[Tigers] LAT 9 Wheels

[Terry Packer]

FWIW - I recently served as a test rider for a new motorcycle product which allows running greatly reduced tire pressures without pinch-flatting. It worked beautifully. But near the end of the long-term test I experienced a failure. The flat resulted from abrasion between the inner tube and tire - the front inner tube had literally worn through in one location and showed significant abrasion in several other spots. The tube in the rear wheel showed significant abrasion as well but had not worn completely through. The only application to Tigers is to confirm that tube abrasion caused by tire flex and potentially elevated temperatures is a real phenomenon.
Terry Packer 
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      From: wseay via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
 To: Tom Witt <atwittsend at verizon.net>; tigers at autox.team.net 
 Sent: Friday, November 6, 2015 11:22 AM
 Subject: Re: [Tigers] LAT 9 Wheels
   
Back in the day when radial tires were fairly new, I ran radials on my Tiger.  I also used a tube.  The tube was a heavy-duty (thicker) one that was made for radials.  I was told that the heavy-duty tube was needed because the sidewalls of a radial will flex and scuff the tube.  Don’t know if anyone makes a heavy-duty tube today or not. Will - wseay at embarqmail.com
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From: Tom Witt via Tigers Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 1:45 PMTo: tigers at autox.team.net Subject: Re: [Tigers] LAT 9 Wheels A while back I recall looking into using a tube in a modern tire and the resounding answer was NO. Apparently the interior tire surfaces are coarse and abraid the tube. Which then leaves the question who would produce a modern type tire and have the interior constructed to suit a very small minority of drivers?  Anyway, this is just a “Safety First” FYI.  I’m not saying people haven’t used tubes and had no issues. I’m just restating what I read. From: Jay Laifman via Tigers Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 6:28 AMTo: Richard Bruner Cc: Tiger's Den Subject: Re: [Tigers] LAT 9 Wheels That is the issue with both LAT wheels - as I understand it.  I think there is a description about it on the Sunbeam Specialties catalog.  The wheels did not have the groove on the inner lip for the tire bead to seat - or it was not as deep as more modern wheels.  That was one of the selling points of Rick's LAT wheels - he added a deeper groove.  So it sounds like people may put tubes in for that reason. On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Richard Bruner via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

Are the LAT 9 wheels supposed to be tubeless?  I took the old tires off of mine, and they all had tubes in them.  I also need to refinish the wheels, and I was hoping not to damage the original bare machined surfaces with too harsh of an abrasive.  I was thinking soda blasting might be the best choice?  Any suggestions?

Richard
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