• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Sprockets cover hard, deformed, yellowish and broken

Santi Beard

Santi Beard

Husqvarna
AA Class
this morning I have put new tyres. Karoo
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when i dismantled the sahara, i discovered something strange
The rim strip was hard, deformed, yellowish and broken
Has anyone had the same problem?
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Is that the spoke nipple cover that is inside the wheel/tire area? If so, when that happens I usually just take good quality electrical tape and cover the nipples with 5 or 6 layers of it (making sure the surface of the wheel is totally clean).
 
kjackbrown said:
Is that the spoke nipple cover that is inside the wheel/tire area? If so, when that happens I usually just take good quality electrical tape and cover the nipples with 5 or 6 layers of it (making sure the surface of the wheel is totally clean).
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I have put 2 layers of duct tape. I think it will work fine
 
Yes.
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I installed new ones then ran a strip of gorilla tape (strong duct tape) over the diameter and haven't had any problems yet.
 
What is this tyres name/type? It looks really nice!





Santi Beard said:
this morning I have put new tyres. Karoo
DSC_0809_zps3a294457.jpg


when i dismantled the sahara, i discovered something strange
The rim strip was hard, deformed, yellowish and broken
Has anyone had the same problem?
DSC_0813_zps0c4cd0d7.jpg
Click to expand...
 
Yeah, that rim strip was a topic of discussion early on. They are known to fail. I replaced both of mine at the first tire change.
 
Hello,
I want to make a mix most gravell trip and i was looking for a tyre choice.
I just saw that you choose a Karro 2!!! Where did you find it.
the production is stopped.
I forgot that i have a brand new Karoo 2 2009 model.
I bought this tyre for my old BMW 1100 gs and i never use it.
i storage it in completly dark.
The tyre is 150/80/17.
Do you think that i can put it in my rear rim because now the original tyre is 140/17 ( european model) I am in Greece and the bike is only with 2000 klm.
I believe that this type is better than Karoo 3 for gravel use.
Thanks
 
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