Man,
I was really enjoying my ride home from work when the rear end went while I was in a traffic circle. I've been riding gently because I felt the rear end get squirrley on me on the way to the shop to get it inspected.
I didn't loose it ,but the rear end came around a LOT more than I was comfortable with! I just rode it out and didn't brake. Thank God I hadn't entered the cicrle hot, I would've lost it for sure!
I am going to get new tires! I took a look and those puppies are from 2001, tread left but hard and slippery. I dug around and per Poet's posts I'll try to score 150/70 ZR17 and 120/70 ZR17 ME Z6's for my 1992 GSX1100.
I'll call around tomorrow to see what local shops charge for tires/mounting on or off the bike. I can get the pair online for around $250.00 with shipping so I'll see how close they come to that.
I really wish I had the time to fab up a tire changing setup and do it myself but I've barely time in my schedule to sleep these days. I'll have to just gather that stuff as I see it so hopefully next time around I'm ready to go.
I was really enjoying my ride home from work when the rear end went while I was in a traffic circle. I've been riding gently because I felt the rear end get squirrley on me on the way to the shop to get it inspected.
I didn't loose it ,but the rear end came around a LOT more than I was comfortable with! I just rode it out and didn't brake. Thank God I hadn't entered the cicrle hot, I would've lost it for sure!
I am going to get new tires! I took a look and those puppies are from 2001, tread left but hard and slippery. I dug around and per Poet's posts I'll try to score 150/70 ZR17 and 120/70 ZR17 ME Z6's for my 1992 GSX1100.
I'll call around tomorrow to see what local shops charge for tires/mounting on or off the bike. I can get the pair online for around $250.00 with shipping so I'll see how close they come to that.
I really wish I had the time to fab up a tire changing setup and do it myself but I've barely time in my schedule to sleep these days. I'll have to just gather that stuff as I see it so hopefully next time around I'm ready to go.
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