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Jarvicious
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Rear tire is screwed
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June 01, 2009, 03:02:00 PM »
No really. It has a big chunk of what looks to be deck screw buried right in the center of the tire. I took it to the shop and we tried backing the screw out to see if it was only a fragment (it was in the thick part of the rubber on an almost new pair of Diablos Stradas) but the second he backed the screw off it started leaking. Ehh, I had rear brake pads waiting for me there anyway.
The moral of the story kiddos, give your bike a once over before you get on it. I only knew it was there because I could feel a very faint "kuchunk" every time the tire went around, but I have a feeling I got lucky.
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Re: Rear tire is screwed
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Have you been hanging around IZ?
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Re: Rear tire is screwed
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June 01, 2009, 07:03:50 PM »
Probably could've plugged or patched it, especially if it was in the center of the tire on new tred. Some people feel comfortable with that (me, Goldenchild, and a few others
), and some don't. In the end it's up to how secure you feel riding on a patch or plug.
As for me I've picked up road debris the last two Saturdays, leaving my rear flat each time. Posted up pics and sadness here for the first one:
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=24238.0
Ended up patching it that next morning (Memorial Day Sunday amazingly enough), and rode hard that day and pretty much all week.
Then two nights ago I was riding out to my Girlfriend's house in Jersey (turnpike) to spend the night before her Birthday with her, when I felt like I hit something in the dark (10:45 pm) and heard a POP! I thought I had run over a plastic bottle or something because the bike seemed fine initially, and it didn't really even cause me to break speed. I knew I had to pull over and check it out, though there is no real place to pull over where I was at on the pike until the Vince Lombardi service area which was coming up. Soon the wheels seemed to get a little squirrelly on me and I was glad that I was indeed pulling in. Long story short, a metal rod or something found its way into my tire, rode around once or twice breaking my mudguard, taking a small chunk out of my swingarm, and snapping the connectors on the bottom fairing. Oh yes, and of course flattening the sh&t out of my rear tire once and for all.
New Diablo Corsa's this week as soon as the insurance adjuster takes a look. I feel your pain my friend, and sorry to threadjack...
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Re: Rear tire is screwed
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June 01, 2009, 07:08:40 PM »
Quote from: NAKID on June 01, 2009, 05:40:56 PM
Have you been hanging around IZ?
Seriously, that sucks.
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Re: Rear tire is screwed
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June 01, 2009, 08:00:10 PM »
If it is a fairly new tire, I will bust it off and take it to a car tire store and have them put a real patch on the inside. I've never had one leak.
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Re: Rear tire is screwed
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June 02, 2009, 06:08:04 AM »
Quote from: corndog67 on June 01, 2009, 08:00:10 PM
If it is a fairly new tire, I will bust it off and take it to a car tire store and have them put a real patch on the inside. I've never had one leak.
That's reassuring. I was kinda worried about having a good romp on a less than stellar tire. It wasn't a big deal, I took in into the shop, they gave me an assessment and since I needed new rear brake pads anyway I just left it there ane of the techs tooke me home.
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Re: Rear tire is screwed
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June 02, 2009, 06:09:35 AM »
Quote from: Chchadder on June 01, 2009, 07:03:50 PM
Probably could've plugged or patched it, especially if it was in the center of the tire on new tred. Some people feel comfortable with that (me, Goldenchild, and a few others
), and some don't. In the end it's up to how secure you feel riding on a patch or plug.
As for me I've picked up road debris the last two Saturdays, leaving my rear flat each time. Posted up pics and sadness here for the first one:
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=24238.0
Ended up patching it that next morning (Memorial Day Sunday amazingly enough), and rode hard that day and pretty much all week.
Then two nights ago I was riding out to my Girlfriend's house in Jersey (turnpike) to spend the night before her Birthday with her, when I felt like I hit something in the dark (10:45 pm) and heard a POP! I thought I had run over a plastic bottle or something because the bike seemed fine initially, and it didn't really even cause me to break speed. I knew I had to pull over and check it out, though there is no real place to pull over where I was at on the pike until the Vince Lombardi service area which was coming up. Soon the wheels seemed to get a little squirrelly on me and I was glad that I was indeed pulling in. Long story short, a metal rod or something found its way into my tire, rode around once or twice breaking my mudguard, taking a small chunk out of my swingarm, and snapping the connectors on the bottom fairing. Oh yes, and of course flattening the sh&t out of my rear tire once and for all.
New Diablo Corsa's this week as soon as the insurance adjuster takes a look. I feel your pain my friend, and sorry to threadjack...
Jesus, you had it much worse than me. Gald you're ok though, having a blowout on my bike is a huge fear of mine. The Diablos don't come cheap, do they
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Re: Rear tire is screwed
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June 02, 2009, 02:48:02 PM »
Yeah, I'm actually doing an insurance claim for the damage to the wheel, swingarm, fairing, mudguard and tire...
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Re: Rear tire is screwed
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June 02, 2009, 06:05:10 PM »
I need to double check my coverage to make sure road hazards are covered.
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