On 02/19/2018 06:58 PM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
Take a look at that biker's concept of a "pocket knife" at 53 seconds!
https://youtu.be/M5_nK8V-nU0?t=53

Compared to what's in my pocket at the moment...

http://www.coldsteel.com/recon-1-tan...0-50-edge.html

After using it for a few years, I'm not that crazy about the tanto
style, but it is good for prying out nails.


I'm curious if you mount and balance your bike tires? I did that when I
owned a bike. It was hard to find a tire shop, nearby anyway, that mounted
tires, so I learned how to do that myself. Bike tires are easier than car
tires, which themselves are easier than SUV tires (all of which I've done)
which are easier than truck tires (which I've never done).

I mount the knobbies on the DR-650 myself but don't bother with the
balance except for lining the dot up if there is one. With DOT knobbies
it is sort of hard to tell if it's balanced or not. The last time around
I went with Kendas and getting the bead to seat on the front was an
adventure. I never had a problem with Dunlop 606's.

I take the ones with tubeless tires to a shop. After watching an guy
trying to get the bead to seat on a Bridgestone as the sun sank into the
west I was skeptical of my abilities. He had a high flow air system, the
tourniquet, and so forth but it was a struggle. I might take a shot at
it in the spring. I've got a slow leak around the bead on the Harley
that needs to be cleaned up so it won't be a complete demount.

Truck tires are just bigger I watched a guy in Canada fix one in
place. He had me drive the inside dual up on blocks to get clearance,
spudded it off, patched it, and put it back on. I think he'd done it
that way once or twice.

My first DIY attempt was with a '51 Chevy. iirc, the owners manual had
an illustration of breaking the bead by putting the bumper jack on it.
All I managed to do was jack the car up.