Ramseybella
Well-Known Member
Than use diluted KY Jelly!!! :-*
RonH said:It took a couple months in my case. Whole different motorcycle. It was a Honda 1200 goldwing. What can happen is the soap is more or less permanently trapped in the bead seat area where it is corrosive. On the goldwing I removed the tire and could immediately see the aluminum bead seat area was all corroded and the tire was all nasty looking all around the bead. Simply cleaning the wheel and tire and remounting without soap fixed the leak right up.
This may or may not be your problem, but to anyone that mounts their own tires I would recommend spending the money to use an actual tire lube. The lube from NoMar is highly regarded. I use it with good results.
I don't think using soapy water on the outside of your wheel is a problem if you want. The problem is the soap that gets trapped in the bead seat area. Keep soap on the outside you'll be ok. Good luck.