Blew my front tire again
#22
09-07-2011, 04:41 PM
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: South Puget Sound, WA
Posts: 740
Here you go
https://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum...weights-35049/
I started another thread detailing the whole conversion to a non-flat (non-teubliss) tire situation also.
https://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum...imlocks-35029/
https://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum...weights-35049/
I started another thread detailing the whole conversion to a non-flat (non-teubliss) tire situation also.
https://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum...imlocks-35029/
#25
09-07-2011, 08:30 PM
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: North Shore of Lake Superior
Posts: 419
On tires without rimlocks, it's not uncommon to get a puncture first, leading to an initial loss of pressure or total flat; if you don't notice to loss of pressure/flat right away, you may proceed to spin the tire on the rim, ripping off the stem in the process. It's easy to miss the initial puncture when the torn stem is so obvious. Either way, rimlocks can be a very good thing.
Now off on a tangent. I've also been involved in a flat repair where the puncture was super obvious (a 20d nail), but the stem problem was missed initially (though equally as obvious). It was a large group ride and another rider got a flat rear; we scrambled to get the flat repaired in a hurry; got partway through prepping the tube for a patch before I realized that the stem was totally gone. Duh! I guess when something is completely gone, you're more likely to miss it. Plans rapidly started to change... Incidentally, no rimlock on that bike (though you might think a 950 adventure should have them
)
#26
09-08-2011, 09:41 AM
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 12,584
Are you sure that spinning the tire on the rim was the initial cause of the flat?
On tires without rimlocks, it's not uncommon to get a puncture first, leading to an initial loss of pressure or total flat; if you don't notice to loss of pressure/flat right away, you may proceed to spin the tire on the rim, ripping off the stem in the process. It's easy to miss the initial puncture when the torn stem is so obvious. Either way, rimlocks can be a very good thing.
Now off on a tangent. I've also been involved in a flat repair where the puncture was super obvious (a 20d nail), but the stem problem was missed initially (though equally as obvious). It was a large group ride and another rider got a flat rear; we scrambled to get the flat repaired in a hurry; got partway through prepping the tube for a patch before I realized that the stem was totally gone. Duh! I guess when something is completely gone, you're more likely to miss it. Plans rapidly started to change... Incidentally, no rimlock on that bike (though you might think a 950 adventure should have them)
On tires without rimlocks, it's not uncommon to get a puncture first, leading to an initial loss of pressure or total flat; if you don't notice to loss of pressure/flat right away, you may proceed to spin the tire on the rim, ripping off the stem in the process. It's easy to miss the initial puncture when the torn stem is so obvious. Either way, rimlocks can be a very good thing.
Now off on a tangent. I've also been involved in a flat repair where the puncture was super obvious (a 20d nail), but the stem problem was missed initially (though equally as obvious). It was a large group ride and another rider got a flat rear; we scrambled to get the flat repaired in a hurry; got partway through prepping the tube for a patch before I realized that the stem was totally gone. Duh! I guess when something is completely gone, you're more likely to miss it. Plans rapidly started to change... Incidentally, no rimlock on that bike (though you might think a 950 adventure should have them
)
#27
09-09-2011, 09:04 PM
I'll second the Tubliss setup. I've only got about 650 miles on mine so far, but I'm now at the point where the only time I bother to check my air pressure is when I want to change it (i.e. airing up from trail pressure to street pressure). So far the system has been flawless.
I'm using these wheel weights to balance for the rim lockers:
I'm using these wheel weights to balance for the rim lockers:
Thanks , Dan
#28
09-10-2011, 03:09 AM
REUSABLE SPOKE WEIGHTS - RIMLOCK KIT
If you look at his other items for sale, he has other options. That is his largest kit, and it ended up being way more weights than I needed. I put 3 of the 1 oz weights on each wheel, directly opposite the rimlock, took it for a test ride, and it ran smooth all the way to 80 mph, so I called it good.
Had a pretty good wobble at about 45 before adding the weights...
Edit: he shipped really fast, I had them in my mailbox about 2 days after I ordered them!
#29
09-12-2011, 11:37 PM
I bought them from this guy on ebay:
REUSABLE SPOKE WEIGHTS - RIMLOCK KIT
REUSABLE SPOKE WEIGHTS - RIMLOCK KIT
The local HD pirate shop didn't have any. Dan
