Motorcycle tires

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8 bucks is reasonable. Get er done. Those new shoes are gonna be like adding power steering. :rockin:

 

[Zuljin]

Yeah. Craftsman has a 17mm for $8 and is only a mile from my house. I'll look for a 17 while at HF but it won't be a deal breaker if they don't have it.

Nice tip on the spark plug socket tho', for some reason I have about a dozen of those of varied size. Bet I have one that works.

But none that actually fit a single spark plug you have. Yeah. I know.

8 bucks is reasonable. Get er done. Those new shoes are gonna be like adding power steering. :rockin:

Weird. It's like riding a new bike.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Wheels are off. Much easier than I expected. Especially with the lift.

Rear axle was unexpectedly bone dry. That can't be good for horsepower or mileage. It'll get a generous slathering of white grease on assembly.

(I realise it has sealed bearings but would think the shims need to be greased too, right?)

Odd bit is, there are no punctures in the tire. I guess the tube just gave up.

 

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Wheels are off. Much easier than I expected. Especially with the lift.

Rear axle was unexpectedly bone dry. That can't be good for horsepower or mileage. It'll get a generous slathering of white grease on assembly.

(I realize it has sealed bearings but would think the shims need to be greased too, right?)

Odd bit is, there are no punctures in the tire. I guess the tube just gave up.

Suweet! It really is pretty straight forward. I'm not surprised that the axle was dry. Seems like every bike I've had or worked on was like that. My service manual says to lube the axle with some white lithium so i give it a thin coating and i put a thin coat on the spacers to act as a kind of dust seal to keep crap out.

You'll be back on 2 in no time. :rockin:

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Kinda funny seeing the old and new tire side by side. The old tire has a profile of a car tire compared to the rounded tread of the new Metzler.

Kinda taken back by how small the back wheel is, I guess I never really paid attention since it was buried under the fender and saddle bags. 15" rim.

 

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Only a 15 huh. That is small. Its amazing how much they wear down. Enjoy the new shoes.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Only a 15 huh. That is small.

That's what she said?


Bike is back toghether and everything is adjusted. Throttle was way out of spec.

Shop fecked me on price and charged me as if I had dropped the bike off stating "If you bring your own tires we charge higher". WTF?

Oh well. Took it for a spin up and down the block. Feels. Different. Softer.

Need to dbl check tire pressure in the morning before I take it to work.


Hardest part of this whole ordeal was the hour I spent fighting to get my 1 peice exhaust fit back onto the bike. The two pipes at the headers flexed inward on each other just enough that it was a PITA to get both lined up.

 

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Shop fecked me on price and charged me as if I had dropped the bike off stating "If you bring your own tires we charge higher". WTF?

WTF????? That would be the last time I used them. And i would make sure everyone i know hears about it. I've never had a shop charge more when i brought them the wheels. What a bunch of a@@ clowns.

Check your pressure. Tire monkeys usually just fill enough to set the bead. That rubber will be a lot softer which translates to smoother ride, warms up quicker for improved traction and no wobble from the flat spot. Ride on.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

WTF????? That would be the last time I used them. And i would make sure everyone i know hears about it. I've never had a shop charge more when i brought them the wheels. What a bunch of a@@ clowns.

Check your pressure. Tire monkeys usually just fill enough to set the bead. That rubber will be a lot softer which translates to smoother ride, warms up quicker for improved traction and no wobble from the flat spot. Ride on.

It wasn't cause I brought them the wheels, it was cause I didn't buy the tires from them.

 

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I've never had any say that either. I've had shops say we mount and balance for free if you buy from us and charge a reasonable fee if you didn't.

Guess that's not much different. I retract my rant.

 

[Zuljin]

I found a lot of places around me that charge more for mount and balance on tires you buy elsewhere. Some wouldn't do the job at all.

"Hey man. We don't know anything about that tire. Where you got it. How old it is. How it was stored. What was done with it before you brought it here." blah blah blah.

What they mean is, we aint getting our mark up out of you on the tires so we'll either get it from the install or no soup for you.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Check your pressure. Tire monkeys usually just fill enough to set the bead. That rubber will be a lot softer which translates to smoother ride, warms up quicker for improved traction and no wobble from the flat spot. Ride on.

Finally got my head outta my arse to check the pressure.

40psi Front and back.

I usually run 29 Front, 36 Back per specs on the bike frame.

Even the tire had a raised letter warning to only inflate to 40psi for bead set.

 

[thepartsmancometh]

Finally got my head outta my arse to check the pressure.

40psi Front and back.

I usually run 29 Front, 36 Back per specs on the bike frame.

Even the tire had a raised letter warning to only inflate to 40psi for bead set.

Good thing you checked. I've never mounted a bike tire, but car tires have similar warnings about seating pressure. I think they are there fir the lawyers and idiots that can't use common sense. A lot of car tires won't seat until well above the recommended psi, there is a considerable safety margin
When we were a BMW dealer (car) we had runflats that wouldn't seat under 100 psi sometimes!

 

[Ajski]

You can come to the dark side and mount a car or light truck tire.
http://mcdarksiders.forumotion.com/
$99 for the tire
$15 Dina balancing beads
$20 to mount the new tire
It will dry rot before I wear out the tread.
I ride a VTX 13000
My friends that have rode it cannot tell a difference.

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[Ajski]

It’s a General Grabber UHP. It has been on for two seasons and I could not be happier.

 

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*facepalm*

 

[thepartsmancometh]

Grabber uhp's are good tires. We've installed several sets (on trucks not bikes). No issues.
A question though: since they are not a round profile, what happens when you are at an extreme lean angle?