Pros and Cons Tubeless Tires Must Be Understood

For the biker did you know the strengths and weaknesses oftires?tubelessMany of us have heard that tubeless tires are better than regular tires. And also supposedly saidtirestubelessis not easy to leakif hitting a nailmines.

In this article I will discuss about the two types of tires and how to fix it right if your tire is leaking when the road. Here's his review.

For those of you who do not know the difference Tubeless Tires and Tire Ordinary (Tubetype), I want to share let everything here on out before deciding to use or buy tires for their vehicles.

Many motorcycle owners do not understand the use of tubeless tires. Some motorists are still many who mistakenly interpret, that tubeless tires better. In fact, whether good or not depends on the use of the motor. Tubeless tires are not always better, if its use is 'nonsense' can even be detrimental.

Tires Tubeless tires harder than usual, it is because the structure is thicker and dense rubber. If you often pass broken or uneven roads, better use regular tires.

Imposing tubeless tire wear will only damage the rim and tire easily damaged in a certain period of usage.

Tubeless tires suitable for use in urban road conditions are smooth. To maneuver or cornering, this tire is more mengigir and stable at high speeds.

Unlike the usual tire is comfortable on the streets crowded and jammed the need dark-skid. Tubeless tires can only be paired for racing rim, while the rim radius can only be for a regular tire.

Although now there are technologies that can put spokes rim with tubeless tire rim does not mean they are suitable, butforced.

There are 2 main types of tires categories from the tire manufacturers often make the owner of the motor so confused, select tires with inner tubes (with tube) or tire without inner tube (tubeless)?

profile tires (physical) and consequently

Generally tire with tube has a profile with more boxes, making it difficult to maneuver at high speed, the point is more difficult and dangerous if we want to invite collapsed in the corner.

At low speed the tire is more ideal to be invited weaving weaving between cars. While tubeless tires with tire shape that is generally more rounded, the effect is obvious, at a high speed motor with this type of tires tasty and easy to maneuver invited here and there, more stable, make the rider more confidence.

Resilience (duration)

non-tubeless tires are usually able to survive up to 2 years, while tubeless tires because it is generally made ​​with a softer compound, then the use of a shorter time, for everyday use can range from 1.5 years.

When the rain

When the road surface is wet, the tires are assigned to drain flow as soon as possible, because it tires have wet groove / flowers that are designed specifically and deeper groove.

When it rains good grip with tube or tubeless tires depends on the type of tire development itself. Ease such as MotoGP, when it rains, we live in the pit, his motorcycle semotor-dressing!

Anti Leaks?

Is it true tubeless tire leak-proof? The short answer right! but not leakproof, just more leakproof. Tubeless tires should also be so exposed nails in the road, immediately brought to the tubeless tire repairman, albeit indirectly tubeless tires deflated, but if left unchecked, this can damage the steel belt tires.

So the owner of tubeless tires should conduct periodic checks on the tires, know 'know the form of the tires were not round anymore!

Caring for and Patching Tire Tubeless

For those of you who like to drive, issues surrounding the leaking tire of frequently encountered and to watch out for. Although the tires are new, but when I'm bad luck, flat ketusuk also pointed objects such as nails and such.

Then the tire was replaced and taken to the spare tire tire repairman. Then what will be done repairman?

With a defense that will be patched tires, tires that was intact was now pierced with a skewer in the amount approximately equal to the size of our little finger.

Tires that had leaked just the tip of the needle, now made ​​a hole for the mouth of the pipe. The tubeless tire repairman called it "tubeless tire patch".

Did you know that this is the beginning of the end of the world our new tires!

After dibolongi with the tool, rope fibers plugged into a perforation tires with strain considerable potential for further damage the tires.

From materials rubber, woven yarn woven wire contrived to tear and break up a mess, so the tires we become increasingly weak. This is the form of apocalypse of our tires after paying the cost of the patchwork of 8.000 to 10.000 dollars.

For the first time the patch might survive for a few weeks or months, but if the same point it was leaking again kagak can no longer blocked by the fiber rope. But must use the tires.

Why ?? .. it's tubeless tire, the tire life ..?

And if we want to be patient, there are ways that are far superior (in terms of strength, no damage at all), saving time, costs and power, and can be done alone without removing the wheels.

The trick is

1. Boosting leaking tire wheel (tire does not need to be removed).
2. Turn the steering wheel so that the tire leads out spakboard.
3. Pump it up and turn it slowly while watered.
4. After air bubbles visible sign of leaking, mark the leaky area (circle should use tip-ex).
5. Wash to clean the leak area and wipe with a dry cloth.
6. After the glue dried tetesi power of glue so that the glue seep into the hole. Enough with the power of glue glue which cost Rp. 1000 alone. Help with jabbing sharp objects such as nails are clean to the hole so that the glue more smoothly enter. And wait to dry for a few minutes.
7. Then the pump again OK! Patching job is finished.

What Tubeless Tire Pros?

1. Strong and anti failed. Power glue adhesive power higher than themselves rubber cohesive power, so this point becomes more powerful than the rest. No part may be dislodged or bounce, because it only uses glue, Life time guarantee!
2. Not the slightest weakening the tire network.
3. Does not add mass that affects the balance.
4. There will never need tires over the life of the tire. Using tires in increasing costs, complicating the setting wheel, lower reliability and risk of failure is much higher.
5. Do not depend on others and tire repairman and tools are more complicated. Can be done yourself easily, enough to capitalize a glue pawer Rp.1000 course, a bicycle pump the kids at home, and leverage existing ones. Costs are much lower. A small tube of glue pawer can patch dozens leak point.
6. The condition of tires remain intact, as if the tires never mangalami leak. Not damage the gum tissue, yarn and tire cord.

How to Read a Tyre

tires on a vehicle (especially on the road) is a mandatory component that must exist. Maybe once in a while a motorist change a tire bike, either because it is damaged, leaking or because just want to change the appearance of a new motor with different tires.

At the time of changing a tire, maybe we've seen there are listed the codes on the side of the tire, what the heck the meaning of the code?

Well, to clarify understanding let's see the image below:

Tire Size

When purchasing new tires (especially without sample old tires). We are asked by the seller tire "Want a measure of how?".

There are two standard size used by tire manufacturers, some stores may have a call value "2.50-17" and most of the other stores call value "100 / 90-18 ".

Both of these values ​​are correct but refer to two different international standards.

FOR TIRE SIZE 2.50-17 have the following meaning:

• The width of the tire tread (Normal Section Width) is 2:50 inch
• rim diameter sizes (Rim Diameter) is a 17-inch ,
• If after the value of 2:50 followed by a slash with other values ​​such as 2.50 / 60, it is thick or high ratio is 60% of the tire tread = 60% x 2:50 inch.

FOR TIRE SIZE 100 / 90-18 have the following meanings:

• tire tread width (Normal Section Width) is 100mm,
• diameter size wheels (Rim Diameter) is a 18 inch,
• thick ratio / tire height (aspect ratio) is 90% of the width of the tire tread or 90% x 100mm = 90mm.

Maximum Load and Speed (Service Description)

Maximum Load and speed are usually written into one in sign in brackets, eg "(73W)". The number "73" is the load index (Load Index) and the letter "W" is a symbol of speed (Speed ​​Symbol).

To interpret the symbols and indices above can be seen from the following table:

The point that enables tubeless tire wear because although not leakproof but minimal still can walk to the nearest repair shop when suddenly hit the nail.

So if you wear biker regular tires or tubeless tires?