gregory
Great things are afoot
Got a flat on the Africa Twin on the front. Figured it was a great excuse to convince the wife I needed to change out 90/10 stock tires that are only a 1000 miles old with 50 50 Shinkos.
First self tire change. Need to learn to do this if we are going to Alaska next summer Read all I could, watched all the youtube videos, got all the tools, tire balancer, tire weights, talked to people, man I was ready.
Spoon the tire off with my new motion pro badass T-nine billion and 80 aluminum tire tools, not too bad I think, hey, I can really do this. Take the fresh tire outta the sun, nice and pliable. Spoon that bitch on and BAM. can not for the life of me, get the fucking valve stem through the hole. Nope. Nada, not happening. Wish I bought that valve stem fishing tool that there was no way I needed. Called around, not one in town.
Tires are currently at Lee's Honda, where for $40, they will save my ass.
Those $1600 tubeless rims aint looking so bad at the moment.
Fuck me.
First self tire change. Need to learn to do this if we are going to Alaska next summer Read all I could, watched all the youtube videos, got all the tools, tire balancer, tire weights, talked to people, man I was ready.
Spoon the tire off with my new motion pro badass T-nine billion and 80 aluminum tire tools, not too bad I think, hey, I can really do this. Take the fresh tire outta the sun, nice and pliable. Spoon that bitch on and BAM. can not for the life of me, get the fucking valve stem through the hole. Nope. Nada, not happening. Wish I bought that valve stem fishing tool that there was no way I needed. Called around, not one in town.
Tires are currently at Lee's Honda, where for $40, they will save my ass.
Those $1600 tubeless rims aint looking so bad at the moment.
Fuck me.
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