Re: [ST] for Bryce - wheel removal

[Bryce <bster13@xxxxxxxxx>]

Very Cool Don,

I think I'll do that.  I should have a tie-down with
me anyway!

Thanks,

Bryce

- --- don draper <donnydogood@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>  >>> The issue is flat tires for me. I'm doing a
> 3500-4000
> mile trip and I want to be sure I am prepared for
> whatever
> comes my way. <<<
> 
>     You can always take a page from us old dirt bike
> riders and carry
> a tie-down. If you get a flat, put the bike on the
> sidestand next to
> a tree, fence, pole, car or anything handy, and
> loosen the axle nut a
> little.  Strap or belt the front brake lever to keep
> the bike from
> rolling and hook one end of the tiedown on the RIGHT
> footpeg - or
> anything handy on the RIGHT side - and attach the
> other end, over the
> seat, to the tree or whatever.  Push the bike up
> onto the sidestand
> until the rear wheel is high enough off the ground
> to be removed
> easily and take the slack out of the tiedown.  If
> it's the front
> tire, just move the tiedown further forward to get
> the front wheel
> off the ground and have the bike in gear to keep
> from rolling.
> 
>                                       Have fun;
> 
>                                                 
> doggydoo   - - -
> o&\o
>

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