forerunner
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The accident was caused by a failed tire repair, and caused the Barber’s Ford E350 Sportsmobile van to crash on Highway 98 near Page, Ariz
Guess I need to quantify that I'd like to see an example of a motorcycle with a properly repaired tire and not a Sportmobile van(oxymoron?) with an improperly repaired one.
I've personally had this happen to me and it wasn't a plug. I had a tire puncture that caused a rapid pressure loss.
As you pointed out loss of pressure came from a puncture. My main position is that you are more likely to suffer rapid pressure loss from a new puncture than from a properly repaired tire.
Riding at the limits leaves much less room for pressure fluctuation than say a daily commute to work. This decrease in margin exists whether the tire is repaired or not. Neither case is the catastrophic 'blowout' often associated w/repaired tires.
I would also like to point out on another similar thread awhile back someone quoted Dunlop's website which stated it was acceptable to repair a punctured tire.
Nels