Re: [ST] Plugged Tires, Final Answer

[Bryce <bster13@xxxxxxxxx>]

The same logic u are applying can also be applied to
the weenies who think they need all out sport rubber
because it sticks the best on the street...when we all
know 99% of street riders cannot out ride modern day
STing rubber anyhow.  So perhaps the tire may be
compromised...but myself, if a string plug is in the
center of the tread, and I've done over 100MPH without
trouble many a time, then obviously it's not
compromised enough for me and my riding style nor the
hoards of others on this list who have stated over and
over again that they have had no trouble.  Real World
experience talks.

Tell me a tire manufacturer who will own up to a
plugged tire doing fine for all intensive street
riding, purposely eating into their business by not
recommending immediate replacement?  Then go pose the
same question on any Long Distance Rider list for IBR
rallies and see what a different response u get from
them and their real world knowledge/experiences.  ;)

Bryce

> Ok, this is my last word on this subject, so here
> goes.
> 
> Does anyone think that a plugged tire is "just as
> good" as a new tire?  Does 
> everyone agree that we only have two tires between
> us and the tarmac?  Does 
> anyone dispute that riding is intrinsically
> dangerous?  Do you wear a 
> helmet?
> 
> Why on earth would anyone take a chance with a tire
> that has been 
> compromised?  I don't get it.  Save a few bucks? 
> You are in the wrong 
> sport.  Plugged tires are "compromised"  They no
> longer meet the speed 
> rating they were built to.  Ask any expert, ANY
> expert.  Check any tire 
> manufacturer's website.  You will not find anyone
> with technical knowledge 
> for motorcycle tire technology recommending riding
> on a plugged tire.
> 
> Tire technology is an exact science, our tires are
> built to exacting 
> specifications for a very good reason.  I hear all
> the rhetoric about this 
> tire and that tire in comparisons and we split hairs
> over which gives better 
> traction in the wet, in the corners, which has
> better mileage.  Ad 
> infinitum.  And now all the same folks are saying,
> ah hell, stick a plug in 
> it, it'll be "OK"
> 
> If you people are gonna argue the merits of rubber
> compounds and thread 
> patterns, FOR YEARS, and then turn around and tell
> me, ahh go ahead punch a 
> hole in the mutherfucker it's all good, all I can
> say is..........
> 
> Bullshit.  Hypocritical.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> eL Donut
> jinete en la tormenta
> 
> STeve Duncan

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