No, really, sho-nuff. What about the Fix-a-flat idea. Even if it's green slime, your going to chunk the tube anyway. A BIG can of that would be good insurance?
Same here I would always be looking and checking the tire at gas stopsJust me, but I wouldn't. I have trust issues...
Motorcycle tires are (relatively) cheap and a flat on a bike is a LOT scarier than a flat on a car/truck. Plus, I ride faster than most folks our age.
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Hey Bob, bummer about that flat today. This style internal plug patch is the only style I know of to consider
For a tube type, wouldn't you just get a new tube and ignore the hole in the tire? I think the admonition not to repair is intended for tubeless. Although I did plug a tubeless from the outside with one of those snake coated with glue kits. In that case the hole was near the center and through a thick part of the tread, not the thin part like yours. Also the hole was real small, had to enlarge it by working a phillips screwdriver to get the plug in. Also made damn sure the plug really went all the way through and nothing funny was happening.
First dibs on that perfectly good tire he's going to throw away, now that you guys made him all nervous...
I'll throw context in here. He;s not headed off around the world via Outer Mongolia he takes leisurely rides within an hour or two tops of metro Phoenix. Odds are that tires going to age out well before it wears out. It'll be fine.Like I mentioned an ordinary tube patch applied inside the tire mostly so no sharp edge from the hole has a chance to wear on the tube it'll also prevent any chance of moisture or dirt getting INSIDE between tire and tube, and off he goes.
But I used to be a rural mailman and it wasn't unusual to be riding around on a car tire with 3 or 4 plugs in it, usually repaired on the side of the road without even taking the rim off the car. On a good day I could do it and have enough air left in the tire to drive to a gas station before adding air. Driving with the window down a telltale clicking was a giveaway I picked up another nail or screw.
In Wyoming on the Royal Star (tubeless tires) I picked up a nail? in the rear, drove 60 miles to the next exit before pulling off cuz handling had slowly and steadily deteriorated, was doing 80 ended up down to 60 on a deserted freeway. By time I was in the gas station parking lot the bike was down on the rim. AHA that's why handling got so bad, LOL. Drove across the road to a gas station with an air pump worked the bike up on some 2x4s, no center stand, found the hole (nail was gone). I carried a patch kit so put in a gooey plug. Pulled valve stem, got lucky and got the bead to reseal. I never even removed the wheel from the bike, and continued back to wisconsin at 75MPH. Ran that tire til it was out of tread several thousand miles later.
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) pullin' the third or fourth nail out and pullin' out the tube... had 3 or 4 patches on it. Decided I'd pressed my luck far enough and bought a new tube... kept the tire. 
On never been ever cleaned chains (bicycles), I use gasoline overnight ..wire brush, mineral spirits some hours, brush off with plastic brush and wax it....fwiw. This pic was after gasoline and hand wire brush. Got the flash rust off on the brass wheel then mineral spirits,etc looking better than this pic...1st generation Dura-Ace UNIGLIDE pro model (Japan) 1977-78 Motobecane bike giving way to the cleaning effects of 1000,2500 and 5000 grit on the frame. Motobecane was the 1st French bike builder to start using Japanese parts. Japanese parts are as good as anything and relatively cheep too in the 1970's! The bike boom was in full swing...motocicles too.
