I'm feeling a bit stressed now 🙂 Nice vid! Chuck, what is your experience with making spoked wheels tubeless with one of these kits like Outex Tubeless Kit ? Thanks!
I have zero experience with any tubeless kits except Tubliss. I believe generally that tubeless will always be less reliable than tubes or mousse & should only be used if the rider is on board with putting more effort into tire maintenance. There’s no doubt that traction can be improved, but reliability drops significantly.
Thanks! @@ChuckfromTrueTech I intend to make tire repair faster on a road trip with a Husqvarna 701 LR. 50/50 on/off road, so no motocross. Motoz Tractionator tire pressure will remain a constant value. I'm perfectly capable of repairing inner tubes but just want to have the possibility of putting in a quick repair plug in a tubeless tire when stuck in an impossible location. It's not much fun changing an inner tube on a rear tire next to the German highway or on a single track in the middle of the Congo rainforest. I will carry 1 spare inner tube with me anyway.
You make it sound easy, but each time I tighten my spokes I end up with a big truing fight on my hands 😂😂. When spokes are tight but the wheel is off true, would you recommend loosening all the spokes and starting truing from scratch?
No. It’s important to understand that you can only adjust the dish & the hop and that they are connected. Make small changes and refer back to your datum frequently. Use paint or tape to mark the spots you want to move.
@@ChuckfromTrueTech thanks. coincidentally, I noticed a couple of days ago that my front wheel (that I did some months ago) is a mess again, and am worried that keep tightening will eventually break some spokes. That’s why I was considering loose them all and restart.
Perfect, thankyou. I've been trying to get up the enthusiasm to marry a new hub to my old Behr 17 inch rim. KTM 640 to 500, different axles.) This, like all your vids, is a concise and useful piece of work we can all benefit from. Many thanks.
i have an 04 yz125 that i bought as a sort of budget project. I plan to sell it though and i dont think itd be worth swapping to an 18 inch rear wheel. that means im just gonna rock the 19. i will probably get spoke covers for it tho before i sell it,
Another stellar video. I am attempting at restoring a Xt225. I have rudimentary knowledge on mechanics but none specific to motorcycles. I have inspected wheels on the bike and and there are bent spokes so these will need to be replaced. I was terrified of doing this by my self and now that I have seen it its not as bad as I thought it would be. I have seen a catastrophic spoke failure on a street bike so I am very nervous but I think it will be doable now. Not sure if you have done a video on this but could you do a rebuild of a shock?
I guess the idea is that not even a noob to this is going to leave a spoke so loose that it's dangerously out of torque spec - but if that's not the case, then I suppose after truing, noobs (like myself) could go in with the torque wrench make sure that you're at least hitting that minimum or recommended torque on the loosest, and that all compensated truing spokes are at least tighter than that?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge Chuck! Another fantastic tutorial video which helped me tighten spokes and straighten my new front wheel.
Just wanted to say thank you. Best tutorial I've seen. I just re-laced and trued my first wheel using your method. Easy... thanks again.
Awesome!
I’ve done a front wheel myself and you make it look easy . I wish this video was out before I attempted mine .
This is all free people...thanks so much
Very nice! Probably will never do it but nice to know the concepts.
Best ever assembly vid , Chuck how much time do you spend on the average wheel build ??
If everything is clean & the rim in round I can often do it in under an hour. Most wheels are dirty & egg shaped though, so more realistic is 2 hours.
beautiful and very useful video! thank you so much!
I'm feeling a bit stressed now 🙂 Nice vid!
Chuck, what is your experience with making spoked wheels tubeless with one of these kits like Outex Tubeless Kit ? Thanks!
I have zero experience with any tubeless kits except Tubliss.
I believe generally that tubeless will always be less reliable than tubes or mousse & should only be used if the rider is on board with putting more effort into tire maintenance.
There’s no doubt that traction can be improved, but reliability drops significantly.
Thanks! @@ChuckfromTrueTech I intend to make tire repair faster on a road trip with a Husqvarna 701 LR. 50/50 on/off road, so no motocross. Motoz Tractionator tire pressure will remain a constant value. I'm perfectly capable of repairing inner tubes but just want to have the possibility of putting in a quick repair plug in a tubeless tire when stuck in an impossible location. It's not much fun changing an inner tube on a rear tire next to the German highway or on a single track in the middle of the Congo rainforest. I will carry 1 spare inner tube with me anyway.
You make it sound easy, but each time I tighten my spokes I end up with a big truing fight on my hands 😂😂. When spokes are tight but the wheel is off true, would you recommend loosening all the spokes and starting truing from scratch?
No. It’s important to understand that you can only adjust the dish & the hop and that they are connected. Make small changes and refer back to your datum frequently. Use paint or tape to mark the spots you want to move.
@@ChuckfromTrueTech thanks. coincidentally, I noticed a couple of days ago that my front wheel (that I did some months ago) is a mess again, and am worried that keep tightening will eventually break some spokes. That’s why I was considering loose them all and restart.
Perfect, thankyou. I've been trying to get up the enthusiasm to marry a new hub to my old Behr 17 inch rim. KTM 640 to 500, different axles.)
This, like all your vids, is a concise and useful piece of work we can all benefit from.
Many thanks.
Ha. I have EXACTLY the same issue. Although I'm also thinking of putting the 640 cush hub on my dirt rear too, for freeway stuff.
i have an 04 yz125 that i bought as a sort of budget project. I plan to sell it though and i dont think itd be worth swapping to an 18 inch rear wheel. that means im just gonna rock the 19. i will probably get spoke covers for it tho before i sell it,
Another stellar video. I am attempting at restoring a Xt225. I have rudimentary knowledge on mechanics but none specific to motorcycles. I have inspected wheels on the bike and and there are bent spokes so these will need to be replaced. I was terrified of doing this by my self and now that I have seen it its not as bad as I thought it would be. I have seen a catastrophic spoke failure on a street bike so I am very nervous but I think it will be doable now. Not sure if you have done a video on this but could you do a rebuild of a shock?
Hope it helps when you’ve got the wheel apart on the bench!
I haven’t done a video of a shock rebuild yet. I definitely will in the future.
I guess the idea is that not even a noob to this is going to leave a spoke so loose that it's dangerously out of torque spec - but if that's not the case, then I suppose after truing, noobs (like myself) could go in with the torque wrench make sure that you're at least hitting that minimum or recommended torque on the loosest, and that all compensated truing spokes are at least tighter than that?
I suppose you could use it like that, yes.
I was gonna pay to have a set of wheels built but i think after your explanation i will donit myself..
NICE!!!