Rear Wheel Loaner?

[Slonishku]

I'm going to be riding the Iron Butt Rally in June, and want to get all set up for the mid-rally tire swap. Does anyone have any leads on Gen II ABS rear wheel available for sale or loan? I figure the easiest way to go about things is to have a tire set up, tire mounted and balanced, at the appropriate checkpoint. If I buy one for that purpose, I'd be selling it right after the rally in all probability.

Alex

 

[SkooterG]

Your late to the party buckaroo. Check out Perry's WTB thread for all kinds of fun!

Unfortunately you have a 2008 FJR. Which means only 2008+ wheels are compatible. Reports are that in '08 they somehow changed teh ABS sensor ring on the wheels.

Good luck.

 

[mattster31]

I'm going to be riding the Iron Butt Rally in June, and want to get all set up for the mid-rally tire swap. Does anyone have any leads on Gen II ABS rear wheel available for sale or loan? I figure the easiest way to go about things is to have a tire set up, tire mounted and balanced, at the appropriate checkpoint. If I buy one for that purpose, I'd be selling it right after the rally in all probability.

Alex

Want to avoid the hassles of a mid rally tire swap?? Buy a Michelin Exalto.................

Focus on the rally.......not your rear tire. Just sayin'

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Mattster

 

[Slonishku]

I'm going to be riding the Iron Butt Rally in June, and want to get all set up for the mid-rally tire swap. Does anyone have any leads on Gen II ABS rear wheel available for sale or loan? I figure the easiest way to go about things is to have a tire set up, tire mounted and balanced, at the appropriate checkpoint. If I buy one for that purpose, I'd be selling it right after the rally in all probability.

Alex

Want to avoid the hassles of a mid rally tire swap?? Buy a Michelin Exalto.................

Focus on the rally.......not your rear tire. Just sayin'

Join us

Mattster

The Exalto is actually sitting in my garage... somehow I'm still resisting...

 

[Warchild]

The Exalto is actually sitting in my garage... somehow I'm still resisting...

That's because you have a brain, and fully realize just how ****** UP it is to put a goofy-*** car-tire on a bike!

You best be showing up in Seattle with proper rubber, young man.... :angry2:

 

[Ignacio]

Want to avoid the hassles of a mid rally tire swap?? Buy a Michelin Exalto.................

Focus on the rally.......not your rear tire. Just sayin'

Join us

Mattster

The Exalto is actually sitting in my garage... somehow I'm still resisting...

Good for you! I'd say focus on the rally.....not a rear car tire.

You're going to have to worry enough about tech inspection, the special pep talk from Lisa, and various vague & ominous threats from Higdon. Add the fog that is Day 8+ and you don't need to risk pitchpolling yourself into the Canadian muskeg because of a funky contact patch promoted by the peanut gallery on an internet forum.

Torturing yourself about one motorcycle tire or two is a good thing to figure out out. A car tire isn't a healthy thing to ponder in my opinion.

And spectators....this thread's about a loaner rear wheel. Let's keep the darkside **** in the one thread please. You can bounce off the walls all you want over there, but keep it in that red light darkside district. Thanks!

 

[Good2Go]

I'd loan you mine if I didn't need it in June . I must have called a zillion salvage yards in the southwest with no luck. Then I got tired of thinking about it and decided to take my chances on PR2's - I've been averaging somewhere in the neighborhood of 13-14k. Worst case, I'll find a Cycle Gear or similar if I need to swap. Or if I'm anywhere west of the Rockies my wife can drive out with my new (to me) hitch mounted No Mar :yahoo: and change my tire. She won't mind. I hope she doesn't read this.

 

[huron52]

Or if I'm anywhere west of the Rockies my wife can drive out with my new (to me) hitch mounted No Mar :yahoo: and change my tire. She won't mind. I hope she doesn't read this.

She prob. has and said.... "Anything for my sweetie"

 

[Slonishku]

Or if I'm anywhere west of the Rockies my wife can drive out with my new (to me) hitch mounted No Mar :yahoo: and change my tire. She won't mind. I hope she doesn't read this.

She prob. has and said.... "Anything for my sweetie"

In '09, when my shipping plan fell through, my wife told me to load the RE5 in my truck and she'd drive it to the mechanic outside Nashville... from Bakersfield. She got there in 2.5 days of hard driving. I will not be asking my wife for any favors this year.