Switching to the DarkSide (failure)

[Chris near Kansas City]

That Rapid Fix might be just the ticket for repairing the plastics on my little 250 Nighthawk....
Thanks, Ron!

That's pretty much how I repaired the '90 after the wreck in '08. Superglue and papertowels.

That mounting paste is currently what we use at the dealer where I work. Works well on mounting car tires on car wheels and motorcycle tires on motorcycle wheels. Haven't personally tried truck tires on truck wheels yet.

[Scott-(Altoona, PA)]

Are you sure you can't repair that CT with a hot patch and give it another try?

Never patch or plug to side wall of ANY tire!

I worked in a garage for years and plugged and patched hundreds and hundreds of tires; bike, car and truck and gearheadfla is 100% correct.

Sidewalls act and behave completely different than the tread surface area.
Your life has to be worth more than the cost of another tire!

[Me Again]

Are you sure you can't repair that CT with a hot patch and give it another try?

Never patch or plug to side wall of ANY tire. the tread area go for it, that is another advantage of CT's, I carry a plug kit and fix-a-flat so if I run over a nail or screw I can fix it on the side of the road and go somewhere to get the air pressure back right and travel on instead of call a tow truck to take me to a MC shop to buy a tire because they will not patch one.

Come on. A little duct tape and some super glue and it would be as good as new.

[chevyman1]

Me Again - I was wrong when I said 100 psi. Gearheadfla corrected me and said he only went to 55 which isn't bad at all. Apparently I just need to take more control over certain situations!

FYI
I have a friend that was seating a race car tire on a wheel it was at around 30 psi and the wheel let go (They think it must have been cracked?) tore up his knee and leg they actually air lifted him to the hospital.
at 100psi I would be worried about the wheel as much as the tire.
Keep that in mind when you are kneeling down with your legs spread putting air in your tire.

[Turbo4x4]

Folks, just remember that this is not a "darkside" failure with any relationship to safety or handling of the motorcycle. This was an installation failure, and should not be viewed as a condemnation of the entire concept of using car tires on motorcycles. If you want to look at failures, let's look at the reasons those of us who have gone over to the darkside did so in the first place.

[Scott-(Altoona, PA)]

Turbo4x4, I'm with you. I don't see it as a Darkside failure, I see it as a switching failure. I liken it to replacing a burnt out light bulb only to discover that the bulb you tried was burnt out also. That doesn't mean the tire was bad, just this particular attempt was bad.
Next time will be different, guaranteed!
Edison didn't get the light bulb right on his first attempt, but that didn't mean folks were stuck using candles for light!