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When we had our store and we did a lot of HD tires it was always
interesting what we would find in HD spoke rims.
When we sold HD tires we onlyused OEM tubes. They cost a lot more but we never had a come back on a HD wire rim.
I once replaced a tube on a new HD tire put on by a HD dealer
200 mile before and it was the cheapest tube you could buy! I found tubes pinched on the bead, also have seen HD tires with the tube
glued to the inside tire from heat. ( Guys pulling trailers and not watching their PSI) etc.
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(03-29-2015, 11:56 PM)CA200_imp Wrote: When we had our store and we did a lot of HD tires it was always
interesting what we would find in HD spoke rims.
When we sold HD tires we onlyused OEM tubes. They cost a lot more but we never had a come back on a HD wire rim.
I once replaced a tube on a new HD tire put on by a HD dealer
200 mile before and it was the cheapest tube you could buy! I found tubes pinched on the bead, also have seen HD tires with the tube
glued to the inside tire from heat. ( Guys pulling trailers and not watching their PSI) etc.
CA,
I had a flat repair at the HD dealership in Colorado Springs and the tube was pinched in the tire bead during installation. It held air until I was 100 miles north of Santa Fe and then went flat. A long tow (flatbed) into town, another repair, and an overnight hotel stay. Total PITA but the dealer in Colorado Springs sent me a check to cover everything including my room. Stand up guys.
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Chip that's great. Most people don't understand that it is much harder to put a tube in a HD tire then other types. They have side valves and the HD tires are much stiffer then a normal motorcycle tire. I would be amiss to say that I have never made mistakes but you hope to catch it before it leaves your shop.
