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Nope... this is not about Yamaha.. Many years ago I bought a set of tools from Canadian Tire. They have a line of tools called Mastercraft that come with a lifetime warranty similar to Sear's Craftsman. I particularly like this set because it came in a plastic case with places for all the pieces. (and I got it on sale at 1/2 price) So about 4 years ago I lost an adapter inside the fender of a car at a wreckers. I went to Canadian Tire and asked to purchase a replacement. They ordered it and a few days later called me to tell me it was in. When I went to get it they just handed it to me and said "have a nice day" --- no charge.. I was flabbergasted... This was NOT broken this was LOST.. no fault of theirs.. I was totally prepared to buy a new piece to fill the hole in the case. Anyhow I thought someone made a mistake but didn't argue. Fast forward to last week. At some point this case popped open in our old van (kids had borrowed the van) and 4 pieces went missing. Last week I was using the tools and was bugged by the empty places to wandered over to Canadian Tire to order those tools. Got a call on Friday that the parts were in. Went on Sunday to get them... They handed me a baggie with the four tools in it... "have a nice day" Now I expect them to replace a socket or ratchet that brakes.. After all it is a lifetime warranty. I DO NOT expect them to replace something I LOST.. but they did both times.. I'M IMPRESSED!!!
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We're in-route to Charlotte, NC (currently stuck in Statesboro, GA). Got Avon Venoms front and rear. The rear tire (Avon venom) is starting to show cord...need to get a tire TODAY! Dealerships are not open yet so I don;t know what tires are readily available today. I'm not sure if I can get a Venom today...but...is it safe to put a mismatched tire (whatever brand is available that fits) on the rear today, then change out the tire when I get home???? Is that "unsafe"?
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The bad part: I ended up taking Friday off as a vacation day after getting to work because I had several things I needed to do or wanted to do, and work was not one of them. I ended up making about a 30 mile round trip run to look at a Miata for a friend and after stopping to get a bite to eat, the bike started running real bad, alternating from 3 to 4 cylinders. Then I started having a rear end wobble and pulled over. When I got off and saw the rear tire was going down, I also noticed gas making a puddle under the bike. I jumped back on it as there was a convience store about a mile away and it did have an air hose available. After getting there and airing up my rear tire twice, I finally got it on the center stand. I then laid down and rotated the tire, which was a new E-3 that I had just put on, I found a hole where it had been punchered. I pulled out my plug kit, plugged it while laying on very hot pavement at about 95º in the sun, and then took off 20 miles for home, with gas leaking out a lot. I barely made it home, going from a full tank when I started out to a blinking light. but I made it. I pulled off the air box and sure enough, I had the right rear carb with fuel running out the over flow tube. Before I took anything apart, I pulled off the inlet hose for that carb and using an air nozzle with a tube on, I blew air into it. Yes, gas did spray out a jet or two, but it ended up working fine. I then took off the wheel and removed the tire and buffed down the area where I had put the plug and put on a heavy duty patch. I then put the tire back on, checked balance, and put everything back together. The good part: Got up Saturday morning and picked up a friend and before the weekend was over, I put 570 miles on the bike, which ran great and got from 43 to 45mpg. Of these miles, only about 40 were interstate and most were two lane with one run being from Cherokee, NC on the Blue Ridge Parkway up to just past Little Switzerland. This was at temperatures in mid 70's to mid 80's. knowing that down in the valleys it was mid 90's at least. If I was going to encounter this type of a problem, I was really glad it happened when it did because that two day ride had a lot of time in remote areas with no phone service. It ended up being a great weekend. RandyA
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My front tire size is 120/90 18 65h is a MR90-18 the same size ? Thanks
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Stuck in Eureka, California (Sunday, July 25th) No, not me (fortunately), but my brother in-law. Lynn and his wife Cindy left Blackfoot, Idaho last Friday for a ride up the PCH and up to Forks, Washington. They got as far as Eureka today and got a flat tire on their '09 Venture. They have a place to stay this evening, but they will be in the market for a new back tire first thing in the morning. I'm not sure what kind of service he's going to be able to find in Eureka tomorrow morning, or if they will even be able to find a back tire very quickly. Anyone have any tips or suggestions I can pass-on to them to assist? Like many of us have, we too have been stuck on a road trip, and it's sure nice to know when people are available to lend a hand. Thanks guys! Be Safe. Pete.
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I've found a couple articles in here about greasing the rear splines and some hub pins... Will this be obvious when I take the rear wheel off? This will be my first time doing this kind of maintainance on a bike- but I've been doing more and more and seem to have managed to not break/ruin anything yet. So when I take off the rear wheel (and I need to get a tire, too), do I also need to remove the pumpkin/differential?? Or is the stuff I need to grease all back there? Also, do I need to replace some kind of oil seal when I just remove the rear tire, or is that only when I remove the pumpkin? Sorry for the newbish questions... I'm kind of a motorcycle maintenace virgin. Is there a pictoral wolk-through of this whole thing I should do when I have the tire off? -
Hey this is Utadventure's son, I am now the proud owner of an 83 Venture Royal . I've been riding a Honda Silverwing for the last 2 years and have love every min of it. But alas I pulled a stupid and ended up seizing the engine on it. It was a sad moment cause it's a great little bike and you don't see to many of them out on the road. So after greiving for my loss I started looking for a new bike. After looking around for a week or so my dad found a blonde venture only about an hour away from us that the owner was willing to sell for 1k. The problems? A dead battery, minor damage to the plastic (nothing worse than the usual wear and tear), needs a new back tire, and the electronics were pulled out and he didn't know if they worked or not. He jump started me to get me home and the panel showed the bike putting out a solid 13~14V the entire way home. The trip charged the battery and the battery is holding the charge. The plastic I know how to fix and I'll probably repaint the bike after I'm done anyway (even though the paint still looks good enough for now). I've ordered a rear tire and after one night of fiddling with the electronics everything works. I had to curse the previous owner for the backwards and slapstick way he wired some things. (most of the night was spent just undoing previous "fixes" and redoing them so that they were more discrete and less likely to leave me stranded on the side of the road doing these same fixes.) But all and all, great deal for a 1000 bucks. As soon as I get the tire in I'll be riding it.
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This is ridiculous. I cannot believe this. Not only did I miss the Nelson meet because of dealing with tire issues (along with a few other things, one involved a broken Kitchen window in my house). Now, I am going to be even LATER. My brand new E3 that I got on last Wednesday, now has a split in the sidewall. I was packed, ready to go and doing my final check over everythign before I went to bed for the night (to get up and take off tomorrow morning ~ 5) and what do I see? A split. Yippee. What do you all think? This tire is literally brand new, I have less than 20 miles on it. Sadly my dealer is closed Sunday and Monday so I have to wait until Tuesday to get anywhere with this. Someone shoot me. Maybe it is nothing, I don't know a whole heck of a lot about tires, so maybe I am over reacting... By the way the date code on the tire is 3707 - which I expressed my displeasure with to the dealer immediately when I saw that, but of course, they get what they get from the warehouse and as long as it is within the 5 years they can sell them. -
have any of you guys tryed the kenda tires on your bike?? i recently bought a new kenda tire for the back of my v-star for $72.50 size 17/80/15... when i got the tire i was really impressed.. the tire side wall was rather thick, and the tread design was rather inpressive also.. i have used e tires years ago and they seemed to last for around 12000 miles.. i ordered 1 for my buddies 09 vulcan 900 about 2 months ago.. he now has over 1500 miles on it and it still shows no wear yet.. i ordered them thru denniskirk.com .. got them within 24 hours.. of course they are located here in minnesota.. worth the check out.. it was the kruz tire, that my buddy got.. they up graded his to that, nicer tire than mine, but im happy with mine.. i will tryto get a coupleof pictures up later today..
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While changeing the oil today I noticed oil around both sides of my front tire rim, any clues as to what it could be. I have never added brake fluid and if a seal went on my forks I don't think it would land on both sides of the front rim? couldn't see where it was coming from I cleaned it off and so far it hasn't returned. My brakes are working in the front as well and the fluid is ok in the sight glass.
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I live in Northern Alberta so finding tires, (and other parts), at a reasonable price is a chore. I did plenty of looking for a new rear tire, (140/90-16 or MU90B-16). I hit every shop in town but I found the best deal, by about 30 bucks at http://www.canadasmotorcycle.ca/dunlop- ... -tire.html. With taxes and free delivery it cost me a total of 160CAD, delivered to my door. Delivery took less than 2 weeks. I payed with Paypal. That may sound a lot for a tire but it was the cheapest I could find for this tire. I am pleased with my purchase there and thought I'd pass this info along. -
Manufactured 29/09 , 3573 miles so far .No indication of cracks, slivers or whatever The both sidewall are smooth..... Tire pressure 45 psi
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I did a search & didn't find any posts about this, so here goes. My Kumho rear tire experiment has been a failure for me, so I am going to replace my rear tire with an Avon Venom AM42. While doing that I am hoping to correct some speedometer error by putting an over-sized rear tire on. Has anyone used/tried a 170/80-15 tire on the rear of their RSV? My research is on an Avon Venom 170/80HB-15 tire. The only worry is the width which is 6.9" as compared to the 150/90 width of 6.3". The height of the replacement is only 1/2" higher. The 170/80 tire has a great load rating of 83H. That load rating is 1074 lbs.! If anyone has some info to share, please do. Thanks; johnB
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After seeing Eagleeye's bike, reading everything I could find, pro and con, talking to the pro'ers and the con'er's, and thinking about it for the past year, I've gone and put a car tire on mine, a 2007 venture. The guy that put the tire on the rim said it was harder to get the E-3 off than to put the Kuhmo on. Said all he did was put a tube in the Kuhmo, aired it up really big and laid it in the sun (90 degree day) for a few hours. He then took the tube out and mounted the tire using Dawn to slick up the rim. Said he beat it a little but didn't really have a problem. The tire was so balanced, he din't have use any weights. I've ridden with my wife on the bike, about 150 miles on it at 42 lbs air. The roads were twisties for the most part. The tire did great! My wife said it felt smoother than the E-3 did over the same roads. Looking forward to the next 25,000 miles Cheers, Steve
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I have no ideal how or why this happened but a friend and I were just talking about our bikes and stuff and anyway to make a long story short I ended up trading my 83 venture for a 1987 venture royal. It does need a little work on the fairing parts but I figure ill do that this winter as a garage project. It actually runs good, all the gauges work and the compressor works etc. The only real bad thing is the rear tire wont hold air. it is a brand new tire, still has the tits on it, but it sat for a year and I have a feeling something is between the outer rim and tire. I just cant wait. Should have pics by this weekend. Can you all tell me of any bad "traits" of the 87 and also how does the 1200 compare to the 1300 on the open road? thanks for any info
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I am fighting with a high speed wobble on my RSV with a Kumho rear tire. Before I remove the Kumho & throw it away, I want to try a Tall Winshield in place of the short one I have on there now. Does anyone have a Tall Windshield in a corner collecting dust that they can part with cheaply. I don't want to spend a lot of money to check this out, because I probably will be buying a replacement rear tire soon. Anyone? Email and/or PM me please. Thanks; John B.
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We have a big trip planned for the 1st week of July so I am a little concerned about the rear E3. Got to looking at it real close and it is scalloped on the sides. UMMM...what caused that? This is a rear tire and I run 40 PSI in the tire and check it regularly. I ride 2 up about 1/2 time and still check the pressure regularly. As you can see I do not ride the twisties much cause there just not that many roads here that have twisties...Mostly straight road with slight curves compared to the smokies. I got 13700 miles on it so far...still got about 4-5/32 tread depth but it is kinda noisy when you get it off center. I am well pleased with the performance of this tire and feel I have got my money's worth, although i could probably get another 3-5000 miles out of it...why take the chance. You know what they say if you are thinking about changing a tire...you should go ahead and do it...if you are going on a road trip. See attachments for photos...43 and 44 is the same tire looking at different directions...the other one is side view you can see the slight raising at the tread grooves. I am gonna change it just in to be safe for the trip, since we do not know how far we will go and really have not decided how long we will be gone. The wife and I are off from work for 3 weeks and we plan to ride till we get tired then turn around and head back home. The rear wheel is at the closest dealer swapping the tire now. Just wondering...What caused this??? What do you think?
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My 96 RSTD needs new rear tire.It currently has the Dunlop 404.However I am looking for different makes of tire in White Wall. I know the 404s have a low mi. issue .Any suggestions? My front tire looks great .
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Caution: :rant::rant: I'm pretty honked at this dealership and they know it, the several customers that were in the store knew it and the manager didn't really seem to care. After finalizing the checks on my bike before my upcoming trip, I saw that my front tire had gotten MUCH worse than it was - cracking in tread has grown significantly, etc. So in the interest of saftey, I figure it is probably best to put a new tire on before I go. Which is unfortunate because a few weeks ago when I had made arrangements for my Rear tire to get replaced the front one looked just fine - about half worn (based on measurements) and no cracking. So with all of the dealers in Lubbock being closed on Monday I called around and found the next closest that claimed they had 3 Dunlop E 3s in stock in the appropriate size for my bike (all of this so that I can have it mounted and be on the road tomorrow or Wednesday). I called first to check to see if they had one and then a second time to verify and buy it. Business concluded on the phone and I was out the door. 2 hour drive later (135 miles one way) arrived at the dealership and pumped to pick up my tire so that I can be on the road in a few days sort of as planned. Went up to the parts counter and asked to pick up my tire and they asked what I was looking for. The guy went back to the back and came back with a meltzer in hand (which I believe was not even the correct size) and said that is all they had. I inquired a little further as to what I had discussed on the phone and what happened to the 3 E3s that they told me they had ON HAND and the ONE that I bought (or so I thought) and the guy shrugged and said that he didn't know. Coincidentally (very sarcastically stated) the price of the meltzer was the same as what I was quoted for the E3. When questioning further he looked up what E3s they had on hand and the answer was NONE. They didn't have a single E3 ON HAND, they had some on order, but none ON HAND. And this doofus verified it by telling me that the meltzer was just as good as any other tire, blah blah blah. At this point I am so honked that I don't ever care about the tire so much as the principle here. I spent 4 hours in the car, drove 270 miles round trip, all based on this salesman that told me TWICE (two separate phone calls) that he walked back and put his hands on the tire that he sold me. All to get up there and find out otherwise. Now, I am a very calm and patient person, I did not raise my voice at all - I spoke sternly when we started going back and forth, but I am a firm believer that yelling at someone gets you no where in a hurry so I almost always maintain my composure and deal in a rational, logical and considerate fashion. A few minutes into this ordeal a guy that introduced himself as the parts manager asked what was going on (while doofus # 1 was back looking for my tire) and I explained the situation to him. When doofus #1 came back, the manager looked at the doofus and just walked away. No comment to anyone, nothing further to me, not a thing. At this point there were a few other folks that were waiting around the parts counter and no doubt hearing everything that is transpiring. I give a quick call to my CC company to see if the dealership charged me for the tire and the answer was 'no', upon that I requested that nothing be approved from that dealership and that if anything fishy starts happening with that card to cancel it immediately (also gave the name and number of the parts guy at the dealership that took my CC info). After I hung up with the CC company the parts guy asked if I 'still wanted' the Meltzer. At this point I asked if he had listened to any part of the conversation (that WAS a two-way conversation) that him and I had just had and said you will not be getting my business, now or ever again and walked away. The other few people that were waiting at the parts counter followed me out the door and also left in/on their respective vehicles. What a rip. 270 miles and 4 hours, down the drain - all because of what: 1) Sleezy sales practices 2) Negligence or 3) incompetence 4) honest mistake (multiple times in a row)? And what can I do - nothing but pi$$ and moan. I'm out vehicle/travel expense, still don't have a freaking tire, and now am probably going to be another day or two late to Nelson. I guess a lot of this is my own dumb fault anyways. I guess that is what I get for getting my hopes up, not having a spare tire laying around, or trusting that voice on the phone. Maybe you folks in Amarillo have had good experiences there, maybe not. I don't know. Just figured I would get the word out to those that may trust these folks the same way I did. Thanks for listening. I'll go sit in my corner now.
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Do you need a front tire for your Trike? I have a tire in the classifieds that I just took off of my bike. It's a Dunlop E3 MU90B-16. It is a rear tire that they had mounted in reverse so it would last a long time. The ONLY reason I took it off is that the bike seemed to wander on the road. Squidly took it for a ride and said that it was the tire causing the issue and he was right. As soon as I put on a front tire, it stopped. But with a trike you would not have this issue and you would not need to change the tire for a long long time. I would say it is in 95% or better condition. Pay pal will be payed right to Squidly as I owe him the money. And we will work out the shipping cost because I don't know what it will be yet. http://www.venturerider.org/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=2934 -
if you have an 1800 wing and need a new rear tire. check ebay i bought a brand new wheel and tire mounted and balanced, new swingarm, rear end, and disc with caliper for $ 227.00 plus shipping. i calculated the total new cost at over $3000.00. russleville honda does trike conversions and have a pile of them all the time. tom, you may want to pick one up when you get your bike. it gives you a brand new tire and wheel ready to mount when you need it.
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While in Tennessee on Friday, I ran over a piece of steel and ruined a rather low-mileage E3 on the rar of my GL1800 Wing. I was about 30 miles from the beginning of civilization with only one realistic option for obtaining a new tire, that being Mid-$outh Motoplex in Clark$ville, Tenne$$ee. I'll leave out all the details, but after finally getting the rear wheel off and delivered to the shop, I was then gouged mercilessly IMO. My tire size is 180/60R16 and a new E3 from http://www.jakewilson.com goes for 164.99.....obviously not an option for me in my situation since I had to have the tire immediately so I could continue my trip. Here's what the dealership charged me: Tire: $247.50 Labor: $39.50 Valve stem: $16.98 Tax: $29 and change Total, $333 thank you very much for your business sir! Now, I realize that a dealership needs to make a profit, but that is one heckuva markup percentage. I'm sure they buy their tires at least as cheaply as I can get them online....so they are marking them up by almost half. Nice. Oh, and it's a good thing I took it in already off the bike. They charge $118.50 if on the bike, plus an additional "clean up fee as appropriate". I initially thought that I was fortunate that they "got me right in and got it done for me" since I was just traveling through.....until I read the sign that said "Tires mounted and balanced while you wait". So I received no special treatment after all. This shop sells Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, and Polaris/Victory. Large dealership, expensive building. I now have paid for a small piece of it. BEWARE. Joe
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Has anyone used these? they are a tire pressure monitor that stays on your valve stem so you can see at a glance if your pressure was ok. These are different than most as they dont actually measure tire pressure, they will pop up a red flag if the tire pressure drops by 3 lbs or so and are supposed to be engineered not to leak if broken off or unscrewed. http://www.autogeek.net/kwtc.html Brian
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Well am I bad, I left Canada with what I thought was a ok rear tire. it seems to have worn a lot faster than I anticipated. Anybody know of a dealer around Lake City that might have a tire in stock and able to install it I have tried Mountain Power Sports 1 40 Good Times Yamaha of Knoxville. Perhaps somewhere heading north on 1 75. Thanks Bob
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Well, I got home last night around midnight - most of the trip back was great, but certainly not without incident. Ponch, BoomerCPO, Gunboat and I all left Don's fairgrounds together Sunday morning around 0930, intending on taking the back roads to enjoy the ride instead of beating ourselves to death on the slab for another 1,200 miles. The day started out great, with really nice temperatures and some truly wonderful roads, including one that seemed like the Ohio cousin to the famed Dragon's Tail - just a bit more classy wither fewer scars around the edges. But when we tried to escape Ohio by crossing the river at Maysville, either Kentucky boarder guards or aliens must of snuck up behind us and nabbed one of our members! Gunboat had been hanging way back for a couple of hours, but kept telling us on the radio that all was fine and not to wait for him. He was catching up at each stop sign when we had the chance to wait for him, and when we got to the light at the Maysville bridge, he did get up to us just as the light turned green and we headed across the river. Unfortunately, he didn't make it through the light! I told him on the radio we would wait for him on the other side, but before we got across, he said the light had changed again and he was rolling. So at this point, he wasn't any further behind than he had been staying so far. We told him on the radio what route we were following, and he even repeated the route numbers back, so everything seemed fine. But then the aliens swooped in and grabbed up both him and his daughter! His radio responses stopped, and several miles down the road we turned around and went back looking for them - but they seemed to have simply vanished into the hot and humid air of early afternoon. And to make matters worse, Gunboat had lost his cell phone that weekend, so not only did we not have any way to call him, but he probably didn't have any of our phone numbers available either. After about an hour of looking, waiting and calling on the radio, we finally figured we had to start moving again before we melted into big grease spots on the hot asphalt. We still haven't heard from him about what happened and just what orifices the aliens probed, but hopefully he'll fill us in soon. (Just for the record Don, we did stay on the same route we told ya, all the way down to Glasgow! Well, mostly, anyway - when 62/68 split, we stayed with US 68. We couldn't imagine how you might have gotten ahead of us, but I looked for your bike at every gas station and restaurant we passed.) The rest of Sunday went reasonably well, except for the constant discussion and puzzlement about Gunboat. We really felt bad about leaving him lost somewhere in northern Kentucky, but couldn't see what other options we had. We hit some great roads and finally packed it in around Glasgow, Kentucky, 444 miles for the day - not all that many, but typical for back road riding. Monday morning the forecast was for hot and nasty, and it was already withering to just step outside at 0700. We decided the back roads and small towns just wouldn't be all that much fun any more in those conditions and the best option was to just hit the slab and try to get the heck outa Dodge as fast as we could. We had an uneventful ride over to Memphis, where Boomer peeled off to get lost in the Louisiana swamps while Ponch and I kept on to Texarkana. Everything seems fine right up to the point where we stopped for the final gas in Texarkana, after which Ponch was gonna spin off towards Houston and I would continue into Fort Worth. But as I walked out of the store with a full mug of water to get on the bike, I thought the back tire just might be a tad low - didn't really look like it, but always better to check those things out, ya know? Closer inspection found a 2" screw in the tire, right at the edge of the tread, and angled such that you could feel a bulge where the screw was pressing on the inside of the sidewall! And this on a brand new E3 I just mounted the day before leaving for Ohio. Not surprisingly, as soon as I pulled out the screw, the tire deflated instantly. And here I was still about 200 miles from home, at the end of the day, and with a tire that almost certainly could not be safely repaired. What to do, what to do . . . Just for the heck of it, I stuck a plug in the tire and it held air fine, but there was a noticeable bulge along the sidewall where the screw had damaged the belts and inner surface, allowing some air to get trapped under the outer layer of rubber. The bulge wasn't very big, but that didn't change the fact that the tire was severely damaged and it's safety compromised. After a few spins and donuts around the parking lot where it handled fine, the tire didn't show any signs of the bulge growing. Ponch offered to follow me to the next stop down the highway, so I decided to see how it would take a few miles of low speed running. After a couple of stops to keep checking the tire and seeing no changes, we decided to shoot for a town about 30 miles down the road. We made it there without incident, and the tire still wasn't looking any worse, so my confidence grew enough I decided to just try and make it home while the temperature was cooler and there wasn't much traffic on the road. I put my wife on notice that I might have to call her to bring the truck to rescue me and the bike, bid farewell and tremendous thanks to Ponch and is lovely and long-suffering wife for sticking with me while I chanced that first scary leg on the questionable tire, and gingerly rolled on down the highway. Took me a few extra hours to finish that last stretch because of the slower speeds and constant stops to inspect the tire, but made it without any further problems. About 700 miles yesterday, and I think I pinched off a few pieces of my seat during that last 200 miles! What a trip! Had a great time at the carnival, changed some tires there, adjusted some valves, and tuned a lot of bikes. Met some new wonderful folks, as well as lots of old friends, and added some new experiences that I'll not forget. Thanks to all for a great maintenance "day"! Goose
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