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duive01 wrote:The puncture is in the profile but on the far right side of the tire. The sidewall is the part where you don't ride on, is it? Well, maybe if you have Yamaha R1 or something like that. Can you get a puncture in the side wall? Not a big chance, is it?

The sidewall is the part you don't ride on, the part without tread that is usually just about vertical. You'd have to have a nail come through at an angle to puncture it.

gn2 wrote:

gn2 wrote:

Statistics work any way you want them to.
If you didn't learn that at college then your lecturers don't know shit.

You can intentionally skew statistics to support a result, yes. But there are known, proper, scientific ways of conducting statistics. That's beside the point -- you're claim about being less likely to get a puncture after having one is clearly wrong, and is misleading. You could at least agree with me there, I argued my point very logically.

maddiedog wrote:You could at least agree with me there, I argued my point very logically.

No, I won't be agreeing with you because I believe I'm right and I don't have pointy ears.

You really should watch World According To Garp, it's a brilliant film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084917/

Just had a slow leaking back tyre fixed today,
I had a screw stick in it went to National tyres and autocare and had a patched placed inside the tyre and a new tube fitted at a cost of £15.00 not bad

ummm... our tires dont have tubes.... and I thought thats a BIG NO NO to stick a tube in a tubeless tire...

It should be ok, alot of riders say its fine to stick a tube in a tubeless tyre but if you get a leak you suffer immediate air loss

uploader wrote:It should be ok, alot of riders say its fine to stick a tube in a tubeless tyre but if you get a leak you suffer immediate air loss

So just exactly what happens in a tubed tyre on a wire spoke wheel when it sustains a puncture?
There are heaps of those wheels around and no-one gets their knickers in a knot panicking about puncture risk.
I have ridden a tube in a tubeless tyre on a Suzuki GS850G and never had a problem.
A GS850G weighs more than two PCXs and goes nearly twice as fast.

ah... guess its just a rumor then.. Like plugging a tire =] Learn something new every day! What do you do about the valve?

lets me just point out that I know nothing about bikes
got my pcx in may and its only done 60 miles
all i want is to be safe
So is it safe to ride with a tube or should I buy a new tubeless tyre ASAP :Thanks

from what gn2 said I dont think you should have a problem..

uploader wrote:Just had a slow leaking back tyre fixed today,
I had a screw stick in it went to National tyres and autocare and had a patched placed inside the tyre and a new tube fitted at a cost of £15.00 not bad

This is perfectly safe in my opinion.
National tyres are a long established and highly respected company.
They would not set you on your way with an unsafe repair.

@Eddie, when fitting a tube obviously the tubeless valve has to come out.
Either keep or discard it.

Thought so. Just sounds like more of a pain than plugging and replacing.

My PCX is leaking air from the front tyre but there is nothing to suggest a puncture.I have changed the valve to see if it will help,very dangerous riding with a slightly underinflated tyre.

Hey Eric

Have you tried soapy water? If you lather it on the tire it does a good job at bubbling so you can identify where the leak is. It could be the bead, or even the valve... so be sure to get those too.

If you've already done this, you could always take the tire off and dunk the entire thing in water. If you're losing air, it has to be coming from somewhere