Lightest tubes ever are made by Stark Future!

In this video I take a look at Stark Future's innovative featherlight motorcross inner tubes. You're not going to believe how much lighter they are than traditional rubber inner tubes!

[@TravisNobles]

Now we'll have to see how it holds up to punctures. Seems pretty amazing though!

[@jjjjrrr678]

Finally they bring this stuff to motorbikes! Well done on Stark's part!

[@DiamondEyeMcGee]

Bicycle tubes have had this technology for a while. They are about 2x stronger than a rubber tube and you can patch them if you get a phncture. Tubolito, Schwalbe and a few others sell them.

[@bwhaskell]

Yup! First in motocross though! Truely innovative

[@b45her]

@@bwhaskell copying someone else's idea is innovation now??

[@bwhaskell]

@@b45her motocross has never had this before and thus its innovative and new for the sport. Motocross bikes are subjected to much higher stress and forces than MTB. I wouldn't call it copying.

[@racesla]

@@b45her Yes when you take take a known idea or concept and adapt and apply it to a brand new industry.

[@mxriderdakar]

@b45her Do you realize how much money some people pay for titanium items to save a little weight. Saving around 5 lbs on rotative mass is innotive by just changing2 tubes. If it exists for more than 2 years in bicycles, why nobody did it before on motorcycle?

[@spoderacing3910]

I just figured out a way to make my YZ250 5 lbs. lighter!

[@blarpieman]

Do they last 30 minutes like the battery?

[@BULZZixAGP]

Dayyyyyummmmmm

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

Keep ‘em coming, thank you

[@timt1346]

10x lighter, but probably 10x the price? I'm also curious about durability. If it's more durable but same cost or maybe a bit more, then it would truly be a benefit to the sport.

[@stevebiron3036]

Thanks for another great vid. Appreciate your YT content in spite of all the "know it all"s" and "sarcastic" comments. I'm sure 98% of the dirt biking world (and Stark enthusiasts for that matter) don't or didn't know about these. I sure didn't. Super cool. Hope they are robust enough to endure a decent useful life. Keep up the great work, mine won't be here till November.

[@RajinderSingh-th6ik]

I asked a question in the previous video and got it answered by video. Awesome👍

[@NinoScale]

I have to add: i personally am using MTB innertubes for like 8 years now. lightweight innertubes for FATBIKES which weigh just 400g!

[@ballou1777]

You’re doing a great job with these videos, keep it up.

[@bobaganooshy]

They have those style tubes for mountain bikes

[@jedielder7970]

I do remember the president/owner of Stark saying that they looked at EVERYTHING on the bike to save weight, so I'm not surprised. This reminds me of another "issue" the EV's have... much more torque, which equals less tire life. It's an issue with automobiles, too. In fact, EV cars have special tires because of the increased weight and torque that they have. I wonder if the dirt bike tire manufacturers are going to start making special tires for electric dirt bikes? Again, I would not be surprised. Thanks and keep these cool videos coming... looks like you might have a good, new career as an influencer??? 😉

[@mxriderdakar]

The tubes are not yet displayed on there website. I am wondering if they will not limit for now the tubes order to the varg owners, because if every rider start ordering them, they may not be able to respect production for now, until other companies start building the same tubes. Also they said that it is stronger than regular tubes. The big question will be the price of the tubes.

[@motomania3094]

I always thought that tube and tire weight would be the next breakthrough technology. Normal tires and tubes are extremely heavy and they are unsprung weight! Since it is rotating mass it makes and incredible difference. Lighter tires please! And tubes!

[@Advbikewermland]

I read about this about two months ago, but I thought it was an April fool´s joke 😁

[@davessparetime83]

Nuetech Tubliss System is the best for tube

[@Motosportz]

Unsprung weight is very important weight to get rid of (allows your suspension to be much more responsive to movement). Additionally, weight at the ends of the bike (as apposed to the center of the bike) are even worse. This is good stuff. I'm assuming it holds up well enough if Tortelli and Hill didn't kill it.

[@jetrep]

How's it going with these inner tubes so far? Have you had any problems or flats?

[@BULZZixAGP]

My guy literally saw a balloon and was blown away 🤣🤣

[@bryceridesbikes]

They've had some tubes like that for the mountain bike/bmx world for a while. A brand called tubolito is making that kind of tube

[@bwhaskell]

Yup a first for motocross though!

[@bryceridesbikes]

@@bwhaskell It's great to see new tech, would love to see a pinch flat test compared to a standard and heavy duty conventional tube.

[@vintagetrikesandquads4012]

You must have missed their video, they announce these tubes a few months back.

[@bwhaskell]

Right, but noone has actually seen them or weighed them... this isn't meant to be a "breaking news" video.

[@mxriderdakar]

That also means that the stark is heavier than the Alta.

[@NinoScale]

Guys- this isn't new technology! My friend is the innovator of the Eclipse inner tube for bicycles which was back in 2009! On a MTB same story...his 29" innertube weighed 52g. It got tested against regular tubes in a comparicon test by a german MTB magazine and it proved to be the most reistant of like 20 tubes which included also a Downhill-innertube at like 350g. These tubes are out of Thermoplastic which is waaaay more resistant. It isn't as compliant, not as elastic so you have to pretty much have it made to size of the tire. The MTB innertubes had like 0,4mm thickness only. Already back then i told my friend he should do MX tubes...but anyway - he had too many conflicts with big companies and finally gave up. But such tubes are used in MTB of various manufacturers. The red ones are made by TUBOLITO. Those have exactly the same colour.

[@SWTrailsAndWheels]

How would that tube hold up to thorns in desert enduro situations ?? I imagine not too well. First mod on all my dirtbikes is to switch to heavy duty tubes. 3mm preferably combined with slime.

[@GT-kt6tz]

Thanks for sharing your experience. Have you laughed it from a standing start? How does it compare to a 450?

[@fat.chance]

its a TPU tube, cool they are coming to motorbikes

[@timwatterson8060]

To weigh it properly place the scales on a plank sticking off the bench, put the inside of the tubes top on the scales. If the tube rests on the scales base use a tared off plate yo widen the scales top to stop it.

[@MikeBrady-jf7zk]

any update on durability?

[@husqvarna199]

Most 19 inch tubes are less then 1400g, 1.5-2mm tubes are around 700g. But still a big difference.

[@inevespace]

even less. A regular not very shitty tube is 500g. 700g is on heavy side

[@Z0ttMonte]

If it also holds up in hard enduro?

[@Bozza36]

The bicycle industry has had these for a few years now, and they are claimed to be 2x as durable, in comparison to regular tubes.

[@Z0ttMonte]

@@Bozza36 tubes in bicycles? For street riding maybe. Tubeless it is.

[@andrewwilson9130]

How durable will they be tho? And what happens if you pop one?

[@matt290v]

It would probably lose air

[@Bozza36]

The bicycle industry has had these for a few years now, and they are claimed to be 2x as durable, in comparison to regular tubes. If you pop one, you can patch it if the hole is small, or order a new one.

[@andrewwilson9130]

@@matt290v yea but where do you find them?

[@andrewwilson9130]

@@Bozza36 where can you find them

[@Bozza36]

@Andrew Wilson Stark will start selling them relatively soon on their spare parts page, I would imagine. Probably as soon as they send out their first big shipment.

[@foolishhearts504]

Three out of four tubes were flat after two days of mx riding. And we are not very fast riders. Very disappointing... You still have to skip pizza and burgers to save weight :'(

[@ogasi1798]

you are quick but i am yet to see one video of this bike from anyone in real terrain, sand or deep mud .....

[@rfvxrfvx5278]

you will hate these. i had tubolitos on my dh bike and even if you are a wizard with the tire irons installing them, they don't hold up and pinch easily.

[@bmxdestroy]

Bmx has had these for years

[@_Bryant.R]

​@@steveyost8640 I do.

[@Douger318]

TIME FOR A NEW DUNLOP

[@bradleyhetherington2145]

How do we get these tube???😮

[@cryptobigboss]

smart, innovative!!

[@cryptobigboss]

if you like the rear hand brake so much, why didnt you just get it? or was it too late to switch at that point??

[@barrywray5421]

Actually if you race a mountain bikes you would run tubeless tires with liquid sealant. A tubeless setup is more work than using a tube...costs more...requies a pressure check (and usually a little air) before every ride. But if you want to lose 5 pounds of rotational weight and eliminate flats tubeless is the way to go. Not sure why companies like Dunlop don't make tubeless ready tires for motocross and cross country racing but there must be a good reason.

[@NickHol]

You need rims that suit the tubeless tires. Mx rims just dont do that.

[@oliverpavioni162]

You can seal the rim with a tape, as you do with mtb rims

[@_Bryant.R]

​@@oliverpavioni162 there's no safety bead on MX rims. You can buy the readily available Tubliss setup to lock the tire to the rim and seal it though.

[@marcoantonioherrera4036]

Yo lo que no puedo creer es que cambie una cubierta prácticamente nueva! 😂😂😂

[@rgeniec]

Where do you get a replacement?

[@mxriderdakar]

@@mxoudiyes, but the tubes are not yet displayed on there website. I am wondering if they will not limit for now the tubes order to the varg owners, because if every rider start ordering them, they may not be able to respect production for now, until other companies start building the same tubes. Also they said that it is stronger than regular tubes.

[@mxoudi]

@@mxriderdakar oh shute I didn't even notice... I guess since it's their new design they wanna keep it lowkey and exclusive for a bit longer lol.

[@mxriderdakar]

@@mxoudi exactly, will they license it or just let anyome make them, but biggest question for me will be the price. I hope they won't be expensive because it's easy to pinch a tube when installing it, and whatever we can say, it's just a tube.

[@keithpeterson6108]

Was the rubber tube a thin light weigjt tube or a heavy duty tube? Are the Start tubes available for purchase? If so, where?

[@Bozza36]

They are much lighter than regular tubes, and stronger too. I don't think Stark are selling them individually yet, you'll have to buy a bike 😅

[@keithpeterson6108]

@Bozza Yeah, I was just curious if he was weighing a regular "lightweight" tube or a heavy duty tube. I figure guys may eventually need tubes for their bike (stark) so maybe they'd be available along with any other parts to support a bike. But this is the first Stark & maybe only Stark in the States, so. 🤷

[@mr2981]

How do your neighbors feel about you F-ing up the blacktop?

[@jdc8352]

I knew I'd find a Chad if I kept scrolling

[@RIPPERTON]

9.4 x lighter

[@eightten1606]

Well they had to keep the weight down somehow on porky pig...🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣