Quick tube question

[roundhouse]

I have looked and TR-4 is the valve size I guess. After searching saw people used different ones, now my feeble brain is just befuddled. Always had bikes with tubeless wheels/tires. Anyway thanks in advance. Here is the simple question.

What size tubes do I order for a hawk 250?

If you want to add a link for amazon . Got a set of shinko 705s that need to go on. Promise I am not lazy, just easily confused....

[JerryHawk250]

Front https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E0OYQ8Y...v_ov_lig_dp_it
Rear https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Simple enough you lazy good for nothing Glad to help.

[timcosby]

im so lazy i put fix a flat in my front!!! good so far

[roundhouse]

Originally Posted by JerryHawk250

Front https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E0OYQ8Y...v_ov_lig_dp_it
Rear https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Simple enough you lazy good for nothing Glad to help.

you had me at "good for nothing" Thanks

timcosby, that is super ultra lazy. kudos. But my son is going to ride this bike so I want it to be reliable and safe.

[JerryHawk250]

Originally Posted by roundhouse

you had me at "good for nothing" Thanks

timcosby, that is super ultra lazy. kudos. But my son is going to ride this bike so I want it to be reliable and safe.

I just realized that the links I provided are out of stock. But at least you will have the information on the tubes to find them. These are the tubes I purchased. The original tube on the Rear blew out in a couple of months then the front 2 months later.

[roundhouse]

Originally Posted by JerryHawk250

I just realized that the links I provided are out of stock. But at least you will have the information on the tubes to find them. These are the tubes I purchased. The original tube on the Rear blew out in a couple of months then the front 2 months later.

I assume the harder you ride it the more friction and flex causing them to wear out faster. I have not beat on mine. it only has 500 miles on it as I commute on the big bike, it is just more comfortable in traffic and if I need to punch it I have 10x the power of the little hawk. But make no mistake, love my hawk.

[roundhouse]

Ordered, went with the kenda ones and IRC rim strips.

[Megadan]

Originally Posted by roundhouse

I assume the harder you ride it the more friction and flex causing them to wear out faster. I have not beat on mine. it only has 500 miles on it

The stock tubes are just laughably thin and made from poor quality materials. I have run tubes in tube type tires, ridden the hell out of them, and the tubes were still good. I always change tubes when I replace tires if they wore out from mileage, but there are people that re-use tubes and put many thousands of miles on them.

[JerryHawk250]

Originally Posted by roundhouse

I assume the harder you ride it the more friction and flex causing them to wear out faster. I have not beat on mine. it only has 500 miles on it as I commute on the big bike, it is just more comfortable in traffic and if I need to punch it I have 10x the power of the little hawk. But make no mistake, love my hawk.

Like Megadan stated, The stock tubes are thin. My rear tube looked like it got pinched from the tire spinning on the rim. It had some kind of oil in the tire and on the bead. When putting the new tube in coat the tube with talcum powder or baby powder . My front tube just sprung a leak. Nothing stuck through the tire or in the tire that I could find that could of put a hole in it. Just cheap azz tubes.