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Hehehe! I somehow knew you'd understand. Plus, motorcycle tyres are only made a few thousand at a time, rather than <popular car> which will have a run of millions. On a bike though, I'll have a new tyre over a puncture repair every time. I value my life :D
There's other things too. Motorcycle tyres are designed to operate against the road around a much greater circumference of the tyre whereas car tyres effectively sit "flat" against the road. This does significantly change the build up and structural loads that the tyre has to cope with.
I've actually got a puncture on my bike's rear tyre, but it's a slow and I can cope by blowing the tyre up once a week. Plus I have a compressor in the garage so it only takes 30 seconds or so. Then it's hard enough to last a week before it needs re-inflating again. If it got any worse though, it'd be new tyre time.