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AlexW Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 57 Durham, NC Gender:	How do you guys inflate your rear tire? 03/13/17 at 08:22:11 Today I learned that the drum brake on the rear wheel is too big for the free gas station air pump nozzle to fit on the tire stem. Presumably, everyone else already knows this, and I would guess I need an air pump of my very own. Canvassing to find out what other people use/do/suggest to pump their tires... Thanks!
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AlexW Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 57 Durham, NC Gender:	Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire? Reply #1 - 03/13/17 at 09:11:26 Well that's obvious... Thanks!
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2633 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire? Reply #2 - 03/13/17 at 09:58:11 It might be obvious. A 90 degree air chuck is what is required. Photo follows:
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire? Reply #4 - 03/13/17 at 11:43:08 I bought a 90* pressure gage just for the Suzuki. And I have my own compressor. I can imagine it could be difficult when on the road :'(
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2538 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire? Reply #5 - 03/13/17 at 11:52:52 When you change out your rear tire, make sure you get a tube with a 90 degree valve stem: https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/864/-/172551/Bridgestone-Standard-Motorc... And make sure you (or the installer of your choice) puts the tube in so the stem points to the brake side of the wheel.
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Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire?
Reply #6 - 03/13/17 at 13:24:38

youzguyz wrote on 03/13/17 at 11:52:52:

When you change out your rear tire, make sure you get a tube with a 90 degree valve stem:
https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/864/-/172551/Bridgestone-Standard-Motorc...

And make sure you (or the installer of your choice) puts the tube in so the stem points to the brake side of the wheel.

This is the best way to make it easy. I get mine from the same site youzguys linked. Some shops carry these but not usually in the stock Savage rear tire size. I've gone to the 140/90 which makes tube selection more broad, just like the tires. In the meantime, you can try extensions. https://www.amazon.com/Wheel-Masters-802990-Degree-Extender/dp/B0002F668I

http://www.harley-davidson.com/store/valve-stem-extension

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eau de sauvage Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2565 Queensland Gender:	Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire? Reply #7 - 03/13/17 at 13:48:42 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NIXEYCLES-High-Pressure-Bicycle-Bike-Alloy-Floor-A...
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire? Reply #8 - 03/13/17 at 16:56:31 Tocsik, I've never seen those. That's a neat trick! I've got a 90° valve stem on my rear tire but it faces the wrong way! I didn't notice it until much later after I had the tire installed. I can still access it from the "other" side though.
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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire? Reply #9 - 03/13/17 at 21:21:09 This forum is a gold mine for things I didn't know I needed!
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SALB Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 668 Whittier, AK Gender:	Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire? Reply #10 - 03/14/17 at 11:04:43 Shop around. Some gas stations have the 90 degree chuck.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire? Reply #11 - 03/14/17 at 11:28:20 The chuck for a big truck works. Get the stem at the very back of the wheel. Truckstop?
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Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire?
Reply #12 - 03/20/17 at 07:02:05

Thanks, everyone!

For now I've got a 90* chuck - though when I went back to the gas station with it, it didn't play too nice with the old, worn-out nozzle on the air machine (it's the one place in town that has free air, so I guess the machine gets a lot of use...and I don't think its pressure read out is correct). For topping off the air pressure, I've now found that a manual floor pump (with the 90* adapter) works just fine. Wouldn't want to fully-inflate a tire from zero that way, but if I need to just add a few PSI it's easier than a trip to the gas station!

Something else I noticed while fiddling around with the wheels - I've got a Marathon 880 tire on the back, which says "Tubeless" on it. Is this tire actually running tubeless, or is there a tube inside there? As far as tubes/tires go, my only experience is with pedal bikes, so I don't really know...

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Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire?
Reply #13 - 03/20/17 at 07:44:54

AlexW wrote on 03/20/17 at 07:02:05:

Something else I noticed while fiddling around with the wheels - I've got a Marathon 880 tire on the back, which says "Tubeless" on it. Is this tire actually running tubeless, or is there a tube inside there? As far as tubes/tires go, my only experience is with pedal bikes, so I don't really know...

No, it is not tubeless on the Savage - needs a tube so the air doesn't leak out the 36 holes where the spokes are located.

The tubeless tire can be used tubeless on a rim that is designed to run tubeless. Wink

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AlexW Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 57 Durham, NC Gender:	Re: How do you guys inflate your rear tire? Reply #14 - 03/22/17 at 13:48:59 Aha! I thought it would be something like that
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