Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
No, not any worse but a motorcycle has REAL belted tires that don't puncture easily. I rode motorcycles regularly from age 15 to 30 and never got one flat. I made sure my tires were not worn down. Under normal circumstances, 95% of all flats on cars and motorcycles happens in the last 5% of tread life. Pugsley ties are thinner than a worn out motorcycle tire by a ton.
Seems like every time my or my wife's car picks up a nail or screw in a tire is within a few months of putting new tires on the car, which means then that most of the tire's life is spent with a plug or patch in it.