Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:36:06 +0800 - Message No. 5355
From: "Seung"

Subject: Re: tube or tubeless tires ?


I thought all @s have tubed tires......
If you have the rims converted to tubeless use, then use a tubeless tire
plug that inserts from the outside.  Much easier than the foam.
Seung from Singapore
-----Original Message-----
From: Honza Gritzbach 
To: xrv@atic.org 
Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 9:00 PM
Subject: (XRV) tube or tubeless tires ?


>At Saturday I met a defect at my front tire - just one stupid nail. I
>tried to repair it using a spray, but no success. I had to call an
>assistance service and return back home me and my @ with using their
>car-truck.
>
>I ever though, Africa twin has tubes, inside its tires. At my home I
>found, that my @ has tubeless tires - more exactly - the front tire
>has no tube (i don't examine rear one). Is is exception or it is
>normal ?
>
>Now I think I know a reason, why I was not succesfull trying to repair
>tire with spray. While I was driving just several meters on empty
>tire, it defintely lost its right position to the rim - and was
>air-tight no longer. When spray inflated air into tire, the air ran
>out between tire and rim. I could not repair the rim and tire position
>using my hands only on the road.
>
>I think if there would be tubes inside, the spray could be succesfull
>to repair tube. In addition any small changes in tire and rim position
>would not be so significant. Am I right ?
>
>Is there any reason why AT tire is tubeless ? Adding tubes - can it
>affect any behaviour of machine ? I suppose not. But I want to be
>sure, because my AT is in service now and I asked them to ADD tubes to
>both tires to avoid described problem.
>
>Waiting for your responses
>
>Honza                          mailto:honzag@grisoft.cz
>




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