks pretty good... go figure. Anyway it’s time for new tires. Does anyone have experience with Michelin’s? P3 I think? The local Honda dealer seems to stock them and I’ve always favored Michelin’s for the cars.