Monday, May 02, 2005
Re-Tyred
Now that the gilera is gone I thought I'd better concentrate on getting a scooter on the road for the summer.
The one nearest to being on the road is the series 2 so I picked up a few bits and bobs to get it a bit nearer road ready.
I treated it to a new pair of tyres - some continental navigators. Whilst changing the tyres I decided to change the inner tube and fit some tyre sealant to stop problems with punctures.
The tyre sealant was a bit of a struggle to use - you have to squirt it into the inner tube.
I ended up coming up with this method that worked really well on the 2nd wheel I did.
Get the new tube and blow it up a little to get it into a round shape - then let the air out and put the stuff in.
Then fit the tube to the rim and tyre. It seemed much harder doing it when the tube was on the rim but that is the way the manufacturer said to do it!
Other than that I just did a few little jobs like fitting a new pair of speedo drives and that was about it.
I then had good tidy up and called it a day. Am pleased that I can now just walk in and out of the garage without having to move something first!
I am going to use some of the gilera money to buy some tools I need - something to crimp the legshield alloy channels straight after they are bent to fit, a thin 13mm socket that doesn't rub on rims when doing up wheel nuts, some matt black spray, some fluid for the degreaser.
The one nearest to being on the road is the series 2 so I picked up a few bits and bobs to get it a bit nearer road ready.
I treated it to a new pair of tyres - some continental navigators. Whilst changing the tyres I decided to change the inner tube and fit some tyre sealant to stop problems with punctures.
The tyre sealant was a bit of a struggle to use - you have to squirt it into the inner tube.
I ended up coming up with this method that worked really well on the 2nd wheel I did.
Get the new tube and blow it up a little to get it into a round shape - then let the air out and put the stuff in.
Then fit the tube to the rim and tyre. It seemed much harder doing it when the tube was on the rim but that is the way the manufacturer said to do it!
Other than that I just did a few little jobs like fitting a new pair of speedo drives and that was about it.
I then had good tidy up and called it a day. Am pleased that I can now just walk in and out of the garage without having to move something first!
I am going to use some of the gilera money to buy some tools I need - something to crimp the legshield alloy channels straight after they are bent to fit, a thin 13mm socket that doesn't rub on rims when doing up wheel nuts, some matt black spray, some fluid for the degreaser.
