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So, to the internet he goes and orders the new tires at a considerable savings.
Well, they aren’t going to do you much good if they are not on the bike.
And, if you have ever been crude enough to take your five quarts of oil and filter that you got on sale at K-Mart down to the local garage and asked them to change your oil, you may know the reception you are going to get when you take your bike and your new tires into the motorcycle service station.
No, sir, we don’t do that except on the bikes we sell.
Well, heck, Dad rode bikes for years. He even rode BMW’s for years. He knows how to do that. Not so fast, son.
It has been a long time and a lot of things have changed. Oh, what the heck, bring it up here and let me see what I can do.
It wasn’t too hard finding a bike shop that would change and balance the tires, but, in keeping with their policy of not working on high dollar bikes, they didn’t want to see the bike.
No, sir, just bring us the wheels and the new tires, and we’ll take care of that for you. That didn’t seem too bad.
Just pull the wheels off, being mindful of all the axle spacers, the speedometer cables, disc brakes, dual in front, single in the rear, shaft drive, etc., etc., etc. Oh, and find a way to hold the bike up with no wheels on it.
And when did they start making Tbrx bolts and why? Okay, so I have a bit of a learning curve. No big deal.
A local friendly mechanic who will tell you what to do and a brother-in-law with a bunch of tools, and you can fix just about anything.
The guys at the bike shop put the rubber on and balanced everything and we are ready to reassemble.
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