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Discussion in 'Motorcycle Tech Talk' started by cardboard, Feb 17, 2011.

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  1. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    a liability wavier aint worth the paper it is written on..........
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  3. cowboy

    cowboy Moderator Staff Member

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    Not even for the tires ?
    cowboy, Feb 18, 2011
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  4. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    you may get killed or maimed, but your family didnt sign the waiver, they are at free will to sue in your demise............
    chucktx, Feb 19, 2011
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  5. alex the dog

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    That's the kind of reasoning they used for not wanting to mount your tires in the first place. Everybody is afraid of liability! Why don't shops worry about mounting car tires? I never saw a shop refuse to do them.
    alex the dog, Feb 19, 2011
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  6. cowboy

    cowboy Moderator Staff Member

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    Ya now that you mention it :D
    cowboy, Feb 19, 2011
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  7. hotroadking

    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Maybe or maybe not wavieray include you you heirs estate dog cat etc


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    hotroadking, Feb 20, 2011
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    Is that some kind of code? :confused:
    alex the dog, Feb 21, 2011
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  9. BluePearl

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    It looks like quick typin on a little keypad code!
    Sent from his Iphone makes him type like CB :roflmao::roflmao:
    BluePearl, Feb 21, 2011
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  10. hotroadking

    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    yeah phone keyboard...

    Some waivers include your heirs, estate etc so when you waive
    you waive it all, at a minimum you and your estate

    Wife can still sue but she may be limited in recovery
    she'd have to prove the installation of the tire
    was the cause, not the tire, road, nails, etc....
    hotroadking, Feb 21, 2011
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  11. alex the dog

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    Ah hell, tell em to stick it you-know-where. Buy the tire from a mail-order discount place and put it on yourself. Nobody has to worry about getting sued, and you get to learn a little self-sufficiency while saving some hard-earned money. Someday, that dealer will be sending out fliers begging for business, and you can give them the finger.
    alex the dog, Feb 21, 2011
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  12. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    been there and done that!!!!! along side the hiway. dont do it anymore.......take mine to a shop for regular change outs. i now run tubless and if it goes down i plug it, fill it, ride it to a tire shop.......:)
    chucktx, Feb 21, 2011
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  13. cardboard

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    YOu still got those Stop and Go patchs that you got in Leakey on the Hill Country ride......:cool:
    cardboard, Feb 21, 2011
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  14. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    yup!!!! have needed em once!!! worked great!!!
    chucktx, Feb 21, 2011
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    My buddy up in the Piney Woods north of us in East Texas turned me on to them 5 yrs ago, I got you to git em. I never did.
    He has even used em in a trActor tire and it held.
    cardboard, Feb 21, 2011
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  16. alex the dog

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    Me too. Except the ones I use are little plugs shaped like a bullet that you push into the hole of a tubeless tire. They're supposed to be only temporary to get you home, but I just leave em in unless tire keeps leaking.

    That brings up a statement I have always heard: You're supposed to buy a new tire after it's been patched / plugged. I never have--running it till it's worn out. If it's just a nail or a screw, I figure the tire is still sound after it's patched. Motorcycle tires are very well made.
    alex the dog, Feb 21, 2011
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  17. hotroadking

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    I have patched tires but I have them put in a tube too life is too short to risk it on a plug or patch. Jmo no offense to anyone that does.

    Had a new Avon with under 100 miles get a nail pit in a tube and rode it full use




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    hotroadking, Feb 21, 2011
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  18. cowboy

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    Alex I have done the same , picked up a nail tire had about 500 miles on it put in a plug & forgot about it I put a bit over 15K miles on the tire when I had it changed guy said there a pulg in you old tire ,I had to think , then remembered about it I run the metzler 880 on my E Glide
    cowboy, Feb 21, 2011
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  19. FLHTbiker

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    I plugged a tire 500 miles away from home once. Used those mushroom headed plugs. Those things work great. Rode it home and then some until I changed the tire. :)
    FLHTbiker, Feb 21, 2011
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  20. alex the dog

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    Yeah, I was kinda surprised when I saw on their instructions that they were only temporary. But I figured they were only trying to "CYA" in case they got complaints.

    Hotroadking is right though. Should put a tube in after a hot patch just to be safe. I'm not tight, but I won't throw away a $150 tire.

    I'm running Michelin Commanders on mine now. They're less money than Metzelers, and are more comfortable riding with just as long mileage. I have to say, Dunlops are good tires too--just too stiff for me. They will hold up the bike even when flat!
    alex the dog, Feb 21, 2011
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  21. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    I'll never ever run a Metz tire again. Didn't even get 4000 miles out of the last one I had on the bike. It not only went flat but it shredded, leaving me stranded on Memorial Day in Northern Calif. on HWY 101 one year. Had to trailer it home.
    I'm so far been staying with Dunlap and getting good results.
    FLHTbiker, Feb 21, 2011
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