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I remember as a kid my dad working all day to get the car tire off of the rim. He had a single leaf from a leaf spring that he ground down to the right thickness and used a sludge hammer on it to break the bead. All that to save $2 at that time. Things are sure different now.
Do all Harleys have tubes. Or just the ones with spoked wheels?
To my knowledge, just rims with spokes because there is no way to seal the spoke ends. I believe all cast wheels use tubeless tires.
Same thing happened to me, Psycho, a short sheet metal screw. Aired it up enough to ride in to the Dealer's. It was 50% flat when I got there but went the rest of the way down waiting for them to open. The tire had less the 3,000 miles on it the bike had 23,000. New tire and tube and labor all taken care of by the extended warranty. That part has paid for itself already.
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