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inner tubes
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2001 4:55 pm
by Don Dotson
KLRians-
I am gonna go with the Kenda 270's. Would appreciate
any info, opinions on a replacement tube. I have the
stock inner tube (3,000 miles) and would like to
upgrade it. How often do you folks change the inner
tube?
tia,
d
Utah
'01 KLR650 - "kermit"
'95 Concours - "Gamay Rae"
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Utah
'01 KLR 650
'95 Concours
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inner tubes
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2001 8:54 pm
by monahanwb@yahoo.com
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., don dotson wrote:
> KLRians-
> I am gonna go with the Kenda 270's. Would appreciate
> any info, opinions on a replacement tube. I have the
> stock inner tube (3,000 miles) and would like to
> upgrade it. How often do you folks change the inner
> tube?
> tia,
> d
> Utah
> '01 KLR650 - "kermit"
> '95 Concours - "Gamay Rae"
Good choice. I usually go two or three tires before changing tubes,
in the absence of punctures, and use standard correctly sized
Bikemaster or IRC tubes, and I carry spares on trips, plus patch
kit.
Bill
A12 - "Green Go-Nad"
00 B12 - "Frito"
97 R1100RS - "Gina"
inner tubes
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:09 pm
by Jacobus De Bruyn
I had two flats in four days, the valves seemed to
have ripped out of the tubes. One front, one back.
I was mystified, but after sleeping on it, I have the
feeling that it could be this:
Often I cannot get here the tubes I need, so I settle
for tubes that are too small, like 400, or 300 for the
front.
I had the feeling that perhaps because of this, the
tire is not pressed well against the rims, and could
slide a bit, causing stress on the valves in the inner
tube.
How about this reasoning, people that know? Anyhow,
the tubes have lasted six months rear and more than
one year front. I am switching to heavy duty tubes
from Fred, not so easy to get inside the tire, but
probably worth the effort and the price.
You who know, share your wisdom, so we all get wiser. Jacostarica.
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:19 pm
by fasteddiecopeman
Jacob,
STRONG suggestion: READ the messages here!
I will BET that you've had your valve stem secured by the SUPPLIED lock-nut. Now go and
SEARCH for the solution (which I have posted MANY times)!
ED
--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jacobus De Bruyn wrote:
>
> I had two flats in four days, the valves seemed to
> have ripped out of the tubes. One front, one back.
> I was mystified, but after sleeping on it, I have the
> feeling that it could be this:
> Often I cannot get here the tubes I need, so I settle
> for tubes that are too small, like 400, or 300 for the
> front.
> I had the feeling that perhaps because of this, the
> tire is not pressed well against the rims, and could
> slide a bit, causing stress on the valves in the inner
> tube.
> How about this reasoning, people that know? Anyhow,
> the tubes have lasted six months rear and more than
> one year front. I am switching to heavy duty tubes
> from Fred, not so easy to get inside the tire, but
> probably worth the effort and the price.
> You who know, share your wisdom, so we all get wiser. Jacostarica.
>
>
>
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> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page.
>
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>
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:03 pm
by Jud Jones
--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jacobus De Bruyn wrote:
>
> I had two flats in four days, the valves seemed to
> have ripped out of the tubes. One front, one back.
> I was mystified, but after sleeping on it, I have the
> feeling that it could be this:
> Often I cannot get here the tubes I need, so I settle
> for tubes that are too small, like 400, or 300 for the
> front.
> I had the feeling that perhaps because of this, the
> tire is not pressed well against the rims, and could
> slide a bit, causing stress on the valves in the inner
> tube.
> How about this reasoning, people that know? Anyhow,
> the tubes have lasted six months rear and more than
> one year front. I am switching to heavy duty tubes
> from Fred, not so easy to get inside the tire, but
> probably worth the effort and the price.
> You who know, share your wisdom, so we all get wiser. Jacostarica.
>
1) Don't run your tires too soft without rim locks. How soft is too soft? I dunno, depends
on the tire. You could probably go softer with a D606 than with a K270.
2) Instead of running the nut on the stem down to the rim, back it up against the valve
cap, or leave it off altogether. That way, if the tire shifts on the rim, you may notice the
angled valve stem before the tire shifts far enough to rip it.
strange phenomenon klr starts but won't go
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:37 am
by Bob Monahan
I should have said, "I made two right hand turns before entering a
left sweeper--the kick stand being down would not allow me to make
the left turn, and I exited the road straight ahead at 70mph.
YIKES!!!!
I think I'll leave my kickstand switch intact and just keep an eye on the
switch to make sure it's functioning properly.
I was the one that started this thread and I now think that my kickstand was
actually down when this happened to me and possibly it saved my life. Right
afterwards I was riding on a twisty paved road through the National Forest
near here with trees close to the road and maybe going a "little"
faster than I safely should. I could very well have had one of those
riveting moments we all hope we never had on a motorcycle.
$bob$... Who is happy to be alive with most of his facilities still
functioning "properly"...
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