The reason I ask is because during my pre-ride inspection this morning I found a small sheet metal screw in the face of my rear tire, a Dunlop 402 with only less than 2000 easy miles on it. The screw was through the thick part of contact face of the tire and not in the bottom of the tread channel.
Since it was a very small screw and I always ride very conservativly anyway (never over 55 MPH) I plan to have the tire properly repaired at a shop and plan to continue to use it.
Just for the heck of it I went online to read what other bikers have experienced using rear tires that had only been repaired by using the plugging method of repair and I was amazed at what I read. So I was curious what kind of stories I would receive from the GS family of riders.
The online stories I read ran the gammut of opinion saying to definitely replace the rear tire to one guy that claimed he used a plugged tire on the back of his bike that regularly experienced 140 MPH track days and wheelies and had not one problem with the plugged rear tire.
So I just thought it would be fun to hear from the GS members regarding your experiences and stories about plugged rear tires.
GS750GUY
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