SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 MOTORCYCLE MOJO 57
Technical articles are written purely as
reference only and your motorcycle may
require different procedures. You should
be mechanically inclined to carry out your
own maintenance and we recommend you
contact your mechanic prior to performing
any type of work on your bike.
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in this manner, that would make the
bike very unstable and increase the
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friction between the tire and the inner
tube. This lack of friction reduces tire
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tubeless tire is much easier. Unless the
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sidewall, a tubeless tire can be easily
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from the bike.
Puncture a tube-type tire and you’ll
have to remove at least one side of the
tire from the rim to expose the tube,
which you can then patch – temporarily
- to continue you on your ride. Ideally,
you should replace the inner tube
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tubeless tires, I decided to convert my
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to more practical tubeless wheels.
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drill bit has a smaller-diameter pilot
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outside of the hole. With the drill bit
installed in a full-sized drillpress and
the wheel square and secured, this is a
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between the tubeless tire’s valve stem
and the wheel.
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to do it on a drillpress. I’m cheap, so
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wheel, which I did three weeks prior to
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pound of pressure in that time.
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ads for a replacement wheel after your
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scraps your wheel.
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which won’t lock the tire to the rim
should I experience a puncture while
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tube-type wheels to tubeless several
times in the past without any problems,
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be done with discretion – and at one’s
own risk.
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use a tube-type tire on a tubeless rim
without a tube, however, since the
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a leakproof seal between the tire and
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as either tube-type or tubeless on the
sidewall, so have a look before you
install a tire.