New motorcycle gear
May 7, 2011 Transportation
It has been a while since I last posted anything here. I have been rather involved with playing Battlefield Bad Company 2 lately. Just before winter I picked up some new gear to work on the motorcycle. Since the local bike shop charges way to much to change tires on my motorcycle I decided that it seemed like something I could undertake myself. I purchased some Pit Bull stands, both rear swing arm stand (spooled) and the front triple tree stand with the matching peg for my bike. When I received them they were packed to withstand a almost any abuse during shipping.
I also picked up a Cycle Hill Tire Changer. It was also well packaged.
I did not want to mount this to the floor. Thankfully the previous owners of my home left some desk table top pieces of wood in the shed. Drilled a few holes through it and bolted it to the end of the board. Since that seemed like it would move way to much when trying to remove the tire from the rim I backed the front tire of my truck over the opposite end of the board. Rock solid and never moved when working with it. Best part was that I could move the tire changer anywhere I wanted since it is not permanent.
The tires that I changed to were the Michelin Power Road 2 for front and rear. After putting a few hundred miles on them since installing them I have been rather pleased. No issues with them.
The last piece of gear I picked up for the bike was a set of Tech Spec C3 tank grips. No more sliding forward due to no grip on the tank for me. I would get this again for future bikes. Easy to put on and can be removed with little effort. Best of all when I ordered the product it was not even released on their website yet. A few questions later on the phone with them I had their new product on it’s way to me with free shipping. Great company to work with.
The thing that I really like about all three of these items.They are ALL made in the USA.
Tags: Cycle Hill, Motorcycle, Pit-Bull, Stands, SV650, TechSpec
