with the stock 75 sportster wheels can you use tubeless tires or does it have to be tubes

 

i may be wrong but i allways thought that with spoke wheels you use tubes and "solid or cast wheels you can run tubeless,again i may be wrong

 

Right - no tubless tires on traditional spoke wheels. The air would escape thru the spoke holes! I have seen, i think on some recent Asian bikes, new style spoke wheels that take tubeless tires. Different construction i guess.

Cast wheels can use tubeless.

 

Of couse you can use modern Tube/Tubeless tires. Just make sure you put tubes in them.

 

Not all cast wheels are tubeless, either. Unless "Tubeless" is cast or stamped somewhere on the wheel, I'd run a tube. Some older cast wheels were porus and won't hold air correctly - they were made before tubeless motorcycle tires became widely available, and require tubes.

 

what size tube do i need because the front tire won't hold air im pretty new to the whole tube idea i'm used to tubeless and it it pretty easy to change at home

 

what is a good brand of tube to buyor does it really matter

 

If you have spoked wheels, make sure you have a rim strip, too. It's like a big rubber band that stretches around the inside of the rim, covering the ends of the spoke nipples. Tubes are sized just like the tires they go in, so get the same size (or one size smaller) tube as your tire. Most any motorcycle tube you buy will be good quality - I don't worry about brands.

 

That's true. My '81 XLS has cast wheels and has to use tubes in them.

 

hey guys back again with another issue ok so i finally take my 75 ironhead on the enterstate i got my gf to follow me to tell me what the top speed of the bike is. So i'm in fourth gear and i've got the trottle pined back and at about 75 mph it just doesnt fell like theres anything left it just starts to stutter like when you hit the rev limiter in a car. Whats the deal? I can't drive 75. Is the anythings I can do is it maybe the gearing in the tranny or can i adjust my carb (S&S shorty super E). please help