metric tire sizes?
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shawnee1952
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- Location: Lisbon Ohio
- Motorcycle: 1977 gl1000
1987 Gl1200 Interstate
metric tire sizes?
I have been cruizing the internet looking for tires for my 77 and find most of them are listed with metric sizes. Not being fluent in metric conversions, just what the heck am I looking at? Also, most tires are now tubeless and I don't want to give up my old wire spoke wheels. Can I put a tube in a "tubeless "tire? Any suggestions and advice are deeply appreciated. Thanks
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Fred Camper
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- Location: Metro Detroit, MI
- Motorcycle: 1977 GL1000, 1976 LTD GL1000
Re: metric tire sizes?
Yes, tubes work just fine in a tubeless tire. One issue to note is that fixing a flat in a tube within a tubeless tire can be a pain, as you must break the tubeless bead on the rim and that can be impossible on the side of the road without a proper bead break tool.shawnee1952 wrote:I have been cruizing the internet looking for tires for my 77 and find most of them are listed with metric sizes. Not being fluent in metric conversions, just what the heck am I looking at? Also, most tires are now tubeless and I don't want to give up my old wire spoke wheels. Can I put a tube in a "tubeless "tire? Any suggestions and advice are deeply appreciated. Thanks
Your rear can be a 130 90 17 MC, but 120 90 17 MC is closer to stock.
Your front can be 100 90 19 MC and be close to stock.