Posts: 6 Join date: 2009-01-05 Location: Near the Fred Meyer in Ballard
Subject: The pros and cons of a heavy duty tube 1/4/2009, 7:52 pm
I put a michelin heavy doody tube on the rear rim of the DRZ, and I've solved my flat tire problems. I would get a nail from my gravel alley about once a month, maybe it's luck I don't know.
But the weird thing is the pressure gague is very slow to record the air presure. It's weird.
Posts: 2 Join date: 2009-01-11 Age: 62 Location: X-treme NW Or. "The wetter place"
Subject: Re: The pros and cons of a heavy duty tube 1/11/2009, 5:30 pm
toothy wrote:
I put a michelin heavy doody tube on the rear rim of the DRZ, and I've solved my flat tire problems. I would get a nail from my gravel alley about once a month, maybe it's luck I don't know.
But the weird thing is the pressure gague is very slow to record the air presure. It's weird.
+ 1 on heavy tubes. I don't like fixing flats at home or elsewhere. An added benefit to heavy duty is they are harder to pinch than standard tubes. I have them in my '06 KLR650 and '82 XL250R. I know I shouldn't say this, but no flats in 20+ years. Maybe the heavies use a different core in the stem, as my gauge works weird on them too. Just thought it was wearing out....Dan.
Just replaced 25 yr old rotted tires on my new to me xl350r. Front tube must have been changed at some time and it was basically a tube inside a tube. It was like a tire liner I guess you could say. The outside tube had the rim area striped out, about a 3" strip including of course the valve. Must have been the trick before H.D. tubes. Anyway, I replaced the tubes with HD tubes and slimed them for good measure.
Subject: Re: The pros and cons of a heavy duty tube 8/19/2009, 5:23 pm
toothy wrote:
I put a michelin heavy doody tube on the rear rim of the DRZ, and I've solved my flat tire problems. I would get a nail from my gravel alley about once a month, maybe it's luck I don't know.
But the weird thing is the pressure gague is very slow to record the air presure. It's weird.
Did you add any flat proofing like slime in the new tube? If you did that will make pressure checking hard at times.
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Subject: The pros and cons of a heavy duty tube 
1/4/2009, 7:52 pm
+ 1 on heavy tubes. I don't like fixing flats at home or elsewhere. An added benefit to heavy duty is they are harder to pinch than standard tubes. I have them in my '06 KLR650 and '82 XL250R. I know I shouldn't say this, but no flats in 20+ years. 
Maybe the heavies use a different core in the stem, as my gauge works weird on them too. Just thought it was wearing out....Dan.
