Make a tubless wheel
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Make a tubless wheel
20 Mar 2009 21:30
Is it possible to take a stock 1979 kz1000 mkII wheel and make it tubeless?
It has two rim locks
It has two rim locks
1979 Kz1000 MKII road racer project
1994 Seca II, pile in the corner
1973 Honda cb175 cafe racer
1971 Yamaha AT1
1975 Massey Fergusson MF440
1971 Skiroule 300rr
1994 Seca II, pile in the corner
1973 Honda cb175 cafe racer
1971 Yamaha AT1
1975 Massey Fergusson MF440
1971 Skiroule 300rr
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Re: Make a tubless wheel
20 Mar 2009 21:43
you can't make it tubeless but you can get rid of the rim locks no problem. i do it all the time tube type rims do not have a tire retension bead on the inside of the rim so if they lose air pressure they will pull of the bead. so you will still have to use the tube
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Re: Make a tubless wheel
20 Mar 2009 22:16
what do you usually yse to cover the holes?
1979 Kz1000 MKII road racer project
1994 Seca II, pile in the corner
1973 Honda cb175 cafe racer
1971 Yamaha AT1
1975 Massey Fergusson MF440
1971 Skiroule 300rr
1994 Seca II, pile in the corner
1973 Honda cb175 cafe racer
1971 Yamaha AT1
1975 Massey Fergusson MF440
1971 Skiroule 300rr
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Re: Make a tubless wheel
21 Mar 2009 06:37
Here's a topic w pics by steell -
tube vs tubeless wheels
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Tubes probably saved this guy's bacon - Need advice... bent both rims w pics .
Tubes probably saved this guy's bacon - Need advice... bent both rims w pics .
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Re: Make a tubless wheel
21 Mar 2009 09:32
Captaingamez wrote:
Here's an earlier thread posting courtesy of H2RICK
Re:Do I need the rim locks?
If you have a wrecker's yard close by, go and search through their wheel racks for wheels with little push-in plugs in the rim lock holes. There are various mags made that were drilled for rim locks but the factory never installed the locks for whatever reason. Instead, they inserted these nifty little rubber plugs in the hole(s).
Good Luck!
what do you usually yse to cover the holes?
Here's an earlier thread posting courtesy of H2RICK
Re:Do I need the rim locks?
If you have a wrecker's yard close by, go and search through their wheel racks for wheels with little push-in plugs in the rim lock holes. There are various mags made that were drilled for rim locks but the factory never installed the locks for whatever reason. Instead, they inserted these nifty little rubber plugs in the hole(s).
Good Luck!
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Re: Make a tubless wheel
21 Mar 2009 19:30
thanks guys. those damn rim locks as some know, cause a huge pain in the ass when changing a tube or tire. they have caused me to pop a bunch of tubes during instalation.
1979 Kz1000 MKII road racer project
1994 Seca II, pile in the corner
1973 Honda cb175 cafe racer
1971 Yamaha AT1
1975 Massey Fergusson MF440
1971 Skiroule 300rr
1994 Seca II, pile in the corner
1973 Honda cb175 cafe racer
1971 Yamaha AT1
1975 Massey Fergusson MF440
1971 Skiroule 300rr
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