Replying back...I'm 61................


LOL!!!!1


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Quote from: Suzuki Stevo on September 23, 2015, 11:59:33 AM
Reply back to this thread when your 60, if you still like changing tires, I was wrong 

Pix, or it didn't happen!   

Man, you guys are old I hope I'm still around and still riding when I'm 60!!

I think we can all agree that doing what it takes to stay relaxed, happy, and rolling on two wheels is a good thing.

Amen...Cookie isn't an AARP Member until he posts his mug with a GS in the photo and he has to look like a fossil 

I was surprised when I made it past 21 !!!

40 seemed impossible...

You know the old saying..."If I knew I was going to last this long...I would have taken better care of myself!!"

My dad is still going strong at 96...!!!!  (Mom is 91)

I guess I'll be riding my Suzuki on top of all of your graves!!!


Cookie

Quote from: EdChen on September 23, 2015, 01:33:23 PM
Man, you guys are old I hope I'm still around and still riding when I'm 60!!

I think we can all agree that doing what it takes to stay relaxed, happy, and rolling on two wheels is a good thing.

HAHAHA

I was already laughing at how buddha was responded too, then "I'm 61!!" 

Not putting you down Steve. I payed to have a timing belt put in my civic not that long ago instead of doing it myself (something I'm easily capable of). It just wasn't worth my hassle with the price on labor I found. (of course they did f something up with my clutch. It has chattered when cold ever since they touched it!)

I paid to have the timing belt water pump combo and 2 stub axles done in my Civic back a few years ago, got my car back in 3 hours...I tipped the mechanic for the quick turn around, don't feel bad about that one either!

"Man, you guys are old I hope I'm still around and still riding when I'm 60!!"

LOL  Started riding when I was 52 and I've ridden about 300k miles since I turned 60.  Rode last August a couple times after my 82nd birthday and hung up my helmet.  My 61 year old son just took my 02 GS500 to the Pittsburgh area when he moved last week to use as a commuter, still has his Concours and GS1100E.  I followed that GS1100E on my first trip to the Smoky Mtns back in 01 the summer I turned 69.

Your not old until you feel old.  I felt like a kid at 70 but I feel old now.  :-( 

I just started riding, something I have always wanted to do but never thought I had the time.  That was just a lame excuse, if you can sit in traffic for an hour in a car, you can do it just as well on a bike, and at least you get a chance to look around you.  After a bit of a health scare this spring, I went out and bought a bike and am learning to ride.  A friend of mine who has owned motorcycles all his life said you will never see a motorcycle parked at a psychologists office.  LOL

I am 48, youngish, I feel young, but with the first big health threat behind me, you start to look at things a bit differently.  I too hope to be repeating the record, and riding well into my 70's.

M

Oh, and about tire changes...I took my front tire in to a guy, who chatted with me and we had a coffee as he was doing it,  I think he charged $35 to put the new one on.

If I were considering changing tires on a constant basis, I would get one of those contraptions he has, it was all manual, took the tire off, and put another back on, in about 5 minutes, he did it all with his hands really, the equipment was just holding it.

M

Well if you really ride a lot...you WILL be changing tires regularly...

Motorcycle tires don't last long...8000 mi.  or so for the rear...fronts go a bit more....Soft, performance tires with hard riding last even less...

I think I'm thru 9 tires in 5 years....on the GS...then I did a bunch on my scooter, and Honda....

You can change tires easily, even without that thingy that guy had...couple of 2 x 4's  one tire iron....and a package of zip ties.....

That was sort of the whole gist of my  original post....

Cookie

Quote from: GSamIInsane on September 25, 2015, 06:28:39 AM
Oh, and about tire changes...I took my front tire in to a guy, who chatted with me and we had a coffee as he was doing it,  I think he charged $35 to put the new one on.

If I were considering changing tires on a constant basis, I would get one of those contraptions he has, it was all manual, took the tire off, and put another back on, in about 5 minutes, he did it all with his hands really, the equipment was just holding it.

M

Cookie....wheres that photo of you looking like the Crypt Keeper?

EDIT: Here ya go, Stevo summer of 15', if your 61, I am a Junior Partner @59 

OK dude...I'm working on it...don't have many pictures of myself...and none  on the GS500...



Cookie

Quote from: Suzuki Stevo on September 25, 2015, 01:55:34 PM
Cookie....wheres that photo of you looking like the Crypt Keeper?

EDIT: Here ya go, Stevo summer of 15', if your 61, I am a Junior Partner @59 

I"ve done this and it was fairly easy. A friend with an air compressor helped reseat the beads.

I hope you guys occasionally at least painted the rim and put in a decent valve when you change tyres.

http://www.gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=68529.0

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Quote from: Suzuki Stevo on September 22, 2015, 11:23:56 AM
Drop off wheel at local MC shop, get it back with new rubber and balanced...priceless 

$ 15.00   mount & balance  tire  at whittier  Kawasaki   while u wait  = priceless    just    less  money to buy my girlfriend  any panties   =  priceless   

That's a heck of a good deal ....Not many (or any) shops I know of would do it that cheap, or while you wait....he's loosing money on that...but maybe he gets customers in the door that way, and can sell you more lucrative services because of that...so he's either a god business man...or Santa Claus..

How far do I have to drive to get to "Whittier Kawasaki" from NJ???

PS...anybody who brings a wheel and tire over to my garage...I'll put the tire on for $10!!!  (I have no overhead, and I don't need money!)


Cookie

Quote from: rg500gamma on September 29, 2015, 10:41:27 PM

Quote from: Suzuki Stevo on September 22, 2015, 11:23:56 AM
Drop off wheel at local MC shop, get it back with new rubber and balanced...priceless 

$ 15.00   mount & balance  tire  at whittier  Kawasaki   while u wait  = priceless    just    less  money to buy my girlfriend  any panties   =  priceless   

I have always changed my own tires, and always pretty much cussed my way through it.  Now at (also) 61, I have a mechanic buddy that's better at it than me, and he does all my heavy lifting for me.  In fact, he does some of my light lifting too. 
Last night I spent 30 minutes putting a center stand on a Bandit 1200, and finally got tired of trying to get the second spring attached and gave up.  It'll wait until next time my mechanic buddy comes over.  (he said he has a tool for that)
If you're up for doing the work, more power to you.  If not, pull the wheels and take them to Cycle Gear or some other shop.   
Or look around locally and find someone that does them in their garage.  That's my best suggestion.

Me with my two boys

Quote from: twocool on September 30, 2015, 03:46:00 AM


That's a heck of a good deal ....Not many (or any) shops I know of would do it that cheap, or while you wait....he's loosing money on that...but maybe he gets customers in the door that way, and can sell you more lucrative services because of that...so he's either a god business man...or Santa Claus..

How far do I have to drive to get to "Whittier Kawasaki" from NJ???

PS...anybody who brings a wheel and tire over to my garage...I'll put the tire on for $10!!!  (I have no overhead, and I don't need money!)


Cookie
             le barr   underwood  in la Habra  , del amo motorsports  in Redondo beach ,  berts  motorcycles  in Azusa  ,   many  shops  over here   price  wars   ,  so    its cheap  to even get a valve  adjustment   $ 50.00  with shim  exchange .......    the more  motorcycle  shops around  in the los angeles  area  , brings  the  labor price way down  , however  you have to get in just when they open   first  come first serve  ,   show -up  at   10:00  at whittier  Kawasaki  ,  Duncan  donuts  across the street  , sip on some coffee , and minutes  later  tire is mounted  & balanced  ,    and the owner  Tom  is  in his  70s  , way  cool  dude   

Quote from: rg500gamma on September 29, 2015, 10:41:27 PM

Quote from: Suzuki Stevo on September 22, 2015, 11:23:56 AM
Drop off wheel at local MC shop, get it back with new rubber and balanced...priceless 

$ 15.00   mount & balance  tire  at whittier  Kawasaki   while u wait  = priceless    just    less  money to buy my girlfriend  any panties   =  priceless   

Most of the smaller, and some big motorcycle shops around here have gone out of business. About when the economic crunch hit a couple years back.  Many large dealerships gone too...

Many years a go I worked at a bicycle shop...  one of the largest volume dealers in the east.  The owner became a millionaire in that business.  Many other shops opened and undercut our prices.  The owner would not stoop to price wars. All of those competitors went out of business....but that shop still is there.  The owner has long since retired, a rich man...now one of his relatives runs the place...

Being in business is rough, and competitive.

I wouldn't take my pride a joy motorcycle to a shop who is trying to undercut prices, in a price war with other shops.  What do they pay the mechanic?  peanuts?  What type of quality mechanics can they attract, and how good of a job can a mechanic do, if he is under constant pressure to do the job fast and on the cheap?

I probably could get to LA and back for under $1000...plus $15 for the tire job,,,hmmm

I'd still rather do it myself...having the job done MY way...priceless!

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