Flat Tire Repair

dale55 · 09-29-2018, 05:07 PM

What is a fair price for getting a flat on a rear tire repaired on the 1500 Nomad. I am being charged $110 +

Dale

MrMikey · 09-29-2018, 07:07 PM

Me, I'd ask if you're getting kissed, because I think you're getting screwed. Just my thoughts, before I'd pay that for a tire repair, I'd be going new..............Mike

miltonsain · 09-29-2018, 07:40 PM

buy a plug kit, then order a new tire

OldSchool · 09-29-2018, 09:17 PM

Shops around here normally would charge you 1 hour labor for tire repair. That could run you between 90.00 and 125.00 USD depending on which shop you went to.

**MAS Tequila** · 09-29-2018, 09:51 PM

If they’re patching it from the inside, which is the correct way, that price is fair.

**ringadingh** · 09-30-2018, 07:42 AM

I second the plug kit, but I'd run it until the tire wore out if it held air well.

Vet · 09-30-2018, 10:05 AM

Plug it , and ride on.You could buy a new one for a few bucks more.( does that price include them removing the wheel?)

**smokier** · 09-30-2018, 10:08 AM

Greetings,

+1 on OldSchool and MAS comments, price is in the right neighborhood.

Snake Ranch · 09-30-2018, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dale55

What is a fair price for getting a flat on a rear tire repaired on the 1500 Nomad. I am being charged $110 +

Dale

Purchase a product called "Ride-on."

You won't have to worry about balancing your wheel or it going flat, plug or no plug.

I would plug it and put this in the tire and forget about it.

Read up on it you won't regret it.

My son put one of his skoots away for the winter, not realizing there was a 3 inch screw in the rear tire. In the spring when it was noticed, the tire was down about 2 psi.

DaPreacha · 10-01-2018, 10:06 AM

How many miles on the tire? I have plugged several tires and rode them for thousands of miles no problem. For that price I would plug and ride unless the tire is old then I would just spring for a new one. Just my opinion though.

Scootergptx · 10-04-2018, 10:43 AM

$110 just to fix a flat?

I take the wheel off the bike myself, and take it to a bike shop that will take off the tire. They don't fix tires, so I go to the truck tire place down the road. They put a plug/patch in the tire for $10. Take it back to the shop and they put it back on. $20 for that.

Same $20 if I get a new tire and take it to them at the bike shop.

**smokier** · 10-06-2018, 07:57 AM

All three shops around here which have tire machines are going to get between $75 and $85 per hour. Take bags off, then tire, break down tire, patch, test, remount and reassemble. Is at least an hour and a half. So $110 doesn't seem too bad to me.

Personally, if the tire is really new and the hole small, round and near the center of the tread, I might patch. If there are any miles, say more than a couple k and they had the right tire in stock. It'd be a new tire for me. IMO tires are too important on a motorcycle. There are only two (Captain Obvious reporting in) and having ridden out both a front and rear (different times) blowout, I want (Nay, NEED) 100% faith in that rubber under my a$$. Short version, I don't have 100% confidence in patches, weakest link and all that. *If it's a front tire, it is getting replaced ASAP.

Just my opinion, sorry for babbling...

Ride safe,
Smokier

09-29-2018, 05:07 PM	#1
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09-29-2018, 07:07 PM	#2
MrMikey Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 405	Me, I'd ask if you're getting kissed, because I think you're getting screwed. Just my thoughts, before I'd pay that for a tire repair, I'd be going new..............Mike __________________ '09 Voyager
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09-29-2018, 09:17 PM	#4
OldSchool Sr. Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Ballwin,MO. Posts: 1,542	Shops around here normally would charge you 1 hour labor for tire repair. That could run you between 90.00 and 125.00 USD depending on which shop you went to. __________________
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09-29-2018, 09:51 PM	#5
MAS Tequila Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Psychiatric Ward FL Posts: 3,429	If they’re patching it from the inside, which is the correct way, that price is fair. __________________ MT 2016 FLHP Psychiatric Ward FL VBA 936 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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09-30-2018, 07:42 AM	#6
ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	I second the plug kit, but I'd run it until the tire wore out if it held air well. __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951
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09-29-2018, 07:40 PM	#3
miltonsain Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Lincolnton, NC Posts: 106	buy a plug kit, then order a new tire
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Vet Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 54	Plug it , and ride on.You could buy a new one for a few bucks more.( does that price include them removing the wheel?)
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09-30-2018, 10:08 AM	#8
smokier Join Date: May 2015 Location: DBQ Iowa Posts: 1,807	Greetings, +1 on OldSchool and MAS comments, price is in the right neighborhood.
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10-01-2018, 10:06 AM	#10
DaPreacha Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Rockingham, NC Posts: 77	How many miles on the tire? I have plugged several tires and rode them for thousands of miles no problem. For that price I would plug and ride unless the tire is old then I would just spring for a new one. Just my opinion though. __________________ Da Preacha 2012 Nomad Went to the darkside Ivan's flash and lots of other stuff "God is good even when we aren't!!"
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10-04-2018, 10:43 AM	#11
Scootergptx Advanced Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Grand Prairie, TX Posts: 654	$110 just to fix a flat? I take the wheel off the bike myself, and take it to a bike shop that will take off the tire. They don't fix tires, so I go to the truck tire place down the road. They put a plug/patch in the tire for $10. Take it back to the shop and they put it back on. $20 for that. Same $20 if I get a new tire and take it to them at the bike shop. __________________ 2011 Vaquero V&H slip ons Roaring Toyz intake PCV (removed) Ivan's ECU flash
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10-06-2018, 07:57 AM	#12
smokier Join Date: May 2015 Location: DBQ Iowa Posts: 1,807	All three shops around here which have tire machines are going to get between $75 and $85 per hour. Take bags off, then tire, break down tire, patch, test, remount and reassemble. Is at least an hour and a half. So $110 doesn't seem too bad to me. Personally, if the tire is really new and the hole small, round and near the center of the tread, I might patch. If there are any miles, say more than a couple k and they had the right tire in stock. It'd be a new tire for me. IMO tires are too important on a motorcycle. There are only two (Captain Obvious reporting in) and having ridden out both a front and rear (different times) blowout, I want (Nay, NEED) 100% faith in that rubber under my a$$. Short version, I don't have 100% confidence in patches, weakest link and all that. *If it's a front tire, it is getting replaced ASAP. Just my opinion, sorry for babbling... Ride safe, Smokier
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