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Doc YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 8	Tires 08/05/16 at 19:52:20 I need new tires, front and rear for my 2007. Found some at the correct size from Bike Bandit, but they're tubeless. Can these be used(with a tube) or do I need to keep looking for the proper sized tubed tire?
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Tires Reply #1 - 08/05/16 at 19:54:51 We NEED tubes. You can run a tubeless tire as long as you use a tube with it.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Tires Reply #2 - 08/05/16 at 21:06:35 Lots of us use 140/90/15 rear.
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Tires Reply #3 - 08/06/16 at 04:04:59 FWIW, I had Woody's Wheel works do the tubeless conversion on my spoked wheels. Not a cheap date, but it's nice to not worry about swapping tubes on the side of the road.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Tires Reply #4 - 08/06/16 at 04:15:12 You can elaborate on Woody and the not so cheap date.
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Re: Tires
Reply #5 - 08/06/16 at 11:00:10

Doc wrote on 08/05/16 at 19:52:20:

I need new tires, front and rear for my 2007. Found some at the correct size from Bike Bandit, but they're tubeless. Can these be used(with a tube) or do I need to keep looking for the proper sized tubed tire?

You will definitely need tubes installed. You might be able to re-use your existing tubes...
Dependent on the area you live/ride in, you should check the size and tread pattern that best suits you. Example: Here in the high desert of New Mexico I have long straight dry stretches with few, if any, tight twisties. I use a "hard" 140/90-15 Michelin. But, if I lived and rode on the Blue Ridge Parkway area, I would want a narrower, "softer" tire. You need to decide what works best for you before you invest in a tire that may not suit your needs.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Tires Reply #6 - 08/06/16 at 11:32:00 If you ride 1,000 miles a year and buy a 12,000 mile tire it's probably gonna get dried out before you wear them out.
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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1429 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: Tires Reply #7 - 08/06/16 at 12:34:13 the weight I lost using a dyna muff, I regained using a kenda 140/90-15 tire! Next tire will be a 130/90 !
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18137 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Tires Reply #8 - 08/06/16 at 14:48:25 New Tire Discussion....guide. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1448021014
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Tires Reply #9 - 08/06/16 at 22:56:06 DOC, I don't believe there are tubed tires,(I may be wrong)I think all bike tires made today are tubeless,the difference is our bikes don't have sealed rims ,air would leak out of every spoke were they enter the rim that is why we must run tubes.
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Re: Tires
Reply #10 - 08/07/16 at 04:15:54

Justin:
Woody's Wheel Works in Colorado.
I'm doing genre reassignment surgery to the bike-transitioning it from Cruiser to Cafe Grin

Sent a bare (modified) hub out there. They got polished spokes and nipples from Buchannans, an 18x2.5" Excel aluminum rim and built up a wheel. Then they did their tubeless conversion voodoo. Basically they goop up the nipples (tire side) then cover with a kind of rim band.
$100 to build, $100 to do the conversion, rim and spokes and polishing about another $400. So, about $600 for the whole deal, not counting the cost of the used hub. And of course the machining I did on the hub was my own labor.
Beautiful!
Once I put some serious miles on the bike, I'll decide whether to leave the front 19" or change to 18". Then the front hub goes out for the same treatment.
I just can't see myself in the middle of nowhere with a flat on a tube bike with no center stand. The tubeless conversion was only $100, it was all the other stuff that added up.
-Armen

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Tires Reply #11 - 08/07/16 at 07:25:16 Excellent rundown, thank you. I wish it was in some sticky somewhere.
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cheapnewb24 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1373 Virginia Gender:	Re: Tires Reply #12 - 08/07/16 at 08:34:12 Hey, guys... I've noticed that cafe conversions tend run 18 inch rims. Why 18 in particular... as opposed to... say... 17?
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Tires Reply #13 - 08/07/16 at 13:59:35 Because they look nice.
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Tires Reply #14 - 08/07/16 at 14:23:06 Hey Cheapnewb, I went with the 18" (as opposed to 17) for two reasons: a) Wanted to raise the gearing as much as possible without having to switch to chain drive. b) wanted to pick up the ass end of the bike to tighten up the steering head angle. Easy way to quicken the steering. And I did the +2" longer shocks.
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