Motorcycles

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Things that you see while riding - east of Wall, SD.
A boy walking his pet dinosaur.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

How about a little project for the Grandson

It needs just about everything. Got the new tires mounted, ordered wheel bearings, etc.

 

[Gonz]

Got a couple bikes, often hard to choose what I want to ride. Honestly I struggle to find time to ride any of them since I also collect vintage cars and I'm often driving those.
'08 Harley CVO Spring
'08 Ducati Monster (with my older son riding it in the pic)
'76 BMW R90/6

 

[Togoss]

My Ladies. Work kept me from riding much at all this year. What a terrible excuse.
2003 AIH Slammer and 2005 Electra Glide Classic.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Rescued a guy with a flat tire today. Found a used tire and changed it in the driveway, in order to get him on his way.
Do people not look at their tires ?

 

[rbbrock]

Do people not look at their tires ?

Holy shit! I'm super paranoid about the tires on my bike. Far too dangerous if something were to go wrong.

 

[thinde]

Rescued a guy with a flat tire today. Found a used tire and changed it in the driveway, in order to get him on his way.
Do people not look at their tires ?

View attachment 87237View attachment 87238

That’s frigging nuts!

 

[Darin]

Speaking of tires, my new front is on. I went with the Dunlop Elite 4 which I've used before and liked. Also, my fork seals were blown and there was very little oil left. New seals, bushings and oil made a huge difference.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

I had a guy bring me a wheel. "It has a slow leak". It turned out to be a bad valve stem. He wanted me to fix the valve stem and said that he would get a new tire, later. Nope.

This is the inside of the tire - after running low too many times. Coming apart....




Right after that, one showed up with a small issue.
Luckily, I had a small solution.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

I removed the right-rear footpeg assembly on a big Yamaha cruiser, in order to install floor boards - but not without a bit of drama.

A 6mm allen wrench twisted this one., and no amount of heat, Liquid Wrench, easy outs, or cussing would budge it.

A well place drill bit and a cleanup tap finally did the trick.

 

[wrussell46]

I removed the right-rear footpeg assembly on a big Yamaha cruiser, in order to install floor boards - but not without a bit of drama.

A 6mm allen wrench twisted this one., and no amount of heat, Liquid Wrench, easy outs, or cussing would budge it.

A well place drill bit and a cleanup tap finally did the trick.

View attachment 89493

Never fails...nice job getting the bolt out

 

[Mavric]

I removed the right-rear footpeg assembly on a big Yamaha cruiser, in order to install floor boards - but not without a bit of drama.

A 6mm allen wrench twisted this one., and no amount of heat, Liquid Wrench, easy outs, or cussing would budge it.

A well place drill bit and a cleanup tap finally did the trick.

View attachment 89493

Always one broken bolt away from a 5min job turning into a 5hr job.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Well, being "lucky" is sometimes better than being "good".

 

[Mavric]

Very true

 

[kann]

Rescued a guy with a flat tire today. Found a used tire and changed it in the driveway, in order to get him on his way.
Do people not look at their tires ?

View attachment 87237View attachment 87238

I meant to comment on this before: If that is from actual mileage, I'd have bought him the new tire myself and said, "Well Done!". If that is (more likely) from beer-drinkin' burnouts... I'd have wished him luck and sent him on his way.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

I meant to comment on this before: If that is from actual mileage, I'd have bought him the new tire myself and said, "Well Done!". If that is (more likely) from beer-drinkin' burnouts... I'd have wished him luck and sent him on his way.

It was Sunday, and the cycle shops were closed.

And yes, that was from mileage. It was sporting a Shinko 777 tire. Well known for being "sticky", and short lived. I regularly change those for a cheap-ass friend of mine, and he never brings the bike until at least two layers of cord is showing.

 

[JoeGibs]

I’ve ridden tires down to the cords before but never like that. That’s a death wish