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Offline Fat Rat

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Daft question?
« on: July 22, 2008, 16:10:16 »
OK I will take the consequential flak if deserved but here is the quesstion (non Strom related)

On the WIFES scoot it has tubeless tyres, during a bit of over enthusuastic test riding yesterday I managed to push the tyre off of the rim enough to break the seal  :oops: it did pump up again but I'm not happy with the fact that it was pretty easy to do....So, is it OK to put an inner tube into a tubeless tyre?
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Offline Piglumps

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Re: Daft question?
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2008, 16:35:09 »
Hi, There was a Wee-Strom on Ebay recently that had had a 'dink' on the front wheel and he had fitted a tube and run quite some way with it tubed. I would say yes it is possible but I am not sure it would solve the problem. I had a 125 Pantheon before getting my Wee so I won't tease!
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Offline andyberg

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Re: Daft question?
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2008, 18:58:31 »
When I was racing Supermoto, we always ran innertubes in 'tubeless' tyres (altho you had to due to spoked wheels :roll: ) so no 'danger ' element involved in doing it!
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Offline barnabas

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Re: Daft question?
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2008, 21:47:54 »
I would say no problem although the purists might disagree. My F650 had tubeless tyres on spoked wheels and so had to have an inner tube. It's quite a common fix for punctures.
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