What tires to run???

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  • MartyA
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Jul 2002
    • 2148
    • NW PA

    #76
    motoxoutlet.com is another place for good prices.
    Marty in NW PA
    Gone - 1978E - one of the first XS11 made
    Gone - 2007A FJR - the only year of Dark Red Metallic
    This IS my happy face.

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    • 81XS1100-2006
      Truly XSive
      • Feb 2006
      • 105
      • Minneapolis, MN

      #77
      probably said 1000 times but....

      I got mine through Bikebandit.com I had checked around and found theirs the best price with no wierd $15-per tire handling fee.
      81 Standard "Babe the Blue"
      sticky side down!

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      • Yamaniac
        XStremely XSive
        • Jul 2005
        • 262
        • Stilwell, KS

        #78
        Bias ply

        Dumb question. do the 130 (& 140) tires that are bias ply have to have tubes??

        For some reson, I have it in my head they don't need tubes, but that goes against what I know about other tires. we used to run bias ply's on our feed trucks and they needed tubes in the tires.

        Gracias
        Theron
        Yamaniac
        '79 xs11 sf - WidowMaker, 750 final drive
        '80 xs1100 sg- ENEMY#1 parts bike no title(free)
        '79 f- frame and swingarm (and title)
        '82 yz 490- needs a cylinder, head, & new piston, etc. Got one for sale?
        '88 Honda cbr600- Running, finally! Training bike for swmbo, maybe a stunt bike for me eventually.

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        • MAXIMAN
          XS-XJ Guru
          • Jan 2005
          • 1817
          • As far from the government as humanly possible.

          #79
          Depends on if they are type tube or not. Make sure whatever bike they are going on has a rim suitable for tubeless. The XS has "SUITABLE FOR TUBELESS TIRE" stamped into the spoke of the wheel in question. If it doesn't say this don't use a tubeless.

          The difference is in the way the bead interface of the wheel is machined. If you put a tubeless tire on a tube type rim you are taking your life in your own hands. However the inverse is not true. It is ok to put a tube and tire on a tubeless rim.

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          • HobbyMan
            MeatHead Idiot "GURU"
            • Jul 2006
            • 1801
            • Colleyville, TX

            #80
            I have a set of old dunlops, tubeless and bias ply
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