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Re: First Tires
Dunno if you can get them in America, but a couple of weeks ago I asked our local bike shop for a quote on a front tyre. He quoted Dunlop at €90 ($121?) fitted.
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09-23-2011, 09:23 AM
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09-23-2011, 11:45 AM
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Re: First Tires
Thanks for all the info. So I've got the tires and tubes down, now I just need to know if you would recommend replacing the tubes with each change, or can I just keep using the tubes I have now? The bike is a 2003, and I don't know anything about the tire history. The tires have about 5k miles on them.
Also, I was watching some youtube videos and reading up on changing tires, and it looks relatively manageable to change them yourself if you have a jack and tire irons (which are fairly cheap). I know it's time consuming, but is there any reason you would strongly suggest against trying this myself? Login or Register to Remove Ads |
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09-23-2011, 02:31 PM
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09-23-2011, 05:58 PM
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Re: First Tires
Using tubes in tubless tires is common and practical. I had an unrepairable puncture in the new rear tire so the shop put in a tube and all was well for the life of the tire. The local shop(Yamaha) mounts and balances my new tires as well as replacing the wheel bearing for a reasonable cost. I do this every 25,000kms when the tires are toast. The extra cost of the bearings is nothing to be concerned with when they are already manhandling the wheels.
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09-23-2011, 07:23 PM
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Re: First Tires
You may also need new rim strips if the originals are as old as your bike. They go inside the rims to protect the tube from the ends of the spokes, and they should probably be replaced now as well.
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09-23-2011, 08:56 PM
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I found that Pirelli makes a tubed tire and i got that one because i had the same question and didn't ask it here when i should have because i would have more than likely gotten the D404 wide white walls that i found on amazon a week ago. they are 140's but i can deal with the slight mods entailed to do so. I can vouch for the 50 dollar Static wheel balancer from Harbor Freight as I purchased one 3 days ago and they sell the stick weights there but I found that they are cheaper on www.rockymountainatv.com. I have a friend that just balances his tire by the red dot to the valve stem and that seems to be pretty close but I think it is safer to use the balancer.
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