mine is not a single sided swingarm

yeah I know that's why i thought it must be the envy

also I am not a poser I ride the crap out of the Ducati. I haven't met one person I could not keep up with on any ride. Also I have put 2500 miles on in 1 month.

You can stop by but you can't tell anyone. Get your cheap tire changes in while I am still doing them.

I plan on signing over tire services to my nephew someday. Is 5 years old too young to start training him?

You might have to custom make a Cambodian stool for him. The one you have might be too tall for him.

whoa bub... i didn't mean that YOU are a poser. i meant that mao pretends (poses) he hates ducs.

I was at garage Mao's for my second tire swap this summer. Once again, great service . He did mount my rear tire backwards , but fixed it immediately. Garage Mao FTW, even open on Sundays.

It was backwards since the last tire change I bet as I used the old tires as a guide. Totally my bad to do that.

I usually go by arrows and use the disc brake as a guide but the cruiser threw me a curve ball with no arrows and drum brakes. Either way, my bad. I should have used the cush drive as my guide.

The threads were oriented the same direction with the rear mounted backwards. It threw me off too until I saw the directional arrow. I don't think it matters though unless you get caught in the rain.

mao - you might want to check out the rim protectors

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=415973

Mao when you looking at opening back up?

Yeah I'm planning on getting the Kat all done up by next month and I need the rear tire checked... it's leaking bad not sure if it's just the valve stem or not. But regardless I think I'm going to replace the tire anyway.

I will need to replace the tires on the new Buell so let me know what you can get for prices on those tires.

Thanks man!

Youll probably have to tell him what tires.

http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2001models/2001models-Buell-Blast.htm

I would be looking at least changing to radials if you can.

Works for me! I don't know sh!t about tires so as long as they are stickier than what's on there now and they're safe, I don't really have much for an opinion.

Any other criteria I should look for with tires on her bike?

Check out the Pirelli MT75.

They should be available in the size you need and cost about $110-120 for a set.

I don't know if you could go up to a 130/90-16 rear and a 100/90-16 front, but if you can there would be a lot more choices. It's a popular size for the Ninja 250's.

If you can check out the Bridgestone BT45. Great dual compound tire, but probably twice the cost of the Pirelli's.

I read somewhere that the rear tire really has a problem with getting much bigger than stock size, maybe up to a 130/80, because of swing arm interference.

I'll look around again and see what sizes they say will fit, but I'll definitely look into the Pirellis.

I looked around for awhile and couldnt find a bias to radial conversion. Yeah with a bike like that i would stick to the same size.