Had a bit of a read and google search but still can't decide what to do. Had a nail in my fat bobs rear tyre the night before a mates wedding that I was using the bike at. I used  a sticky rope plug so I could ride being a weekend and out of town. The tyre has only done 3000ks and is still in great condition. The plug I put in has been in over a week now and done at least 300ks with some spirited riding with no pressure lost at all. Should I leave the rope plug in or get a shop to do an internal plug now I've got the time?  Cheers for any advice

I would be getting the shop to do the internal plug. I must admit to have ridden a tyre to the wear limit with the same plug as you without issues

I would take the tyre off and do the internal patch as this will stop a wear spot where you have the plug as you still have a lot of ks in your tyre.

Yeah that's what I'm leaning towards. I'm pretty confident in my plug but better to be safe. Anyone recommend a good place in syd to patch tyres? Frasers don't patch when I rang them..

On my 2000 Deuce , back in 2002 I used a plug from my 4WD repair kit after picking up a Tech screw in the tubeless rear ( front was a spoked tubed !)

Got me home , and I put in "Tyre Slime" the internal puncture repair goo first chance i got

8,000 K's later the tyre was due for replacement. No dramas in the interim

I would do the same again , I use them in the family fleet of cars all the time , nearly always Fucking tech screws !!

Yeah that's slimes good stuff but I'll try avoid the mess inside the rim if I can. I saw a video for rhino tyre the other day. Shame that stuff ain't more common looked awesome ey

Plugs are fine in my experience, never had a failure and also use them on my cars.

My last rear was plugged at about 1500km old and went on to last 38,000 (michellen commander)

Was the an external rope plug or an off the rim job?

I'd probably get it fixed with an internal plug to be on the safest side.

Having said that, I did fix a leak (yeah, tech screw!!) in a rear tyre on my van. It's done thousands of K's since and hasn't dropped pressure at all, so I do think they're pretty good. But I'm a lot less concerned about losing pressure in one out of four as opposed to one out of two....

Yeh I've used the rope plugs on cars before no dramas but bike tyres would cop more flex and stuff I Rekon. Once I get a chance I think I'll get it plugged from the inside.

Had a rope plug in my tyre after a puncture. I'd say they are ok as a temporary fix to get you home. I had a slow leak ever since, but kept an eye on tyre pressure & put more air in it every time I filled the tank before a ride.

So far this one seem to be holding pressure pretty well. I'm pretty confident in my patching job had a bit of practise on cars. But just wondering how much more flex a bike tyres under? Has anyone had one work its way out before?

Touch and go in my book leaving the rope plug in and to be honest I don't think any shop will repair the tyre once its been plugged with rope. I would run a tube if the tyre joint wont touch it.

Hi all...Nothing wrong with tyre plugs,I use them when needed on the bike and vehicle.I always carry a repair kit on the bike on a long trip.

The Last time I was up Cape York in the 4wd I put 5 tyre plugs in the one large hole from a stick.Lasted about 25000klm till the tyre was bald.

I doubt the tyre will fail catastrophically with rope type (or any type) plug.

If anything you'll loose pressure and if that happens it'll be controlled and slow.

I think the worst you could do would be put a tube in it. Tubes have a habit of going bang like a balloon when they fail.

I'd wait wait and see if you loose any pressure.

Yeah might ride it out for a while and if it starts leaking get an internal plug. Got a mate who does car tyres who would patch it for me if I get the wheel off for him if no one else will touch it. He prefers to avoid bikes tho lol

Hey Lodgie, would agree with that. I had a trek screw in the tyre, was told from the dealer they don't repair but still had heaps of k's left in it. Being a tight wad I got the internal 'mushroom' type plug. Looses a little bit of pressue after a few weeks but keep an eye on it & have done 4000kms since with no issues. Agree with the comment of not putting a tube in purely for the fact they can let go in an instant. Had that happen on a diiferent bike which was not good! I think the dealers say they don't repair punctured tyre maybe just to cover their arse. I would be surprised if a tubeless tyre lost instant pressure by splitting etc with only a small hole as oposed to a tear/cut. 

Yeah being a nail it's a pretty clean hole if it did loose a plug it would just seep out slowly. Hopefully at least enough time to pull over. That's the one problem with being allowed to lane filter all the crud seems to be between where the cars drive

Still gonna filter tho =P