Well I hated the tires that came on my bike for the last time. Tires have about 4,000 miles and by the date codes they are a year older than the bike. PO put them on 09 bike and date code was early 08. I ordered set of tires and they showed up. I have mounted several sets on the Goldwings I have owned in the past. But have always let dealer mess with those short side wall tires. Well I figured when I got home from work today I would try to get one done and then the other in a day or so. Started with the rear. Took longer to lift the bike than to pull tire from bike. I carried the tire over to my Atlas tire machine in less that 5 minutes tire mounted and headed back to bike. WOW that was way to easy. So now we all know something is going to go wrong. Well it was the front axle. I did not have a 22mm anything. Did a little site search and saw the spark plug socket trick. It worked and the front tire was just as easy as the rear. Mounting tires on wheels I think is easier than the Goldwing. Just went on ebay and ordered the front axle tool so next time I would fight the axle. So now tomorrow I get to ride to work on new booties. And just for information, Old front tires were Roadsmarts. They were hard as a rock and slipped in corners pretty easy. I ordered a set of Conti Road Attack 2 to go on bike. They look like a nice set of tires. Will find out if I like them pretty quick.
