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honda 400ex 69
08-13-2002, 09:31 PM
i bought a used 400ex from this guy and i noticed that when u kinda shake the bike it sounds like rocks are in the tires.

could rocks get in or would it be hardened fix a flat or green slim $hit
Team Outlaw #34
08-13-2002, 09:39 PM
yeah my friend has that same problem....and he bought his new....
honda 400ex 69
08-13-2002, 09:41 PM
was it just some rocks
bansheeguy77
08-13-2002, 09:42 PM
yea its rubber balls in there...i forget what forms them my friend explained it to me but i forget. its nothing bad i htink all tires got them...my new quad has em to.
honda 400ex 69
08-13-2002, 09:44 PM
ok good i thought some how rocks might get in but i found that hard to believe i am glad its normal thanx u guys
Tommy 17
08-13-2002, 09:46 PM
its part of the tire inside... they melt or something and form these little rubber ballz... every 400exs front tires do it for some reason... i think its part of the bead actually
honda 400ex 69
08-13-2002, 09:47 PM
its in the rear:(
bansheeguy77
08-13-2002, 09:49 PM
yea mine are rear to cause i noticed when i put new axle on. i think thats what he said its part of the bead and they form little rubber balls like tommy said....trust me its no big deal ur tires are fine
honda 400ex 69
08-13-2002, 09:53 PM
ok sweet
Nausty
08-13-2002, 10:08 PM
I think honda glues the tire to the rim and that stuff comes off forming into balls as it rolls in the tire.
FullBore52
08-13-2002, 10:15 PM
yea, i was told they use some weird stuff to get the tire on the bead really well and it just rolls up inside the tire. No biggy.
Ex_Rider43
08-13-2002, 10:27 PM
my 4 stock tires did the same sound when I got them.

I never had problems with it so far..
CBW
08-13-2002, 10:56 PM
even my 88R tires had them,,,,,,,,,

dont worry about it,,,,,,,,its nothing.........just balled up rubber.
UglyMotha™
08-14-2002, 07:58 AM
ya i got rubber balls too, i'm not to worried about it since there still holding air:huh
Sparks425Ex
08-14-2002, 08:30 AM
You have rubber Balls. Man that sorta sucks. Naa just Playing

Yeah i had those to and was asking teh same question. The Honda dealers explained it to me teh same way. It is just Glur adn peices of the inside of the tire. nuttin to worry about
mansonclubpuir
08-14-2002, 09:13 AM
YOUR ALL WRONG.... its not your tire melting or anything silly like that. Its the bead seal Honda uses at the fatory so you don't RIP your tires off the first time you lay into the dirt. They use it excessivly so the momentum from riding makes it move and fall off and then form little rubber balls that hurt like **** when they are thrown at you..LOL.

:D

mike
UglyMotha™
08-14-2002, 09:29 AM
Originally posted by mansonclubpuir
YOUR ALL WRONG.... its not your tire melting or anything silly like that. Its the bead seal Honda uses at the fatory so you don't RIP your tires off the first time you lay into the dirt. They use it excessivly so the momentum from riding makes it move and fall off and then form little rubber balls that hurt like **** when they are thrown at you..LOL.

:D

mike


:huh:huh that was mentioned several times so i don't think that we were all wrong
Woodsrider
08-14-2002, 10:07 AM
In the tire business there called "tire pearls". It happens even on cars and trucks, when they use a lot of bead lube to get the tire on the rim. I have seen them almost as big around as a dime in dumptruck tires:huh