"Instructions are just the manufacturers opinion on how to install it" Tim Taylor of "Tool Time"
Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know. - Cullen Hightower
I run 2.15f and 2.5r, and have no issues with the width or handling, quite the opposite, and I have set up my other bikes to all run the same wheels so that I have the best tyres including wets for the right bike at the right meeting.
I wouldn't run wire wheels cos you then need tubes. Which greatly increases you chances of punctures.
Does anyone know what size rims are on a 1988 gsxr 250?
Tyre talc, good idea, we will get some.
Kickaha are you "someone with 1/2 a clue" have you run tubes with RS125 slickes successfully yourself? Up this way we don't know of anyone else running tubes and slicks on wire wheels.
Certainly caused us a few problems, the price or brand of the tubes did not seem to be a good guide to their quality either. Tubes for the 90/90/17 front are a bit hard to get too.
We have been looking at glueing up the spoke holes/nipples to try and run them tubless. We have heard talk of others doing this.
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Yes, we use rim tapes and secure them with electricians tape so they don't get pushed aside when fitting the tyre.
The problem has been these little ribs that are moulded on the inside of the Dunlop tyre (Michlin/Bridgestone, cant remember if they have them too, but think so). These ribs rub on and wear through the tube eventualy and some times the tubes have failed along the seams, from excessive flexing I supose.
We have been looking at sealing the spokes, but a lot of the rims have a very poor finish inside at the weld where they have been joined and we doubt they are good enough for a tubless tyre to seal there.
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