REPLACED REAR TIRE & REAR BRAKES :(

[pellcitypete]

Well I finally had to replace rear tire on LI'LL RED while at it I replaced brakes. removing rear tire & rim no problem, bought new ATV jack, replaced tire with 225-50r-15 AAA tire wear 150+ mph rating placing tire back on not so easily! first time forgot spacers 2nd time forgot brake plate :banghead: 3rd time a charm:yesnow every time I put tire on I tighten belt an made sure it ran true) well now I have new tire new brakes AND WE ARE EXPECTING COLDEST WEATHER WE'VE HAD IN YEARS !! can anything else happen to keep me from riding?? quest I will have to find something to tinker with till warmer weather :sour: I put a Fauklin car tire. will I like it or not !!

 

[Chupaca]

Had faith..!!

in you knew you could do it..now it will be easy for you to do things yourself..congrats and hope the weather blows by quickly..!! :2thumbs:

 

[hill27]

great job:2thumbs:

 

[scott16119]

I forgot that darn brake plate too, but next time should be a piece of cake.

 

[pellcitypete]

REAR TIRE

I forgot to mention that I learned from the last time I adj. belt not to crank bike an out in gear to adj. belt but to DO WHAT LAMONT SAID an adj then turn BY HAND UNTIL YOU GET IT TIGHT AN LINED UP CORECT ! :2thumbs: YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING THINGS WORK MUCH BETTER !:thumbup: lesson well learned hyea:

 

[SpyderAnn01]

I think you will like the Falken tire - others have posted that they like it.

 

[Bob Denman]

:congrats: Pete!
I had a Falken on mine, and I liked it a lot.
Besides; Now you can tell folks that you've got to go check the air in that "Falken" tire! :yikes: :roflblack:

 

[Spyder Tony]

Now you can tell folks that you've got to go check the air in that "Falken" tire! :yikes: :roflblack:

I want to go out and buy a Falken tire just so i can go around saying it...Cracked me up!!!

 

[Cruzr Joe]

I want to go out and buy a Falken tire just so i can go around saying it...Cracked me up!!!

:agree: GMTA (great minds think alike)

or you can go to Sears and they will ship your pants.


Cruzr Joe

 

[jerpinoy]

Where did you get your tire and rim replaced?

 

[pellcitypete]

rear tire

Where did you get your tire and rim replaced?

Just tire only quest I should have been more précised .

 

[pellcitypete]

Bob.

:congrats: Pete!
I had a Falken on mine, and I liked it a lot.
Besides; Now you can tell folks that you've got to go check the air in that "Falken" tire! :yikes: :roflblack:

Now Bob with my southern Twang I would get put in jail :yikes: Or slapped a lot pps: :roflblack:
:roflblack:nojoke

 

[pellcitypete]

rear tire

:thumbup: Finely got my rear tire on an test rode it yesterday :yes:while I had it apart I replaced inside of my muffler with a glass pack :thumbup: WOW !! sounds good an runs great love the tire now if it will last more than 15,000miles :roflblack: guess I'll have to drive better!

 

[scott16119]

:thumbup: Finely got my rear tire on an test rode it yesterday :yes:while I had it apart I replaced inside of my muffler with a glass pack :thumbup: WOW !! sounds good an runs great love the tire now if it will last more than 15,000miles :roflblack: guess I'll have to drive better!

So tell us more of what you did to your muffler.

 

[Bob Denman]

:thumbup: Finely got my rear tire on an test rode it yesterday :yes:while I had it apart I replaced inside of my muffler with a glass pack :thumbup: WOW !! sounds good an runs great love the tire now if it will last more than 15,000miles :roflblack: guess I'll have to drive better!

:2thumbs: :clap: :firstplace:
I am so happy to see the enthusiasm that you've got for the Spyder now...
I can remember darker times; you've done a great job of putting all of that in the distant past! :thumbup:

 

[pellcitypete]

muffer

So tell us more of what you did to your muffler.

WELL while I had rear tire off I removed the muffler and cut both ends off where the covers would hid the reweild.

:hun: then I gutted the inside all that was left was 2 end plates an a hollow middle I then had a glass pack welded in place an welded everything back together Looks all ordinal BUT sounds deeper an little louder :thumbup: may be me butt it seems to have more power:clap:an runs GREAT :yes: Not easy task but worth the fun.:2thumbs: before I put the grey allum. covers on I painted it with satin black high temp. paint closest I could find to factory .