I picked up my painted parts and started assemballin the bike
Make sure you spoon the bead opposite the direction the valve stem will be facing first. Don't ask me how I know....:crying:
Since the tire arrived a day before the tube, I mounted the brake side bead first. Why I don't know, luck of the draw I guess...:serious: Maybe because I could see the directional arrow from the chain side. Well the valve stem faces the brake side and it was impossible to get the metal 90* stem into the hole in the rim. Could not get my fingers inside the tire on both sides. So, I had to lever the chain side bead on and then lever the brake side bead back off.:frown2:HUH??
I spoon one side on, then insert tube, but don`t really know or think about the stem facing to spoon on the remaining bead...
Ain`t really paid it mo thought...
"Thanks fer the heads up"...
I`ve not run into a problem yet...
BUT Then, I always get the bead in place under the stem first anyhow???
A bit Curious on the problem you had,
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Well after it all, all I know is everything is right with the world again.:smile2:firehawk, Them 90s are "booger bears" to get through the rim hole, for SURE!I pretty much always use the levers (spoons) on the brake drum side, and I reckon, like you< been LUCKY...
There just ain`t enough room OR "Give" inside there, that bead on the tire is MUCH Tougher than my hands...
I`ll try to pay attention to my technique tomorrow whilst wrestling that "car tire" onto the rim and that 90 through the hole...
I do "Cheat" though, I use a wire to feed the 90 >> after 25 minutes of fighting it
Lets Ride,
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Gonna see the results of Darkside for the next 14,000 miles or more?
If you touched or thought about the bike today,Does pulling the bike out of the shed and get ready to ride to work tomorrow count??
COOL!!! Then I do something with my bike every day!:grin2:If you touched or thought about the bike today,
IT COUNTS!:surprise:
Works for me. Hell I've posted up about walking past it in the winter on my way to the Jeep in the driveway.Does pulling the bike out of the shed and get ready to ride to work tomorrow count??
There is that "W" word again,,,LOLWorks for me. Hell I've posted up about walking past it in the winter on my way to the Jeep in the driveway.
That's the way to do it; two bikes! Less down time that way!Cleaned my other bike and took it for a little ride!
That @adlowe is an ACE encyclopedia!Was talking to Art recently and I came to realize that compared to his stock setup, my gas mileage stinks 'and' my top end is not what it should be on the ACE. So I'm going in with new vacuum diaphragms and a new carbjetkits jet kit. I like my pipes so going back to stock is a last resort. Parts on order.