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Post by risolc on Oct 7, 2015 16:26:43 GMT 1
Wheels fresh back from wards
new road riders arrived today
put the front on easy enough then doooo--forgot the valves
went to the car tyre shop for valves and the guy reckons the car ones won't pull through
are they special for bike wheels or do I need tubes?
thanks
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Oct 7, 2015 16:37:12 GMT 1
Personally I would want the bolt through type, not the rubber pull through
Steve
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Post by fifty50 on Oct 7, 2015 16:49:53 GMT 1
250LC ?? when I did mine I put new tubes in, at the time I did a search on here, think there meant to have tubes.
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Post by oldelsieboy on Oct 7, 2015 16:51:06 GMT 1
Wheels fresh back from wards new road riders arrived today put the front on easy enough then doooo--forgot the valves went to the car tyre shop for valves and the guy reckons the car ones won't pull through are they special for bike wheels or do I need tubes? thanks LC italic wheels ALWAYS require tubes to be fitted. OEB |
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Post by JonW on Oct 8, 2015 22:49:07 GMT 1
+1
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Post by ulsta on Oct 9, 2015 9:41:37 GMT 1
This discussion has been coming up for years.
You get different rim types used on motorcycle wheels, WM for tubed type tyres, MT and MTH2 for tubeless tyres. the MTH2 rims have a lip to help stop the tyre falling into the well if it deflates.
LC's have MT type rims. The rim is designed for tubeless tyres. Yamaha stated that tubes should be fitted though. As far as I can recall, that was because the way the wheel was manufactured meant the wheel could be porous.
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Post by dave1963 on Oct 9, 2015 11:36:29 GMT 1
I have run mine for 2 years with out tubes with no problems
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Post by stusco on Oct 13, 2015 19:17:29 GMT 1
So what's the drawback of tubes,belt n braces if you ask me
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Post by oldelsieboy on Oct 13, 2015 19:38:44 GMT 1
The official Yamaha service manual confirms that the wheels are designed only to be fitted with tubed tyres.
OEB
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Post by steeley on Oct 13, 2015 20:36:10 GMT 1
if you run an lc wheel with out a tube there is a danger that the tyre bead could be dislodged by a sharp blow/pot hole which would not be good hmmm instant deflation. fit tubes it makes sense.
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Post by ulsta on Oct 17, 2015 16:51:59 GMT 1
So what's the drawback of tubes,belt n braces if you ask me One of the problems with tubes is the rapid deflation when you get a puncture. Tubeless tend to go down slowly or even stay inflated. |
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Post by Gunny on Oct 18, 2015 17:35:53 GMT 1
So are power valve wheels meant to have tubes as well ?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 21:57:19 GMT 1
So are power valve wheels meant to have tubes as well ? No... they are tubeless. |
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