The CB1100 Community Forum

Full Version: 2021 Guzzi V7 Special
You're currently viewing a stripped down version of our content. View the full version with proper formatting.
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
(01-31-2022, 01:24 PM)Rboe_imp Wrote: [ -> ]It is my understanding the design of the rims used to be different for tube vs tubeless - now.... not so much. This is what drove the change to duel use tires.

Now I'm not really sold on the same manufacture of the tube must match the tire (as a parts manager that would be a nightmare to keep in stock! So it would probably be a special order in most cases), so I'd be interested in the rational for that (other than monetary).

... my best guess, a match in the surface friction between the two fabrics. Just think shirt and pants. I am sure you have owned a shirt which stayed in your jeans all day long while walking, and another shirt which constantly pulled out and came loose. It's all about how the two types of fabric rub against another. So if the fabric of tube and tire match, the tube doesn't move, and it doesn't exercise a pull on the valve. If the two fabrics don't match, the tube wants to pull one way or the other. Makes sense ?
(02-01-2022, 01:05 AM)Ollie_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Those tubeless spoke wheels look just like what BMW has been offering for over 30 years now. I haven't looked closely at the ones HD offers on the Pan Am, do they use the same design?
The ones Yamaha uses on their Tenere' 1200 incorporate a raised flange allowing the spokes to be attached closer to the center of the wheel rather out at the very outer edge.

[url=https://postimages.org/][Image: fd4b164e746559ed227f49497d985491.jpg]

The KTM 1090 I had used a more conventional spoke wheel with some kind of sealing band to make them tubeless but recommend it be replaced every so many years.

Man, that is a way cool shot.
It is but not mine I found it on the web, but it shows what I see as an elegant, strong, tubeless design that Yamaha (or their wheel supplier) came up with.
(02-01-2022, 05:05 AM)Ollie_imp Wrote: [ -> ]It is but not mine I found it on the web, but it shows what I see as an elegant, strong, tubeless design that Yamaha (or their wheel supplier) came up with.

Honda really needs to up their game. In your example the spokes are protected from rim impacts.
Any news [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=3454]PB on your up and coming V7?
I'm soon to get a 2021 Guzzi V85TT.
(02-17-2022, 05:56 AM)Ollie_imp Wrote: [ -> ]I'm soon to get a 2021 Guzzi V85TT.

Please do report out with lots of photos and a sound clip, if possible.
Will do, well I'm not sure I know how to post a sound clip. Plan on picking it up Monday.
(02-17-2022, 06:23 AM)Ollie_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Will do, well I'm not sure I know how to post a sound clip. Plan on picking it up Monday.

If you are into posting YouTube videos, maybe two birds with one stone. That is:

A panned walk-around of the beast and start-er up at the same time.

Then just share the YouTube link here at the Forum.
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13