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**fusionking** · 01-08-2004, 08:53 AM

Hey Buggrin! If you got any dirtbike buddies they should be quite familiar with those things. Or you could get on ebay and go tubeless!!!

**buggrin** · 01-08-2004, 04:57 PM

Problem solved

As I sat stewing over being so inept as to not be able to change a tire a long retired brain cell randomly fired and the memory of an old buddy who now runs a Harley shop popped up. My skinned and gouged knuckles were still sufficiently functional to use the phone and now the front and rear wheels are sitting in his shop along with the new 491s and tubes. I have in the past changed the front but by now was so tired of them dam tire irons that whatever it costs is worth it to have someone else do the whole deal.

Yes, lots of discussion of tube/tubless rims, etc in this site was interesting and did make tubeless an option, but I've not used ebay and after rebuilding all the brake stuff and lines am about wrenched out for this winter...........

**kkrazyt85** · 01-09-2004, 08:52 AM

Rim locks

I had a rear tire give up at 100 mph..many years ago...talk about exciting try riding at that speed with a rim lock on a busted flat tire...that bike turned into a sliding, bucking, swervin thing...I mean it didn't go flat slowly it went BOOM whilst I was middle of a corner...dang near killed me...as it was I hit the shoulder of the road at about 60 and went into a damn near perfect flying W over the bars....thank god for young bones and soft ground...meanwhile the bike destroyed itself doing cart wheels...but the tube didn't spin on the rim or tear the stem off so it did its job...to bad it caused the destruction of the bike and threw me off...I would have rather replaced a torn inner tube!!!!!

**wildbill** · 01-09-2004, 06:19 PM

I don`t have any luck with rimlocks either.When I replaced front and rear tires on my bike,the shop removed the rimlock from the back wheel{the rimlock was bad,rubber worn away}and installed a new liner,inner tube and new tire.The liner seals the hole where the rimlock went.Have not had any problems with this setup.Just check your tire pressure along with the tires while doing preride check.In 78 the tires and tubes in that time couldn`t handle the horsepower the bike put out,times have changed so rimlocks are not really needed.On a dirtbike they still are because of the lower tire pressure run{10-17 psi}. Hope this helps

**sixtysix** · 01-10-2004, 06:53 AM

Some guys on this list simply buy three vavle stems and put them in the stem and rim lock holes (same size), and just put on a tubeless tire. I know the rim-beads are different (tube and tubeless) and I would never do this. BUT I have seen it done and with good results.

**buggrin** · 01-10-2004, 09:41 PM

flats are damscary

After my last flat at speed I can't bring myself to take the bead locks out. That time was almost enough to make me give up riding -- 40 years. I've looked at death and got over it, but that time it had me by the throat.

**wildbill** · 01-11-2004, 12:22 AM

Having flats at any speed is very bad.Have had them on both ends{not at the same time}but a flat on the front is far worse.Happened to me some time ago and had to ride the bike that way for around 8 miles on a curvey road.Didn`t know if me and the bike would get there in one peace or not.That was on the front wheel.Make sure the rimlock is in good shape before useing{should have a rubber covering on the part in the wheel if not replace it}or you will have a flat from the bare metal rubbing the tube. Ride Safe

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