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| wizard | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 07/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 430 | | Location | : | St Neots, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 02 Oct 2010 - 20:53 Post title : Tyre repair | | | Had a tyre repair (small nail in centre of tyre) on my rear Metzeler. When I finally found someone who would do it they charged me £35. Is that the going rate for this repair or did they spot desperation in my face?
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| daz | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,729 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 02 Oct 2010 - 21:13 Post title : Re: Tyre repair (Re: wizard) | | | You should do it yourself. Around here they charge about $15-20. Not sure what that is equivalent to in pounds, but lets say it's about the cost of 2 quarts of the best synthetic oil. I did mine recently and the cost of the plug kit was 1/4 of a single repair and it will do 4 repairs. Takes all of about 3 minutes to do and it's simple. you get one of those kits with the plugs that look like gummy worms and feel about the same. There are many brands and i'm sure they are all the same.
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 02 Oct 2010 - 21:42 Post title : Re: Tyre repair (Re: wizard) | | | sorry wizard only had 1 puncture ever and that was on the t140 and i fixed it "mee sell"
but some up here have been quoted about that from dealers for just removing the back wheel before a tyre change so first thoughts are if they removed the wheel for you although it seems a lot of money it could be in context befitting.
a good plug kit costs about £24 might be worth having as you get about 4 plugs in a kit
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| wizard | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 07/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 430 | | Location | : | St Neots, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 03 Oct 2010 - 09:11 Post title : Re: Tyre repair (Re: zolti) | | | Hadn't realised that self fix kits were available so will look into that. I removed the wheel and took it loose. The guy was keen to explain the process so maybe he was a little guilty of what he was charging. Thanks guys.
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1981 Yamaha RD50MX
1982 Suzuki GP100E
1978 Honda CB400 Dream
1987 Kawasaki GPX750R
1989 Honda CBR1000FK
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 03 Oct 2010 - 10:59 Post title : Re: Tyre repair (Re: wizard) | | | Hi Wiz and welcome.
Mrs1600 has a service garage and charge £7.50 + VAT. But then you do live in the south - you should concider a move upto the Independant Democratic Republic of Yorkshire 
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 03 Oct 2010 - 18:47 Post title : Re: Tyre repair (Re: mat1600) | | | mat1600 wrote:
you should concider a move upto the Independant Democratic Republic of Yorkshire |
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Aye, n thyll be as riet as rain once yuv ad yer pie n mushy peas!
Back to topic - I have a spray kit!
Pull the nail and spray in the gunk! They say it'll get me to the next garage *touches wood*
btw -  Wiz and welcome.
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| wizard | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 07/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 430 | | Location | : | St Neots, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 06 Oct 2010 - 19:30 Post title : Re: Tyre repair (Re: mat1600) | | | Me thinks them seed me comming then. This suverner won't get caught on that one again, next nail I get I'm pushin it to Yorkshire for repair! Would anyone be able to meet me at the border wit wheelbarra? Yorkshire is still open at weekends in't it?
Thanks for the sanity check guys.
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1981 Yamaha RD50MX
1982 Suzuki GP100E
1978 Honda CB400 Dream
1987 Kawasaki GPX750R
1989 Honda CBR1000FK
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 08 Oct 2010 - 21:21 Post title : Re: Tyre repair (Re: wizard) | | | wizard wrote:
... Would anyone be able to meet me at the border wit wheelbarra? Yorkshire is still open at weekends in't it? |
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