I punctured... and FIXED it!! [First ever puncture on my KTM 790 adv, rear tire plugged]

RideLove Adventures
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First, but probably not last puncture I have ever experienced on my motorcycle! Nothing dramatic, could have delivered my bike straight to the workshop and have the tire replaced but decided I might as well try and fix it so I am more prepared in case it happens somewhere I cannot ask for help so easily!
So it's 10 past 10 in the evening and this little f**ker here
just caused my first puncture. I made it to the parking garage at work so Arnold
is gonna sleep here tonight and then I'll come back tomorrow and bring a puncture kit
and then we'll take Arnold to also promote a burning time.
Good morning guys, as you can see I am back with my Arnold. He had his decor in this garage
and I'm gonna try to fix the puncture now. So the hole in the tire is not very big at all.
I could probably very easily ride my bike to the closest workshop and just have them
fix my tire there but I figured, hmm, this is a great opportunity to try this for the first time.
I've never done it so if it happens sometimes when I'm on a trip and can't get help at least I know
sort of what to do. So I brought the tool roll that I usually always bring with me on my trips
except of course not last night. It's got like a basic tire repair kit in it. It's the type where
you plug the tire with a little strain and then glue and then there's these gas containers to
the tires afterwards. Let's get to it. So the first thing I'm supposed to do is drill the hole
bigger and cleaner. It's this thing. And I was thinking, there's still a lot of air in the tire.
Am I supposed to empty it completely first? Or no? Nah, let's just get to it.
All the way in or is it enough? It's enough. I have no idea what I'm doing.
Is it supposed to be like this? So I do have these little gas fees to fill the tires with but I want
to save these for an actual emergency. So I brought with me just one of those electrical
pumps. I'll plug it into the bike and let's see if the tire holds any air.
So I pumped it to about 30 psi. It's supposed to be I think 32 or 33 but
I figure this is enough for now. I'm only going to ride a couple kilometers to the workshop
and get this tire fixed.
