Tubeless tires on TD wheels?
Anybody have any experience running tubeless tires on their disk wheeled TD’s? I haven’t tried it because I felt that the rim wouldn’t seal them adequately. Sharp turns would put an extreme force against the rim and cause tires to separate. Besides, were tubeless tires available at that time? All experiences will help me decide to go that route since eliminating tubes might help with the balance problem I’ve been having. If there is less mass turning, fewer problems with scuttle shake or am I wrong here? I can speak to that issue. When I got my 52 it had a virtually new set of Semperit 165-15 tubeless radials on it. During the first four years I had the tub off of the rolling frame. I had to periodically add air to two of the tires so that I could move it around. After getting it driveable I found that filling the tires was a hassle, so I took the tires off and had a look. The air was not leaking from around the bead, it sealed okay. The leaks were from the inside, hub, section of the
