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I believe they could be clueless to the rules. I just don't understand why it's happened twice to me in such a short time. The only thing that's changed is my ride of choice. Each time I was in the proper position. These guys were cutting the corner way inside the proper turning lane and...

Situation: I'm sitting in an intersection waiting to make a left-turn. Lo-and-behold, when I start to make my turn, I find a car making the same left-turn INSIDE ME. One time it was a mid-20s Uber eats delivery guy, one was an older guy in a mini-van. This has NEVER, EVER happened to me...

Honestly, by the 3rd time I'd taken the exhaust and swingarm off and put them back on again, that part was a piece of cake. The big problem the first time was pulling the swingarm off; I needed to borrow a puller. I put some anti seize on that and now it's no problem. I've got the process...

It's still listed at that price on the HD website. Are there other HD deals? Pretty much everything Maximum or Mastercraft branded goes on sale for 40% very regularly. As do all their ratchet sets. If it's not on sale today, it's probably going to be on sale next week. Or the week after.

I didn't end up needing @adri's generous offer of help. Thank you @adri. All things considered, things went pretty well today. I stuck the tires out in the sun, and it was a nice warm sunny day. Had to remove my exhaust and swingarm to remove the wheel. I bought the MotionPro BeadPro. It...

I wish I had that power ratchet on hand today when I swapped my rear tire, which happened to involve removing the exhaust and swingarm - twice. That, or a 3/8" drive T-handle. Halfway into it I started wondering about going to Home Depot to buy it.. but my wheel was off.

Aw hell no. Even I'm not that dumb. My recent escapades were on my Vespa. I had new tires put on the Ducati by a tire shop last year. It was at the end of the season - some of you may remember I was working for literal months trying to free a frozen fork pinch bolt. By the time it was...

That's a good thought. I DID get my old tire back on without much drama, but maybe the sidewalls are less stiff on that. I was hoping that with mounting 2 tires now behind me, I'd be able to do it without a problem. But that's only one more tire than I had done when I ruined my new one. I do...

I struggled using Dawn the first time. Probably other things I did wrong, but like I said - I need every advantage here. That product from Napa is right-sized for me. Just not sure if it's safe to use with Ride-On sealant/balancing stuff. There's some blurbs about which tire compounds are...

He's a Vespa guy too if I recall ? @adri - you holding? Honestly, it's only $25 for a 2.2lb tub. $43 for 8 freaking pounds of the stuff. I don't want a tub that's going to be alternating between whispering "Throw me away" and "Keep me in case you need me". For the rest of my life.

Funnily enough, ChatGPT recommends asking shops and seeing if they'd give/sell me a small amount. Anybody in the downtown/East end as far out to Pickering who could sell me a bit?

I have a replacement tire and am going to take another run at it. This time I want to use real tire mounting compound - I want every advantage I can give myself here. Why does the stuff have to be purchased in such huge quantities? In my lifetime I'd never be able to go through even the...

Good to know. I decided not to use the Sawzall as I thought the chances I would wreck my rims (even more) was pretty high. It's not a tool of control. But the unadulterated destruction it's capable of seemed attractive in my frustration. I just got a cordless angle grinder. I also...

Alley Cat mentioned above is in the Leslieville area.

I wondered about that. If you mean zip-tieing the sides together so that they're narrower and sit in the centre more easily - I tried that. It made it nearly impossible to spoon any part of the tire onto the rim at all. Maybe it would work better with a bigger tire. I also tried the C-clamp...

Damnit, but I figured as much.

I think I'll just buy another tire. I run that Vespa at 80mph on the 400, I don't want another thing I have to worry about.

I didn't use lube but I did use soapy water. Which was actually a pain because the rim protectors and spoons kept sliding around. I eventually tossed the rim protectors.

Decided I should learn how to replace a tire since I would like to do some long distance riding. I still think it was a good idea, but... This is the rear tire. Is it safe to assume it's not safe (haha).

This was my experience with the Ridgid. You can break some free using the tool as a hand ratchet, within limits. The 2 seconds it takes to switch socket between tools is worth it, IMO if you’re or disassembling something that has more than a few bolts- you’ll appreciate it.