sorry if a dumb question but cant seem to find a definitive answer googling. have a triumph thunderbird sat here with 18" tubed spoked front wheel and wondering if i can buy/fit a tubeless tyre to it . been a looong time since i had anything to do with tubed wheels.
You can but I think you have to wrap a rubber liner round the rim where the spokes poke through to seal them off.
Needs more than a rubber liner. You can get epoxy resin banding kits to do the job. Depending on if you are wanting to get to serious speeds, why not just run a tube in the tubeless tyre as Pete says. Pretty much all of the spoked style classics and many big trailies etc running modern tyres do anyway.
Be careful when you fit a tube in a tubeless tyre as some tubeless have ribs on the inside of the tyre which will chafe the tube
not recommended or allowed on cars with anything less than an 80 profile due to overheating and blow outs
yeh sorry i should have added, "with a tube" .:Asshat: just needing confirmation theres no difference in the wall size etc,have a very vague memory of car tyres being slightly off in sizes,showing my age lol, when i slowly moved over to the new thing ie tubeless tyres many moons ago in my ford capris n various old heaps. had the same problems with "metric" changeover n all..:Bag: thanks chaps,has cheered me up, n now to hit the tyre shops for a decent front tyre
[QUOTE="gregotch, post: 424137, member: 2680It'ssorry if a dumb question but cant seem to find a definitive answer googling. have a triumph thunderbird sat here with 18" tubed spoked front wheel and wondering if i can buy/fit a tubeless tyre to it . been a looong time since i had anything to do with tubed wheels.[/QUOTE] I also have a Thunderbird 900 sitting here. Its very happy on tubeless tyres with tube in. I have Avon Roadriders on it at the moment, as rear tyre size limits choice. Changed the shock today for a Hagon. Much improved.
I also have a Thunderbird 900 sitting here. Its very happy on tubeless tyres with tube in. I have Avon Roadriders on it at the moment, as rear tyre size limits choice. Changed the shock today for a Hagon. Much improved.[/QUOTE] nice one ES,theres a bridgestone something on it presently,got to be the worst tyre ive ever ridden on,like it adds bumps that arent even there and skips about all over the place at 80+mph,the tread pattern belongs to a dirtbike,truly scary stuff and quite unnerving lol.
I assume yours is the ordinary Thunderbird 900 like mine (not Sport, Adventurer, Legend, etc.)? Mine came with very old tyres, and the rear was a 160/80 x16. I swapped it for a 150/80 x16, which is also recommended even though some manuals say 160. The 160 is too cumbersome, and I think is a bit wide for the rim - a bit like replacing the 190 with a 180 on my 999. The 150 has been fine, and with the new shock, and decent tyres, handles pretty well for a chunky old thing...!
yeh,i love the old style tbirds and the tridents,not a fan of anything much with "sport" tacked to the badge plus its nice owning one of the few actually made in britain which is the whole point of having a triumph for me really,for speed etc theres better makes nowadays hence the st2 etc(imo). agree on the fat rears,doesnt suit that many bikes i find,makes them handle like wheelbarrows :Hilarious:
