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675Rider
Sat Mar 26th, 2011, 07:03 AM
The WR250X has a spoke wheel, thus requiring a tube. Unfortunatley there are virtually no sport tires I can find that that are a tube type tire besides the OEM replacement, Bridgestones BT-090. Id like to put some Pilot Powers on there, which the Michelin site recommends, but they are a tubeless type tire. Is this an issue? Or should I just stick with the OEM tires? Thanks!

Bueller
Sat Mar 26th, 2011, 07:13 AM
You can use tubes with tubeless tires. If you want to spend the $ and time you can seal up a spoked wheel so you don't have to use a tube.
There is a tube in there now and the OEM tires are tubeless.

Zach929rr
Sat Mar 26th, 2011, 07:36 AM
The SM uses tubes in "tubeless" tires.

TFOGGuys
Sat Mar 26th, 2011, 08:54 AM
Make sure you use a "radial tube". Tubes for bias ply tires may be less resistant to the rubbing and flexing inherent in the radial tire design, and may fail prematurely. I have the common sumo sizes in stock.