Daniel Meyer
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« on: July 03, 2015, 05:40:29 PM » |
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Friends don't let friends...run OEM valve stems...  |
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« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2015, 05:48:37 PM » |
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OK, now I know who's been hoarding those valve stems.  |
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« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2015, 04:03:46 AM » |
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sooooooooooo, what should we be using..........pics??? link????
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« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2015, 06:23:44 AM » |
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mucho gracias senor. still have oem on my 2000 I/S
think i'll get the good ones with next tire change.
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Pete
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« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2015, 06:38:21 AM » |
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mucho gracias senor. still have oem on my 2000 I/S
think i'll get the good ones with next tire change.
I thought the same thing. Did not work out for me. It seems that at about 15 years they fail (3 out of 4 chances). Before riding on an original I would check them by moving them left to right and listening for an air leak. And I would change them as soon as possible, anyway. You can do it with a c clamp and 2 pieces of wood without taking the wheels off. |
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« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2015, 08:40:02 AM » |
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Before I was on this board , My bike went to storage when I got hurt and sat for a year and a half.
I went and picked it up and on the way back, a stem leaked. Did the electric tape trick. It lasted until about three blocks from my shop. Limped it there and had the guy at the Harley shop put in oem Honda stems. About three months later , one of them started leaking. By then I knew that they should not be used. Since then , I have installed several on other bikes. (usually at no charge)
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Patrick
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« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2015, 08:59:16 AM » |
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sooooooooooo, what should we be using..........pics??? link????
How about the ones in the picture. They are availably almost anywhere. |
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« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2015, 09:14:18 AM » |
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Friends don't let friends...run OEM valve stems... [/ Damn, I learned lesson on VRCC back in 19?? Where have you guys been ?  That was when I knew "crap" about our Valkries . |
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« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2015, 03:08:47 AM » |
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"You can do it with a c clamp and 2 pieces of wood without taking the wheels off."
got pics or better instructions, i may give this a try.
sure don't want to have one go bad when i'm on the road.
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« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2015, 04:40:47 AM » |
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"You can do it with a c clamp and 2 pieces of wood without taking the wheels off."
got pics or better instructions, i may give this a try.
sure don't want to have one go bad when i'm on the road.
Here's us changing one on the road with clamps...  Here's me testing it out at home, this worked fine...  Here's something that didn't work... without the boards there's probably not enough clamps in the world for a rear tire... plus, without the boards the point load from the clamp on your side wall looks like it can't be good for the tire...  -Mike |
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Pete
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« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2015, 05:22:26 AM » |
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"You can do it with a c clamp and 2 pieces of wood without taking the wheels off."
got pics or better instructions, i may give this a try.
sure don't want to have one go bad when i'm on the road.
There are several ways that work. I use 1 8 inch clamp and 1 small piece of wood and large piece of wood. The small piece of wood is about 2 inch by 2.5 inch and goes from the edge of the rim to just short of the tread start ridge. The large piece is 4 inch by 8 to 12 inch and rest on the rim and tire on the other side. Line up the clamp just off center of the valve stem, so you have room to get the valve stem out and close to the rim. As the clamp and small block of wood clears the rim edge let it ease into the rim. That is how I do it and I have done 4 this way all on the bike. |
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« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2015, 07:12:25 AM » |
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Here's us changing one on the road with clamps... -Mike This one went all at once much like a blowout .... We was going through a small town in Alabama when it let go so luckly I wasn't going that fast. If you still run OEM stems you are asking for it. |
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« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2015, 11:49:05 AM » |
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IF the valve stems are the original ones installed when the bike was built.
THEY WILL FAIL - in cases I have knowledge of the 15th year is the critical year.
I have seen 3 fail at 15 years of age.
I know I know they never should have been left in that long, but they were.
Any rubber stem should be changed every 3 to 4 years of 30 o 40 thousand miles.
Actually time is more important that mileage, as they rot from exposure.
Of the four I have changed 2 only had 10,000 miles but were 15 years old.
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Daniel Meyer
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« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2015, 06:13:52 AM » |
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If you run the OEM stems (it's hard for me to believe anybody does still) to be reasonably safe they need to be changed at every tire change.
To be *actually* safe, they need to be changed before every ride...to some other valve-stem.
Worst valve stem design ever.
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