Very cool. Congrats on a good find.

my new wheels

and if it will not be rather stable (because the is rather convex on the 4 inches wide rimm), I mount on one 19/7.5-8 Kenda Scorpion to front (is one on top of the cupboard in the garage:D )

I heard through the grapevine... Or maybe MyAikenCheeks just emailed me... that Cloud 9 has 8x6 plastic rims for the KiteTrike for under $20.... Sounds like a sweet deal for wider rims, but will they work? I've emailed the guys over at Cloud 9, but have yet to hear back with a definitive answer... Not sure they understood my initial question... Not to mention that there is NOWHERE on either or their websites for ordering spare parts for their KiteTrike and a general lack of information.

Can anyone else shed any light on this? How is the quality of the KiteTrike rim? What size OD bearings will fit the rim?

And I'm still waiting for all my tires to show up... The golf-cart guy has kinda let me down and been a little non communicative and the Kenda front wheel won't arrive til at least Thursday

Spence... Cloud 9 does not do well with e-mails, got to call, 2 hours on the time thing. You need to ask for Steve, he's the only one that seems to know what's going on with the parts. They don't return calls so stay on it with them.

This time of year they're busy with snow kiters and as soon as they thaw into the para gliding thru fall. Nice people. Many that work there just know snow or para and not buggy so ask for a buggy man or Steve the owner.

Their Kite Trike 3 buggy for $500 is a good starter buggy. Lots of us did start with a KT and some still ride them as their full time ride. Nice light weight bug but you have to Loc-Tight everything and pin the foot pegs.

Whoaaaaaaaaaaa, weren't we talking about wheels and tires????????????? They got wheels.

I picked up a couple of free Golf Cart tires at a GC repair place close to my Dr Office (had an appt today)... The guy said to go ahead and pick 2 out and take them, he usually sells them for $10 ea... I saw a Kenda in the pile, but didn't see a match for it, so I picked 2 matching Golfpro tires only a little worn. They look REALLY good.

All I have to do is have them removed from the golf cart rims and they are ready to mount.

I spent my lunch break today with one of my coworkers wrestling the golf cart tires off their rims. He seemed impressed by the fact that the tires are practically new... They may very well BE brand new. He said "they still have their titties!!" which is apparently the term he uses for the stringlike nubs on new tires, LOL...I found that very amusing.

Then... My wife texted that the guy I bought the front tire from (ebay store "Cheaptractorparts") sent a message that he is canceling the order and refunding my money...WHAT THE &3$$!!!!!! Apparently he has a physical storefront as well, and sold the Kenda straight rib 16x6.50-8 in the store and didn't realize it and now can't find a replacement to send me... For anyone thinking about buying tires on eBay,... Don't buy stuff from "Cheaptractorparts"... He totally dropped the ball and has uber bad communication skills.

Luckily the Nanco's are back in stock on Amazon... Free shipping and it should be here Monday or Tuesday. But still,... grrrr

I got the 2 golf cart tires mounted on the PL rims without too much difficulty.



I was afraid the 2.5" wide rims would look really funny with these tires and as it turns out, they're not bad at all. Though it looks as though the 8.5" width of the tire is reduced now to more like 6.5" or 7"

Now it's just a waiting game for the front tire to show up.

The Nanco showed up today... Kinda weird packing method...




I don't know... I guess I was expecting a BOX maybe... I suppose that would just be too cosmopolitan.

wow ..... I receive few items packed same way when buying staff on ebay .... Box for this would be like 5$

Quote: Originally posted by Kober

Box for this would be like 5$

Times a hundred or a thousand orders though and it adds up. I think UPS has special rates for shipping tires. I've bought car tires online and they don't ship in boxes either.

http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/ship/packaging/gu...

There is almost nothing a cardboard box could add to protect a rubber tire. Looking good so far Soliver. Can't wait to see them on the buggy.

Thanks BB... In spite of my late-pregnancy-induced honey-do list, I might have time to play in the shop tonight... I may actually get the front tire mounted and all 3 on the bug!

By the look of that tire you are lucky... I had one that wasn't packed so nice and it took hours to get air in :o

Quote: Originally posted by soliver

The Nanco showed up today... Kinda weird packing method...

The late-pregnancy-induced honey-do list is complete (essentially)..... So the tire mounting was finished and I got them all on the bug last night and...

WOW... He looks mean!!!







Sweeeet!!!

When I can, I'll take it out and get some better pics and try a good ride.

I'm curious for your opinions after you hit your favorite spots again with the new tires :-) You were running the std barrows before right?

Yea, standard barrows... It will be a little while I think... If I get a chance to go out before the baby comes (due the 31st), I will. That will mostly depend on the weather, and my schedule. I'll let you all know how it rides then.

I ride nearly 99.5% on grass... The other 0.5% is beach.

Here are a couple of "more proper" shots:

Very nice bro!!

Having trouble keeping the 18x8.5s aired up... Any recommendations?

Put soapy water on both beads and the valve stem to check for leaks. Or submerge the wheel under water and look for bubbles.

inner tubes?

Clean all of the seal areas (Bead, Stem, Valve) with very soapy water. look for bubbles that are slowly growing. You can narrow it down to the stem, the valve, the bead or the tire itself. If it's the valve, that can be easily replace with a valve tool. The Stem is a little more indepth and require breaking the bead. If it's the bead with the leak, then breaking the bead and reseating the tire is in order. Narrowing it down to where the slow leak is located is time consuming but hopefully cheaper than buying a tube for it. if the tire itself is leaking then replacement, patch or tube are your options there.

Quote: Originally posted by soliver

Having trouble keeping the 18x8.5s aired up... Any recommendations?

I've used "Slime" in my leakin Sysmics and it works! With Nancos
on plastic rims I used tubes with "Slime".

Now when I had plastic rims going commando err... tubeless, I found that I had a slow leak because when I pressed in a new bearing I had cracked the rim center and was losing air there.

Any bike shop or Wally World, Auto Zone etc. sells it. Cheap.

As for the extra weight of tubes in tires I never noticed any difference.

Looks to be the bead is leaking

Then reseating the bead will hopefully fix your problem.. Inspect the rim and the tire bead while you have it off to make sure the bead of the rim is not scratched. Inspect the tire to make sure the bead on it is not cracked,

Spencer. Agreed with riff. Break the tire down. Clean and lube the bead and rim with diluted dishwater. Semi over inflate it to seat the bead, then back it down to the proper psi. You will see leaks from the semi soapy water. Check around and in the valve too. See if that does it

Ok... So I took the tires off the rims with some difficulty. Then cleaned both the bead and the rim with soapy water. Then after I remounted the tired, I sprayed lots of soapy water into the groove before I filled them with air... Hosed them down with the soapy water and am getting no bubbles...

Think I got it this time :D

Btw... What's a good psi for tires this size. I liked my barrows around 15psi.

Glad you were able to work it out.