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Post by pokey on Jan 9, 2021 12:27:47 GMT 10
What are the tubeless options?
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Post by Uralee on Jan 9, 2021 16:11:38 GMT 10
What are the tubeless options? Fit a valve and seal the rims......did that on my Honda two years ago.......all good. Sikaflex and Gorilla tape. 👍
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Post by traktourer on Jan 9, 2021 23:11:53 GMT 10
Or if you intend riding in sand with super low tyre pressures without the risk of damaging rims, try the "Tubliss" brand system. This utilizes a rim tape and high pressure bladder to seal the spoke holes, and a separate valve with built in rim lock to adjust the tyre pressure.
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Post by Deano on Jan 10, 2021 8:53:11 GMT 10
Pokey,
There's a really good video on this site somewhere (couldn't find it). Plus this one's good: - . Just need stems and I'll give mine a go.
Cheers
Deano
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Post by Wheels on Jan 10, 2021 20:28:47 GMT 10
What are the tubeless options? Fit a valve and seal the rims......did that on my Honda two years ago.......all good. Sikaflex and Gorilla tape. 👍 All good until you get your flat!... the tyre is repaired (on the roadside) and now it’s gotta be pumped up with a little piss ant pump!...remember the tyre is most likely flopping around on the rim and it’s gunna take a fair bit of grunt from the pump to get those tyre beads out to where there gunna seal again!...OK!.. there is a shitload of methods to get that tyre to seal...including petrol and a match!...a ratchet strap etc etc!...but the wait to see if it all works would do my head in!...Now if I didn’t have a spare hangin off the sidecar or a spare tube and things weren’t working out and there were no more alternatives I’d really get worried, and to top it off I’ve run out of bloody matches or worse still I’ve burnt the shit out of myself from an explosion from the petrol method because the ratchet strap deal didn’t work out. Jesus wept why not leave things well alone and carry a spare wheel and a tube with you unless ya reckon ya bullet proof! It’s a Ural where talking about! (not a two wheeled adventure bike)...we can carry a spare!..easily!..why in the hell wouldn’t you? Cheers Wheels😎
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Post by andyh on Jan 11, 2021 7:04:12 GMT 10
Forgot to mention that the method in the video I posted can be done using the spike of the spare carry rack to hold the tyre while you put your thigh into but I found that since it isn't level it wanted to turn and was just as easy to get it on the ground. Guessing that by now the rear on mine will be flat in the container. Been very happy to have a spare on a few occasions. Made life so much easier. And the idea of carrying a G Clamp was stolen from Chris
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Post by Uralee on Jan 11, 2021 8:41:41 GMT 10
I have used all of the previously mentioned repair methods and a few others as well.....except the petrol......wd40 or similar aerosol works better and a bit safer. The most useful recommendation is to practise wheel change and puncture repair AT HOME using only what you carry with you. 😷
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Post by krmartin on Jan 18, 2021 5:56:39 GMT 10
Pokey, There's a really good video on this site somewhere (couldn't find it). Plus this one's good: - . Just need stems and I'll give mine a go. Cheers Deano I see you have found this site-I actually love it,he can be painfully slow to show stuff in his videos BUT overall has some VERY good products for all types of motorcycling. I do have one of his cycle pumps and rate it very high.Like any air pump,one needs to keep it off the ground in shitty/sandy conditions .
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Post by krmartin on Jan 18, 2021 6:07:47 GMT 10
All about technique.
- CLICK HERE for YouTube Video -Whether you agree with anything this guy says is irrelevant, just watch what he does and try it. No need for valve feeders or tie wraps. Just use the technique. Works on Duro's and K28's and even my old litre plus road bikes. Same as Lee, never had trouble breaking a bead with my hands but do have a G clamp if needed. And yes it can be on the side of the road, without the workshop stand, and with traffic whizzing by, but totally agree with Wheels, best tried at home first YEP watched the video-and as you say''whether you agree with anything this guy says is irrelevant'' interestingly you and others say you have not have an issue with breaking Duro? beads off rims-yet carry a g-clamp.i guess my point was my tyre irons are part of the bead breaker -so like yourself and any good Boy Scout -we are prepared eh!! His way is exactly the same really as the way i do it -BUT notice he has to tuck the tube in many times -WHY not spend 3 bucks on some cable ties and totally eliminate the pinching Just Saying? Anyway one true statement from us all trying to help others is-Practice at home with the tools one would carry on Route.
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Post by haitch on Jun 16, 2021 19:43:21 GMT 10
So, does the "Tubliss System" + "tyre goop" + tyre plugs etc have a place. Given the practical issues raised by Uralee??
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