How long do tyres last?

[steve porter]

As long as the hole isn't too big I have found this stuff to last the life of the tyre, I used to travel to the city at Tradie hour and would get at least one puncture every couple of months from the slack bastards dropping screws and nails off the back of their utes, only tyre I had to replace out of at least a dozen punctures was when a bit if roof flashing took out the sidewall.

https://www.holtsauto.com/holts/products/tyreweld/

[AndyB]

Kin hell hooli ...6 in one tyre...I thought I was pushing it at 2 in one tyre.
I am impressed 

[Hooli]

I was younger, more stupider & seemed to get more punctures back then...

[Rynglieder]

Well I got a new tyre sorted out for the front yesterday at a place I had not used before and whilst I was waiting had a chat with the fitter.

He was very "anti" about doing any sort of repairs on mototcycle tyres except perhaps for lightweights and scooters etc. This was pretty much what I had heard from other places in the past, although to be fair the main motive may be that they wanted to sell tyres. The main reason / excuse given was the liability that the could be subject to if a repair failed causing damage or injury.

I'm still a bit conflited over this, if some of you guys are getting decent life out of tyres with repairs I suppose that there must be a valid argument for it, but I would still not be happy heading out for a really long run knowing the tyre was not as the manufacturer intended.

Perhaps when I pick up the next puncture it may be a case of making a judgement based on the remaining tread depth  - if it's getting low, let it go?

[Rynglieder]

As long as the hole isn't too big I have found this stuff to last the life of the tyre, I used to travel to the city at Tradie hour and would get at least one puncture every couple of months from the slack bastards dropping screws and nails off the back of their utes, only tyre I had to replace out of at least a dozen punctures was when a bit if roof flashing took out the sidewall.

https://www.holtsauto.com/holts/products/tyreweld/

I have carried a can of that stuff around for years when I was touring around Europe. When I had the first recent puncture on the GSX I dug it out to find that it was five years over the recommended "use by" date. Regardless, I filled the tyre with it and it worked perfectly well and inflated the tyre well enough to get me to the workshop.

Like plugging, I'm not sure that I would want to rely on it for any length of time, but it could certainly get you to your next hotel if you were away from home.

The can I used has now been replaced ready for my next big adventure, everyone should have one under the seat.

[Hooli]

I will say I'm much happier to have a repair in the rear rather than the front. But I've never had a repair fail, whereas I've had a nearly new tyre delaminate...

One thing to note about tyreweld type stuff, tyre places refuse to repair tyres it's been used in. Something to do with how it affects the inside of the tyre so the patch/mushroom/glue doesn't always stick as well. Temporary plug kits are just drilled out & a perm mushroom headed bung can be fitted from inside.

Having said that, I carry tyreweld too.

[DP1400]

I don`t have a problem with plugging a tyre either. Covered a few thou afterwards too.
I carry Tyre Weld under my seat in case of emergency. Had to fit some in a Fireblade of mine once. I forgot about it over time and even that stuff saw the tyre through a thou or so hard miles. At tyre replacement time the guy at the garage wasn`t impresssed, it was a completely sticky gunged-up mess!

[steve porter]

Tried a mushroom plug on a car tyre on top of Mt. Hotham and it didn't seal properly , but in conjunction with a can of tyre weld it sealed perfectly and saved the weekend, guy ran the tyre until it needed replacing with no dramas

[Mick_J]

A few years ago I got a puncture in the rear tyre of my Beemer at around 1500 miles so I replaced the tyre with a new one but kept the old one which I plugged with an internal mushroom plug.  I was well pissed when my new tyre picked up a puncture at about 1000 miles so I put the original one back on and run that for another 7000 miles before replacing it with my spare (now plugged) which is still on the bike after 5000 miles and is still going strong.  I have no problem riding with (correctly) plugged tyres.