nails + tires = empty wallet

[doe12]

well today i got yet another nail in my rear tire. this is the 2nd busted up tire in a month. first one was an inch long nail, today's was a 2 inch screw! how does this happen? must be my luck. both nails also happened to be outside of the middle region. i am now officially broke. just thought i'd rant a bit here.

[Vtec44]

Welcome to the SBN nail-in-tire club :doh

[doe12]

belonging has never been so painful

[TwistySnail]

i feel ya man... just this past saturday after a palomar run, my pilot powers got a flat in the rear... less than 200 miles on them too...

[Marmalade Dad]

Buy the tire protection plan thingy (crap, the name eludes me at the moment) that some places offer. It seems like it would come in handy for you.

What route do you normally take? Does it take you through a lot of construction areas?

[doe12]

i take the 405 from ucla to torrance and back normally. not too much drivin besides that. there is construction on the 405, but i never ride next to the wall in the carpool lane. there is some construction around westwood, but i dont' see how my tires can attract these nails more than any other vehicle. its not like i go off-roading on my cbr.

[BadVibe]

It's a 405 thing.

[Gravitysucks]

Why don't you just patch them? it's easy to do yourself. I recently got a flat heading in to work...pulled the nail and fixed it on the side of the road.

[tjtripp]

I've never gotten a nail in my tire, or even a flat for that matter. (knock on wood) I don't see how some people are so prone to this???

[The Sauce]

I've never gotten a nail in my tire, or even a flat for that matter. (knock on wood) I don't see how some people are so prone to this???

Tom->:brick quit bragging TOM!!

Doe12, welcome to our club... So far, I am in second place next to MAD1...but you're looking to take my title away! :D

[dracoleb]

the nail thing sucks, had one not too long ago, but two in a month, that's like suckage to the power of 2

[tjtripp]

Tom->:brick quit bragging TOM!!

Doe12, welcome to our club... So far, I am in second place next to MAD1...but you're looking to take my title away! :D

Not bragging :fawkdance Just saying that you guys need to stop riding through construction zones or whereever you guys are picking up these damn nails. :dunno

[doe12]

which shops offer that protection plan thing? i'm definitely considering it

[fubar600]

i caught a nail too...just bought new pilots 2 weeks ago.... it seems like my tires are nail magnets

[RRjunkie]

heading for the crest, just b4 i hop on the freeway, i notice my bike's riding real funny. I get off, take a look, and there was a big ass razor in my back tire, completely flat. What r the odds?... or maybe someone don't like me... :hide

[Marmalade Dad]

heading for the crest, just b4 i hop on the freeway, i notice my bike's riding real funny. I get off, take a look, and there was a big ass razor in my back tire, completely flat. What r the odds?... or maybe someone don't like me... :hide
https://www.telestial.com/images/products/CPHN-MORZ_400px.jpg
You found this in your tire??? :yikes

Sucks about the razor. Time for some new rubbers!

[GixxerSixxer]

doe12...are you getting a new tire with every nail?
just get them patched and plugged. mark the hole, take the tire off, bring it to a motorcycle shop and tell them to patch AND plug it. it should be less than $20. I've run tires with two patch/plugs in them and wore them all the way down without any problems. do you split lanes alot? riding on the 405 you probably do...that is how you get alot of crap in your tires that you pick up from the shit that settles in between the lanes.

[tzr-jimmy]

We do patch/plugs, the only safe solution for tire fixing!

[doe12]

well, so far i've gotten a new tire with each, but that was only because i needed a tire so i could get to where i needed to go that day. i've kept the "new" punctured tires that i had and i'm going to be plugging and patching them. and yes, i do split lanes a lot on the 405. i hate the 405