Change those tubes!!!

Started by i_carumba, Apr 11 2000 06:36 PM
10 replies to this topic

  • i_carumba

Posted 11 April 2000 - 06:36 PM

#1


I just had the pleasant job of changing the stock Dunlops for a set of Pirelli MT 21's for dual sport use. Damn those Pirelli's are stiff! Isn't tire changing fun???
Anyway, the stock tubes are junk. I think my mountain bike tubes are thicker! I installed a set of heavy duty tubes and recommend you do the same. Bike will be on the road tomorrow. Pictures coming soon Bryan. I promise!! I don't have a digital camera so I have to get my film developed and then scan them.

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  • DR.billZ

Posted 12 April 2000 - 04:42 AM

#2

The thickest are made by Bridgestone. you'd almost think they are a tire themselves. yes thick tubes help prevent flat tires!! on a ride in Colorado, me and 9 other riders, rode some 550 miles each, through the tightest trails we could find(most rocky as hell) and NONE of us got a flat. same thing the year after that!!
good stuff.

  • Killer B

Posted 02 December 2008 - 03:44 PM

#3

Yeah, I just placed a RM ATV/MC order, and forgot to order more tubes...
...BUMMER...

Oh well, I guess I'll have to order more stuff...

My fav's are the Kenda Tuff Tubes @ $12

  • fttam

Posted 02 December 2008 - 04:33 PM

#4

I had Michelin UHD tubes in my MT-21's....and I just tore the valve stem out of my FRONT MT-21 the other day. 1500 hard miles on it, but no rim-lock (do you really need one in the front?).

Must've been tweaked in the rim for a while, but lots of serious off road it was just fine.....but pop out onto the street, hoist up a nice wheelie and ride it out a bit and when I put the front down it all went PSSSSSSSSSST. That was that, show over.

  • SecaXJ

Posted 02 December 2008 - 04:51 PM

#5

I hear the Maxxis dessert IT's are stiff as hell. I have a set of MT21's on the bike right now. They were a pain using spoons but I have a tire changer from HF now so its pretty easy.

  • SASM

Posted 02 December 2008 - 09:57 PM

#6

What the hell is going on with all these old thread bumps ????????????? There are at least three on the first page of DR-Z TT ?!?!!?

  • kjpiel

Posted 02 December 2008 - 10:20 PM

#7

SecaXJ said:

I hear the Maxxis dessert IT's are stiff as hell. I have a set of MT21's on the bike right now. They were a pain using spoons but I have a tire changer from HF now so its pretty easy.

I have a set of Maxxis desert IT and they are stiff sidewall. Its hard to tell if you have air in the tire or not. I air them to 18 psi. I use the same stock tubes with no problems but I have rim locks. I just put 100 miles on them in the desert rocks and sand and I can say I like them. Steep rocky hill climbs no problem. Sand washes at high speed and they track real well.

  • bluzharp

Posted 03 December 2008 - 03:47 AM

#8

I've been working and playing with bikes for 36 years. Prying the big Teraflex onto the skinny DRZ rim is the most unpleasant job I have ever done on a motorcycle.

  • packman

Posted 03 December 2008 - 03:59 AM

#9

Try doing the mt21 with a 4 mm thick tube and rim lock !!!

  • Bob The Builder

Posted 03 December 2008 - 06:11 AM

#10

SASM said:

What the hell is going on with all these old thread bumps ????????????? There are at least three on the first page of DR-Z TT ?!?!!?

NOOB's like me trawling for info...

  • Regalman

Posted 03 December 2008 - 06:18 AM

#11

SASM said:

What the hell is going on with all these old thread bumps ????????????? There are at least three on the first page of DR-Z TT ?!?!!?

I had to laugh... I'm like who in teh heck doesn't own a digicam... and would develop and scan film.

Then I saw the date and it all made sense. :bonk:



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