The "Today I did something to my bike" thread
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so, bit of a mixed bag: had 2 x new tyres to fit to my '21 GoldWing and decided I'd have a go myself.
I went out & bought a ProWorks tyre changer from XLMoto online, which arrived promptly, and I had the other bits & pieces already.
First off, getting the front wheel off was a nightmare due to a frozen bolt. Conscious of not wanting to break anything I was 5 minutes away from having to drill it out when I finally got the offender to budge and got the wheel off quickly. The rear wheel was a cake walk - god be with single side swing arms, eh ?
However, the tyre machine I bought was a poor choice : the brake discs on the GW are 330mm and so the wheel wouldn't fit on the machine (well it would if I modified it a bit, which I didn't want to). The tyre breaker function on it was actually good and had no problem breaking the bead off and I got the front 1/2 off. 2nd half I couldn't, and was afraid of damaging either the discs or ABS ring so decided to invoke help: Meskells to be exact, where I bought the tyres.
You haven't a hope in hell of changing the 200 rear on a GW by hand, ever, btw.
Meskells mounted & balanced the loose wheels in a few minutes.
So, I now have a manual tyre machine that is surplus to requirements and going to flog it. I tried it on a smaller wheel/tyre and it was fine, so I'm tempted to get something better that can handle the larger stuff - I seem to be constantly changing tyres anyway, so want to get into the habit of doing it myself.
Easiest rear wheel removal I've ever had: even easier than (our) Vespas, which require both the exhaust (and new gasket after..) AND swingarm to come off, for a little 12" wheel.
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Oil and filter plus plugs for the blade.
My first time doing plugs on a 954.
Awkward enough and on top of it someone rounded a screw holding down the airbox which needs to come off🙄
Box of these is always handy to have laying around.
Dumped the old brittle ones that were breaking when removing and nice new ones fitted.
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Time for headstock bearings.
Out with the old ones while I wait for new ones to arrive.
It's neverending 🥵
The Abba sportsbike stsand with add ons for lifting front wheel and swing arm removal.
Brilliant bit of kit to have
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