Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:41:53 +0200 - Message No. 5342
From: Honza Gritzbach

Subject: 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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