Metal valve stem or rubber?

TheRealWorld · 06-01-2009, 10:36 PM

I had my wife pick up a tube for the back of my Roketta (4.10 18) and it did not have the metal valve stem. It has a pure rubber one and it does not fit in the hole provided.

What are your thoughts? Should I bore the hole out or get a different tube?

katoranger · 06-01-2009, 10:50 PM

I think I would get a different tube. The threaded stem makes keeps it in place. I have never seen one for a motorcycle without.

Just hate to have a failure on the road do to saving $3 on a tube.

Allen

FastDoc · 06-02-2009, 11:12 AM

Return the tube.
Buy a top of the line replacement.
Beat the wife.

You know the last point was a joke, right? :P

TheRealWorld · 06-02-2009, 11:16 AM

FastDoc,

I have accomplished all of the above. Darn, here come those domestic abuse people again!

SeerAtlas · 06-02-2009, 01:48 PM

here's my tip...might solve other (this is 'good enough for the damned bike' problems in the future

1. search net for bloody gory motorcycle accident pictures.
2. show to wife explaining "this is what happens when cheap rubber necked tube blows while riding"
3. enjoy top quality equipment the rest of your riding career without any bitching from wife

CAVEAT!! This assumes wife wants to keep you around!!! If having domestic difficulties, DISREGARD ALL OF FOREGOING!!!!

8O

seer heheheh

TheRealWorld · 06-02-2009, 03:00 PM

I'm starting to have concerns, my wife has suggested that I go on the trick riding circuit! When I get out on Huber I might give it a try!

undertulsa · 06-03-2009, 12:12 AM

Don't be cheap with you life be cheap with your wife.

Get top of line tires after you let wife ride 2000mi on the current ones. oh and get her a life ins policy

06-01-2009, 10:36 PM	#1
TheRealWorld Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 817	Metal valve stem or rubber? I had my wife pick up a tube for the back of my Roketta (4.10 18) and it did not have the metal valve stem. It has a pure rubber one and it does not fit in the hole provided. What are your thoughts? Should I bore the hole out or get a different tube?
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06-01-2009, 10:50 PM	#2
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	I think I would get a different tube. The threaded stem makes keeps it in place. I have never seen one for a motorcycle without. Just hate to have a failure on the road do to saving $3 on a tube. Allen __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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06-02-2009, 11:12 AM	#3
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	Return the tube. Buy a top of the line replacement. Beat the wife. You know the last point was a joke, right? :P __________________ Happy to serve.
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06-02-2009, 01:48 PM	#5
SeerAtlas Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 770	here's my tip...might solve other (this is 'good enough for the damned bike' problems in the future 1. search net for bloody gory motorcycle accident pictures. 2. show to wife explaining "this is what happens when cheap rubber necked tube blows while riding" 3. enjoy top quality equipment the rest of your riding career without any bitching from wife CAVEAT!! This assumes wife wants to keep you around!!! If having domestic difficulties, DISREGARD ALL OF FOREGOING!!!! 8O seer heheheh __________________ Seer's First LAW-"FLY THE PLANE!", fail that, and nothing else matters. 12th Law- Consider what marvels you might do if only you had tomorrow to live over again. Third Law-When someone tells you some thing "Can't Be Done", what they're really saying is They can't do it!!14th Law-Just because something "IS", doesn't necessarily mean it SHOULD be.. Eighth Law-The only true personal security is anonymity.Ninth Law-Humans tend to learn very little when speaking.10th Law-Some lives ARE worth taking
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06-03-2009, 12:12 AM	#7
undertulsa Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 219	Solution Don't be cheap with you life be cheap with your wife. Get top of line tires after you let wife ride 2000mi on the current ones. oh and get her a life ins policy
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06-02-2009, 11:16 AM	#4
TheRealWorld Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 817	FastDoc, I have accomplished all of the above. Darn, here come those domestic abuse people again!
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06-02-2009, 03:00 PM	#6
TheRealWorld Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 817	I'm starting to have concerns, my wife has suggested that I go on the trick riding circuit! When I get out on Huber I might give it a try!
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