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[shurm]

Help just got to work and spotted this, no time to look things up at minute but can anyone tell me if a ktm 690 duke 2019 has tubeless tyres or not ? Not sure what to do it’s only a 4 mile ride home but looks like a drill bits in my tyre.

Thanks for any help

[shurm]

Just read tyre says tubeless !! Hmmmm not sure whether to pull it or ride home slowly.

Edited by shurm on Sunday 8th September 11:38

[V8RX7]

You can't ride it like that, so I'd pull it and hope it hasn't gone through.

[sunbeam alpine]

CAVEAT: I'm not a biker but I have done this successfully with car tyres. This may not be safe for a bike!

If you have access to a compressor, I'd be tempted to pull it out and screw in the biggest self-tapping screw you can find. This has worked to get me to a tyre centre. Obviously driving carefully.

[Adam_W]

any soapy water available? could check for leaks before pulling

[shurm]

Pulled it out no air coming out wasn’t in that deep tyres only done 600 mile, think I’ve been lucky.

Thanks for the replies

Edited by shurm on Sunday 8th September 14:39

[Krikkit]

That's a pallet nail btw.

[Zarco]

sunbeam alpine said:

CAVEAT: I'm not a biker but I have done this successfully with car tyres. This may not be safe for a bike!

If you have access to a compressor, I'd be tempted to pull it out and screw in the biggest self-tapping screw you can find. This has worked to get me to a tyre centre. Obviously driving carefully.

I've seen this done with a telehandler on a building site (big tractor tyres).

[moanthebairns]

Krikkit said:

That's a pallet nail btw.

looks like a drill piece, but i'm on my phone on the toilet.

[WinstonWolf]

moanthebairns said:

Krikkit said:

That's a pallet nail btw.

looks like a drill piece, but i'm on my phone on the toilet.

And it's blunt as fk, the only thing it'll cut is rubber...