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30 May 2007 19:29 #145048
by squints
traded my classic Kz's for a 2001 Kz1200r
Upstate NY
FLAT: tube or no tube. was created by squints
I got a flat tire. I thought it was a tubed tire, but now am not so sure. Says right on the tire "Tubeless:on tube type rim fit tube". What does that mean???
I Filled it with an air compressor and air was hissing out from the rim lock nuts. Tried some of that fix a flat stuff with no success. Tire is a Dunlop Elite II with only about 4,000 miles on it.
Damn:S
I Filled it with an air compressor and air was hissing out from the rim lock nuts. Tried some of that fix a flat stuff with no success. Tire is a Dunlop Elite II with only about 4,000 miles on it.
Damn:S
traded my classic Kz's for a 2001 Kz1200r
Upstate NY
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30 May 2007 19:48 #145056
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Nate
Nates vintage bike axiom: Riding is the reward for time spent wrenching.
Murphys corollary: Wrenching is the result of time spent riding.
1979 KZ650 (Complete!)
1979 KZ650 SR (Sold!)
1979 KL250 (For sale)
1994 Bayou 400 (four wheel peel )
Replied by N0NB on topic FLAT: tube or no tube.
Just what it says!
On a rim designed for tube type tires, a tube must be installed. The tubeless tire will work in either situation, but a tube type tire will not.
I suspect you have a tube as the air is coming out between it and the tire and escaping through the rim locks.
On a rim designed for tube type tires, a tube must be installed. The tubeless tire will work in either situation, but a tube type tire will not.
I suspect you have a tube as the air is coming out between it and the tire and escaping through the rim locks.
Nate
Nates vintage bike axiom: Riding is the reward for time spent wrenching.
Murphys corollary: Wrenching is the result of time spent riding.
1979 KZ650 (Complete!)
1979 KZ650 SR (Sold!)
1979 KL250 (For sale)
1994 Bayou 400 (four wheel peel )
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30 May 2007 20:16 #145064
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Replied by steell on topic FLAT: tube or no tube.
I have never seen a tubeless rim with rim locks, anyone else ever see one?
If your rim has rim locks, then it's a safe bet that it has a tube.
And you need a new one
If your rim has rim locks, then it's a safe bet that it has a tube.
And you need a new one
KD9JUR
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31 May 2007 05:36 #145162
by BSKZ650
77 kz650, owned for over 25 years
77 ltd1000, current rider
76 kz900, just waiting
73 z1,, gonna restore this one
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Replied by BSKZ650 on topic FLAT: tube or no tube.
which bike? if its a spoke wheel tube only, if its the mag type, it will say on the rim tubeless, but you can run a tube in it if you want
77 kz650, owned for over 25 years
77 ltd1000, current rider
76 kz900, just waiting
73 z1,, gonna restore this one
piglet, leggero harley davidson
SR, Ride captian, S.E.Texas Patriot Guard Riders.. AKA KawaBob
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31 May 2007 06:11 #145169
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1977 KZ650C1
and the KZ650/KZ750 Conversion
Replied by mariozappa on topic FLAT: tube or no tube.
+1 on what Steell said.
If you have rim locks, there's a tube in there. That's what they are for.
If you have rim locks, there's a tube in there. That's what they are for.
1977 KZ650C1
and the KZ650/KZ750 Conversion
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31 May 2007 06:27 #145175
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Replied by AR15Ron on topic FLAT: tube or no tube.
I just went through that myself. Was leaking around the nuts holding the valve stem to the rim. Turns out there was a tube in there even though my tires said tubeless. Of course they didnt have any tires in stock and neither did anyone else I called so I had to have a new tube put into my crappy old tire, cost me about $55. On the plus side he didnt put a scratch in my Lester Mag
Ron
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