1 dual sport Tires? clarifying my question Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:44 pm
6strings
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I would like to put dual sport tires on my K bike, does anyone have suggestions on tires, I am converting the bike to a more scrambler type. I found an extension for the rear shock to get a a little more clearance. I rode about 50 miles on gravel out by my family's old farmstead this past weekend and realized the there is much more to see if you can just get off the slab.
I've noticed there a couple that say they are tube type tires, Shinko to be specific, They were recommended by a rider I'm aquainted with in Marne, Iowa. Can you actually put tube type tires on the y spoke rims on an 85 k100?
I have no interest in using a tube tire, it just seems through my searching that many dual sport tires that are available in the odd front wheel size of the K100 are tube type tires. Personally, I feel tubeless is the way to go, and somewhere I picked up info, I believe that a tube type tire on the y spoke mag of the K100 doesn't let the tire bead actually seat correctly just wonderng about others experience, or knowledge. I did read that Scrapheap thread a while ago. Kind of hoping for something a little more economical, like the shinko, I'm told by a few that the shinko gets pretty decent mileage I'm just not sure of the tube thing
I've noticed there a couple that say they are tube type tires, Shinko to be specific, They were recommended by a rider I'm aquainted with in Marne, Iowa. Can you actually put tube type tires on the y spoke rims on an 85 k100?
I have no interest in using a tube tire, it just seems through my searching that many dual sport tires that are available in the odd front wheel size of the K100 are tube type tires. Personally, I feel tubeless is the way to go, and somewhere I picked up info, I believe that a tube type tire on the y spoke mag of the K100 doesn't let the tire bead actually seat correctly just wonderng about others experience, or knowledge. I did read that Scrapheap thread a while ago. Kind of hoping for something a little more economical, like the shinko, I'm told by a few that the shinko gets pretty decent mileage I'm just not sure of the tube thing
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