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First flat in 42 years

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DirtFlier:
[...He had just joined BMWMOA and gets two free tire replacements if needed a year with that. Good deal for him...Brick]

MOA must have one heck of an annual membership fee if you get two free tires! 

boatanchor:
This thread came up at just the right time. I had a flat due to a small nail this past weekend and had a shop plug the tire and they used a Stop and Go kit to do it. I rode home on it and got within about 20 miles of home and the plug let go over a rather short time. Thankfully I did not crash as the tire went down rather quickly. After this episode, I will never trust a plugged tire again and will replace the tire as soon as I can get it to a place to where a new one can be installed. A new tire is cheap compared to repairing your motorcycle and yourself if you go down because the tire repair fails. Along that same line, in the future if I have to repair a flat to get to a place for a new tire, I will carry both plugs and string repair kits along with looking into some type of towing insurance in case I cannot repair the tire. Thankfully, I had two good friends who live close by who offered to come get me home last night.

DirtFlier:
I picked up a framing nail (3-1/2") in the rear tire of my NT at STAR.  After it was pulled out, I cleaned the wound as best I could then plugged it with one of those black, sticky worms.  I blew it up to 50 PSI then let it sit overnight.  The next morning it was still at 50 psi so I lowered it to 42 psi and we continued our day rides.  It did get me home and only after sitting for more than a week did the pressure start to drop. 

I've used "Ride-On" in my tires as insurance for eons and perhaps this time it helped the sticky worm seal a little better?   

ps.  I order a new rear tire once I got home!

STLTHMSTA:
The age old explanation applies here.......it depends!  Patmo & RIDEMYST explained the situations clearly, it can be done but the conditions have to be right. If you're stranded you gotta give it a shot but best to replace it when you can. My personal experience has been both good and bad so it's a tough call.
BTW, that is some kinda luck holding out for 42 years to enjoy the pleasures of roadside repair.

NinjaBob:
In about half a milion miles I've had about 15 flats, most of them I fixed with rope plugs and got almost normal life out of the tires. I find that when the tire has about 500-1000 miles left the plug begins a slow leak. Guess the tread gets too thin for a good seal.

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