puncture preventative

[somerset]

Any one tryed "slime" puncture preventative...it`s comes in two types tubedless,and tubed. Spoked wheels are tubed right!..my front tyre reads tubeless..My wheels are spoked,so thet much be tubed. ????????????


Cheers Tony

[Bluey]

You can have a tubeless spoked wheel. It should say on the tyre if it's tubed or tubeless

[somerset]

And theres me thinking only alloy,non spoked wheels are tubeless..

;) the tyre does say tubeless....But spoked wheels are built up from a rim.as we know,The raised centre section of the rim is two foil,one to impart strength and two it serves to keep the end of the spokes and nut away from the tubes.how is it sealed,to take tubeless i wonder.

Cheers Tony

[Phil]

If the tire says tubeless it means that it MAY be run tubeless.
All HD laced (spoked) wheels use tubes.
Puncture preventative is a waste of money, with spoked wheels & a tube the tire will go flat anyway, plus the material will form globs in the tube & throw the wheel off balance.

[somerset]

Thanks for the reply Phild,thought spoked was tubed.
Going by what you say,make sence,but why does slime come in two types tube,and tubeless..I wonder.

[somerset]

Ok just had a look at the wheels.nut holding the threaded valve against the rim,then it`s tubed. thats spoked back wheel.

But on the front spoked wheel,the valve is just rubber sat in the hole in the rim,which is then tubeless .........

1994, 1200 sportster

[Phil]

That`s the way they are with a 19 inch front wheel.

[Spice]

Originally Posted by Phild

All HD laced (spoked) wheels use tubes.
Puncture preventative is a waste of money, with spoked wheels & a tube the tire will go flat anyway, plus the material will form globs in the tube & throw the wheel off balance.

Phil
Now ya tell me
I spent fifty nicker getting that jism squirted into me wheels by that geezer at Ozwinkle.
what a waste of money that I could have wisely spent on Beer.

[little_dave]

I stuck the tubed stuff in mine before I went to France last year, had no problems on my sporty. Put it in myself, cost me £9: 99 plus the time taken to put it in.

[somerset]

Did you get a puncture ..Does it work i wonder