As Iva was inquiring into this topic I thought I’d give an update.
The DRZ which I sold to a mate still has the tubliss setup and as it’s not ridden often or hard it hasn’t had a flat for yonks.
I put a set in my 350 when I changed the tyres so has been at least 1 year now and about 5000k’s.
I found if I ran low pressures like 8 psi in the front I would occasionally get a flat at the rim lock.
This was due to hitting a rock right at the rim lock. You knew it from the wrist jarring knock.
The rim lock in the tubliss system is aluminium. It allows you to put air in the tyre (low pressure area).
I’m running 12psi in the front now and have had no problems or flats since.
I run about 8psi in the rear tyre and haven’t had a rear flat. That goes for the DRZ too it never had a rear flat.
Sam’s 250 has had the tubliss system for the same time as the DRZ and runs his tyres around 12psi front and 8 – 9psi rear, I’ve noticed he has a plug in the rear tyre which is about shagged and a plug in the front as well.
On big rides I may carry a spare tube and this came in handy on Bob’s Neville ride.
I split the front tyre (about an inch long) when I ran up White Rockets arse. :blush: :whistle: :pinch: It was too big to put a patch on so we swapped it with Galey’s tyre which was running a mousse and I put on Galey’s with the spare tube. At lunch time we got a spare tyre and put the system back in.
If there was no option of swapping I would have ridden with the tyre flat (carefully) as it will stay on the beadwith the tubliss system.
Is it easy to live with? Yes. If I get a flat it’s so easy to fix.
I haven’t had a flat in the small inner tube as yet so can’t comment on the degree of difficulty to fix it.
Adam.
