Honda Wave Inner Tubes Leaking

[ricklev]

Are there any Honda Wave inner tubes sold in Thailand that won't leak half the air pressure every week? It's annoying me enough to replace both of them. I ride the thing about twice a month to the grocery store and every time I use it I have to pump up the tires first.

Thanks!

[daveAustin]

Inner tubes lose air through the rubber believe it or not, slow punctures and dodgy valves aside. Your best bet is to get mag wheels with tubeless tyres. These stay up for ages.

[papa al]

sad but true

[In the jungle]

I have an old Kubota tractor with tubed tyres.

The front tubes are made in Thailand. The rear tubes are made in Japan.

The fronts lose pressure fast whereas the rear pressures hardly vary.

It just seems to be a characteristic of Thai manufactured tubes that, in my experience, is common to all brands.

[In the jungle]

Of course you could just put 550 psi in the tyres like Somchai at the village bike shop does.

[papa al]

Of course you could just put 550 psi in the tyres like Somchai at the village bike shop does.

Some say that over-inflation itself damages the tubes

and exacerbates the pompom.

[ricklev]

Does the leakage get worse as the tubes age? Will replacing them make a difference. They are 10 years old or so.

[papa al]

Does the leakage get worse as the tubes age? Will replacing them make a difference. They are 10 years old or so.

No.

Tubes can last 20, 30, 40 years, no prob.

Why waste 150 baht?

[ricklev]

Does the leakage get worse as the tubes age? Will replacing them make a difference. They are 10 years old or so.

No.

Tubes can last 20, 30, 40 years, no prob.

Why waste 150 baht?

Awww..... Now you hurt my feelings.

[ttakata]

Solid/no bicycle style wheels would be the only guarantee and a proper mounting of the tire.

I might be wrong but I think a dry tire mounted on a dry rim leaks more air.

I used to check a Dunlop TT900 every 2 weeks; it was dry mounted in Chinatown.

My last 2 changes were at the 29tire shop near Ekkamai; they use a mounting paste which seems to make a big difference.

Now I go a month between checking pressure on a Dunlop TT900 and sometimes I still don't add any air.