Pappy13
Active member
I haven't been on here much lately, cancer, hand and arm surgery, no grip in my right hand so twisting the throttle can be a challenge. Got the scooter out a couple of weeks ago and noticed the front tire has unusual wear, these were the Michelin tires I had installed about 2 years ago; I've had Metzler, Michelin, Dunlop, when I bought the scooter it had a Kenda on the rear and a shinko on the front. After looking at the wear patterns on these tires I figured I wouldn't need to spend lots of money to just wear out the center so when I installed the Michelins I purchased a set of Shinko for the front and rear, those I installed today. I'll ride these a while, see how they handle and wear, and if it's all good I'll order the next set and have them ready to install. With no strength in my right hand and arm I called around trying to find a shop to install the tires, every one of them wanted me to pull the tires from the bike and bring them in, wait a couple of days and pay them $100.00 when I picked them up. No thanks, I'll just do it myself. I ordered a balance kit from Marc Parnes (all adapters for the BMW scooter), weights from Amazon and when I had everything on hand spent 2 days doing the tires (took me 3 hours last time). I replaced the tire pressure sensor for the front tire (had a failed code) when I broke the tire down I found it had come loose from the wheel rolling loose inside the tire causing the unusual wear. I put green Loc-tite on the new screw I had to purchase and installed the sensor, got out the GS-911 and programmed the sensor to the bike and went for a test drive. I spent some time weaving back and forth in my lane trying to rub in the tires and get the form lube off, got to tell an officer what I was doing (he looked confused) then finished my ride. Went to hand therapy for 6 months, best therapy is riding the scoot....
