• 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.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

Tubliss install and fitment

wallybean

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I was feeling a bit more mobile today so I decided to install my Terrapactor tires and tubliss setup on my WR 144. First off I weighed all tires and wheel tire combinations before and after. The Terrapactor 80/100 front and the 110/100 rear are virtually identical in weight to the slightly worn stock Michelins, within a couple of oz's on both. I was kind of amazed at the Husky use of fairly light weight tubes both front and rear on the WR 144. My 06 WR250 had nice heavy weight tubes that are very tough, heavy but tough. Ok, after drilling a new hole for the larger tire lock next to the original valve stem hole, mounting up the tubliss inner liner is a breeze. Heed their call for use of Armour all on the rim and liner, you can't have enough lube in there. It makes the seal between the liner and tire happen easier. Mounting the tires is very easy without the tube being a nuisance. Just follow all their instructions and it is really a breeze. Ok, what did I gain as far as unsprung weight. I actually lost about 6 oz's on the front. Again the stock tube is very light weight. On the rear I gained right at a lb in unsprung weight over the stock set up.

So what is the bottom line? If I was going to go to a heavy duty tube as I always do, I would gain at least a lb in the front and 2-3 lbs in the rear. I don't have to worry about pinch flats:applause: I gained a little unsprung weight loss over stock in the rear and a bunch over heavy weight tubes. I can now run very low tire pressures without any worries, although the Motoz tires are awsome and probably as pinch resistant as they come. I will just put a little slime in the tires and carry some tire hole plugs and co2 and I am set for anything.

Now I just need to finish healing up and get south for a couple of weeks of flogging the scoots. OBTW, once again I am writing this with ice packs on both knees and my right arm.:thumbsup:

Walt
 
i've got Tubeliss on both the front and rear of my TE. I love them. Install was a breeze. I like the fact that I can run lower pressure when it's warranted. Also, not worrying about pinch flats in the desert is great. I used a little true goo in each tire for added protection against cactus needle punctures. I haven't had a puncture yet. They also hold air very well. I check my pressure every time I ride, and the rear stays pretty consistent from week to week. I notice about a pound or so drop in the front. But It was the same way with tubes. I do notice that I lose more air in the high pressure tube.
 
Is the weight difference noticable?
Is it expensive?
Is there any downside?
Does the bike feel any different?

Cheers Guys.
 
ghte;58339 said:
Is the weight difference noticable?
Is it expensive?
Is there any downside?
Does the bike feel any different?

Cheers Guys.
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Not expensive when comparing to foam inserts, much more than tubes.

I'm testing looking for a downside. So far, the only downside I can see is that there is air in there, which means it can leak out. Also, for ISDE, or Qualifiers, you have to remove, and reinstall the valve cores, and fill with air. Good thing is that the tires are insanely easy to change.

The bike feels different with the TUbliss in comparison to the tubes in that you can run lower pressure without fear. Lower pressure=more traction in gnarly conditions. So far, I've been experimenting with pressures as low as 2psi, though the lowest recommended is 4. The tire I was using was really stiff though, with my new tires, I'll be starting at 6psi. I think it's great in the slimy clay. The knobs work quite a bit like a trials tire, but better where a trials tire doesn't work, like in the wet clay, and down hill.

The bike feels a lot different than with foam inserts. Foam inserts feel dead and heavy, TUbliss feels lively and light, and you have a choice of pressures to control traction. In the more open, faster terrain though, the lower pressures feel a little squishy, so you need to bump it up. I still have not found the perfect pressures yet.
 
Finally got to test out my tubeliss system today on some very muddy single track and motocross. Love it! Usually hate mud, but running intermediate Dunlop Geomax at 10 psi, stuck like glue.
 
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