I have two sets of wheels for my 2001 Tiger. I sealed up the rear to go tubeless with no issues. The rim is definitely tubeless with a safety bead formed into the rim.
When I removed the front tire to seal the wheel, I found it didn't have the same safety bead as the rear. It had a good wide flat for the tire to seat on and against, but no safety bead. It still took a bead breaker to demount the tire but not as much force required to do so.
I am still planning on running these tubeless. Am I wrong to want to do this? Joe
they will work fine many before you have done the same thing
I sealed my front and rear spoked wheels a few years ago and have had no regrets, or leaks. I used black Permatex Silicon. They seem to leak less than when I had tubes, and over the winter with no riding I lost only 2 psi. What is the change interval for the old air in the tires? :)
Quote from: "Ironhorse"I have two sets of wheels for my 2001 Tiger. I sealed up the rear to go tubeless with no issues. The rim is definitely tubeless with a safety bead formed into the rim.
When I removed the front tire to seal the wheel, I found it didn't have the same safety bead as the rear. It had a good wide flat for the tire to seat on and against, but no safety bead. It still took a bead breaker to demount the tire but not as much force required to do so.
I am still planning on running these tubeless. Am I wrong to want to do this? Joe
i will be interested to see how you do this , and the results :D
This is how I did mine:
http://www.triumphrat.net/tiger-worksho ... aling.html (http://www.triumphrat.net/tiger-workshop-archive/46888-what-i-did-on-my-holidays-spoke-sealing.html)
No problems at all.
Although the front wheel does not have a ridge, I question whether it really makes any difference whether you have a tubed or tubeless tyre fitted if there is a catastrophic deflation. The tube would do little or nothing to keep the tyre on - all that could do this is a security bolt (I think called rimlocks in some parts of the world).
The chances of such a deflation are far higher with a tube anyway as once punctured the tube tends to rip and the air gushes out (partly past the spoke nipples). With tubeless, there is usually some self sealing effect.
Is it just me? I've never, ever had a front puncture. plenty of rears, but never a front. Maybe I've just been lucky :D
i had one on my GS in france just about to tip into the bend on a sliproad :shock: not nice with a passenger on board , the beauty of the tubeless was a quick fix with a plug :D nice when you want to get off the motorway sharpish :lol:
Not a puncture as such but I hit a brick on the motorway. Prolly too close to the car in front. Anyway, this resulted in a bent rim and a crack in the alloy just where the spoke meets the rim.
A new wheel and floating rotors ain't gonna be cheap. :(
X.