God, tubeless tyres can be a sweat sometimes
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From: sweller on 6 Jun 2010 12:37 A.Lee wrote: > Have things moved on since, with tubes being compatible with tubeless > tyres? I run the Guzzi on tubeless Bridgestone BT45s and as the Guzzi has spoked wheels they have tubes. Never had a problem in 15 years - except when a tyre place fitted new tubes that were too small and they split. At speed. Two up. She thought it exciting. I thought it a bit scary. -- Simon
From: The Older Gentleman on 6 Jun 2010 12:42 sweller <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > Never had a problem in 15 years - except when a tyre place fitted new > tubes that were too small and they split. At speed. Two up. Eek =:-0 > She > thought it exciting. I thought it a bit scary. My vote goes with you :-) -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Pip Luscher on 6 Jun 2010 13:18 On 6 Jun 2010 16:37:55 GMT, "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >A.Lee wrote: > >> Have things moved on since, with tubes being compatible with tubeless >> tyres? > >I run the Guzzi on tubeless Bridgestone BT45s and as the Guzzi has spoked >wheels they have tubes. > >Never had a problem in 15 years - except when a tyre place fitted new >tubes that were too small and they split. At speed. Two up. She >thought it exciting. I thought it a bit scary. Ditto on my Quota - well, ten years and pseudo-offroad tyres. -- -Pip
From: stephen.packer on 6 Jun 2010 13:20 The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Even on a little GN250.... > > Front, no problem, but the back is quite a fat 16" thing and much sweat > was expended this afternoon[1]. I really ought to get myself a tyre > changer. I can recommend ebay item 260516152968. This also makes a good base after breaking the bead for removing the tyre. And for balancing ebay item 310185597770
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 6 Jun 2010 13:32
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember stephen.packer(a)gonemail.com saying something like: > >I can recommend ebay item 260516152968. This also makes a good base >after breaking the bead for removing the tyre. > >And for balancing ebay item 310185597770 Those look handy, although for the latter I simply use a wheel spindle in a vice. |