What did you do in your garage today..?

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Check out Tubliss - lets you air down to zero pressure if you wanted/needed to.

EDIT - that would only let you ride all the way home if you wanted, which you may not have. You'd still have to change the tube eventually, and a sufficiently long nail right down the middle like yours might even pierce the tubliss bladder.

EDIT 2 - Doh, Tubliss replaces the tube so you could just do a tire plug on the trail. For some reason I thought you still ran a tube with the Tubliss system.
 
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Relax said:
Check out Tubliss - lets you air down to zero pressure if you wanted/needed to.

EDIT - that would only let you ride all the way home if you wanted, which you may not have. You'd still have to change the tube eventually, and a sufficiently long nail right down the middle like yours might even pierce the tubliss bladder.
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Riding buddies have been going on and on about mousse. Saying how it's the best thing since the invention of the spoked wheel.

Until it's time to hit the slab. Then they're going 70 km/h.

Because... mousse...
 
Lightcycle said:
Riding buddies have been going on and on about mousse. Saying how it's the best thing since the invention of the spoked wheel.

Until it's time to hit the slab. Then they're going 70 km/h.

Because... mousse...
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I edited my post after you replied. Tubliss isn't mousse. It converts your tire to tubeless by sealing the tire to the rim with a low profile air bladder that can be pressurized to 100 PSI to keep the rim round, while at the same time allowing you to run any (or no) pressure in the tire itself.

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I asked my buddy who is knowledgeable on all things tube and tire-related and he sent me this picture of him having to change a Tubliss inner tube on the trail:

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They don't fail that often, but when they do, it's 10X more difficult to fix trailside than a conventional tube. Tire needs to come off the rim completely, finagling that small high-pressure inner tube underneath the red cover properly is a biotch and you need a trailside compressor that's good for 100 psi.

Tubliss says to change the small inner tube every 100 hours which may or may not last the life of the rear tire depending... 🤪 But if you're used to getting more life at around that time limit, then it's a mandatory tire off, inner tube change. Granted this wrench-work would probably happen in your garage as opposed to in the middle of a forest or desert somewhere...

Still, I'm sooooo very good at pinching tubes. Really debating about pulling the trigger on this:

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But... $400 shipped. And probably tariffs on top of this as well. So close to $450-$500... 🤪
 
Lightcycle said:
I asked my buddy who is knowledgeable on all things tube and tire-related and he sent me this picture of him having to change a Tubliss inner tube on the trail:

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They don't fail that often, but when they do, it's 10X more difficult to fix trailside than a conventional tube. Tire needs to come off the rim completely, finagling that small high-pressure inner tube underneath the red cover properly is a biotch and you need a trailside compressor that's good for 100 psi.

Tubliss says to change the small inner tube every 100 hours which may or may not last the life of the rear tire depending... 🤪 But if you're used to getting more life at around that time limit, then it's a mandatory tire off, inner tube change. Granted this wrench-work would probably happen in your garage as opposed to in the middle of a forest or desert somewhere...

Still, I'm sooooo very good at pinching tubes. Really debating about pulling the trigger on this:

Baja No Pinch - The Ultimate Dirt Bike Tire Changing Tool

Say goodbye to pinched tubes and hello to quick and easy tire changes with Baja No Pinch. Get your hands on the ultimate motorcycle tire changer today!
www.bajanopinch.com www.bajanopinch.com

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But... $400 shipped. And probably tariffs on top of this as well. So close to $450-$500... 🤪
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100 psi is easy enough with a small bicycle pump. It will take a few minutes of work but otherwise, no big deal. Most don't have gauges so it's not a bad idea to try at home and either count the pumps to fill or even better, try to get a feel for ~100 psi on your pump.
 
Lightcycle said:
Still, I'm sooooo very good at pinching tubes. Really debating about pulling the trigger on this:

Baja No Pinch - The Ultimate Dirt Bike Tire Changing Tool

Say goodbye to pinched tubes and hello to quick and easy tire changes with Baja No Pinch. Get your hands on the ultimate motorcycle tire changer today!
www.bajanopinch.com www.bajanopinch.com

But... $400 shipped. And probably tariffs on top of this as well. So close to $450-$500... 🤪
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I air up the tube before pushing it into the tire. Just enough to give it a little roundness but still able to compress, which prevents it from getting caught between the rim and tire. Or by the mounting spoons or tire machine head. Which is what Dunlop recommends:

 
Relax said:
I air up the tube before pushing it into the tire. Just enough to give it a little roundness but still able to compress, which prevents it from getting caught between the rim and tire. Or by the mounting spoons or tire machine head. Which is what Dunlop recommends:

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I do that too.

I suspect it's the end part when you're trying to push the last bit of tire over the rim and you're exerting superhuman effort, that's where I'm getting sloppy with the irons. The No Pinch tool makes it super-easy to just ratchet it over using the axle shaft as leverage.

I think my pinch-to-success ratio is around 1:4 :(
 
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I have Tubliss on my 300 as do most of my riding buddies. Never had a failure and it works excellent. I use my KTM supplied air pump for the forks to top up the Tubliss when needed.
The tubes aren’t expensive and because they’re inside a protective plastic/rubbery thing they don’t see any wear so could be ran for many many hours but I don’t think replacing a tube after 100hrs as precautionary is terrible.
 
Lightcycle said:
Wish I was doing this in my garage...

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Elapsed time to fix: 30 minutes.

But...

Pinched the tube while putting the new one in.

Took it out and tried to patch it.

Patch wouldn't hold.

Patched the old tube.

Patch wouldn't hold.

FML.

Took the other bike and rode to the store to buy a new inner tube.

Updated elapsed time to fix: 1.5 hours.

Then it rained.

Rode home in the rain.

So... no ride. Plus out $$$ for a new inner tube.

Plus... wet.

Currently Googling "how to patch inner tubes properly"
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My brain saw this pic...

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My first thought? Who fkn stretches a dual sport.

Damn I'm dumb somtimes.
 
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