Was riding around today and had a flat on the rear, and it's a new tire that is only a few months old with about 500 miles on it. Ended up finding a 2 1/2" ring shank nail right in the middle of the tread pattern so no sidewall damage from the nail. However, before I realized what the issue was I rode for a few miles until things got progressively more squirrely. Once I located the nail I pulled it out and used my emergency plug and inflation kit to plug the hole, but unfortunately since these are spoke rims and tube tires (I did the math after wondering why it didn't hold) the plug is useless since the air just bleeds out of he hole in the tube and out through the valve stem opening in the rim.
Anyhow, since I rode for a bit with the tire pretty much going flat as I nursed her into a nearby parking lot for safety and hoping they had an air pump,
I am wondering if I risked sidewall damage from rolling on it while flat?
Trailered it home and taking the tire to the shop tomorrow and I presume they will still patch the interior of the tire where I plugged it and likely instal a new rim strip and tube.
Can they visually tell if the tire is toast or can there be internal damage they cant see, or are they pretty resilient tires? Steel belted in any way or just solid rubber? Pirelli MT66 140/90 15.
http://www.bikebandit.com/tires-tubes/motorcycle-tires/pirelli-mt-66-route-mo...I just don't want to have a blowout going 65mph with the tire shredding off of the rim all stemming from the weak point of the tire initiated by the nail hole and my subsequent plugging.
Thanks!