Tires - Tubes?

[DNBoll]

Just replaced my tires yesterday. The front was, I believe, the original brick & the rear was a 404 replacement & it was worn to the "nubbs". I bought my RSV used with 5800 miles on it. I now have 12000 miles on it. There was a tube in the rear tire. The shop that replaced my tires were out of the valve stem that fits the RSV so back in went the tube. It seems to ride & handle much better than before. Probably because of the new tire up front. Question is, is a tube in the tire okay or what? Thanks, DNB

[yamahamer]

It's OK but a tube will go down all at once where a tubeless will leak it's way down and buy you some time to slow down. I would get a valve steem and get the tube out myself.