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rear tire came off. K5

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Hman636:
We finally got the 92 kx 500 together after complete rebuild. bike started in 3 kicks. anyways we went out riding on sunday for the first time at a local gravel pit and i noticed while i was behind him that his rear tire had started to come off the rim so we let some air out and pushed the bead back in the rim put some air in it and off we went. about ten mins later the same side of the tire came off the rim except half was left on due to the rim lock. any one have any idea what is going on? rim is in good shape no dings flat spots or bent ect,

greencannon:

what tire pressure you running ??
Maybe the tire bead is damaged and or stretched...
ususaly takes me a good 40 psi from a strong air compressor to properly seat the bead on the rim, how are you doing it ?
is one side of tire bead not under the rim lock ?
does the big 5 hunge just have too much tire shredding horsepower ???
hope one of these helps....Good Luck
 :mrgreen:

Friar-Tuck:
Would it be possible the Prev owner put an 18" rim on that puppy and only one side of the 19" tire is caught by the rimlock?
   The bike looks great, sounds like it runs good too.
Tuck\o/

martyestes:
This has happened to me.  Likely the bead's broken. Nothing you can do to keep that tire on the rim when that happens.  New tire needed.  A bummer but at least it's a straightforward fix!

junk man:
OK so did you find the problem ?

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