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1977 gs400 wheel/tire question.

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I know nothing about bikes and just picked one to tinker around with..a 77 gs400 that sat for 20 years..I went to the local shop and got new tires for it 18x3 front and 18x3.5 back..but the stock tires run tubes do to the spoked rims so my question is can I throw tubes in there and ride with the tubeless tires or would my best bet be to find new rims? And if so what rims would work for my bike?
 
My understanding is that tubes or not is dependent on your rims not your tyres, so if your rims need tubes but your tyres don't, you should stick some tubes in there.

I believe the bead is different or something along those lines which means tubeless tyres on a tubed rim may have issues holding air...
 
Ok thanks..i was asking because i have spoked wheels but the tires i have are tubeless..i know the air would leak out the spokes nipples but a guy that owns a bike shop told me that a tubeless tire will ride just fine with a tube in it..
 
I believe it's perfectly fine, but the tire manufacturers drop the speed rating down by one with a tube.
 
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