Don't worry I'm not looking to dig up the old which tyre is best debate

After 5.5k the scorpian sync is about dead so I currenrly have the unenviable choice of using Edinburgh or West Coast Harley to fit a new tyre to the Buell...........unless you guys tell me there is an amazing garage that will do it for me ?!?!?

Incidentially i notice they now appear to be OEM on all 2010 XB12s according to the Buell site ?

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'08 Street Triple R
'07 XB12 STT (now gone)
'03 Vauxhall VX220
"is it meant to do that ?"

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08 Specialized Langster

Hello Mr Donkey, don't know where you are in the Glasgow area but here are a few: Tyre-Tech a guy called Vince Carlton based in Johnstone, Tel: 07789 43 43 04 if he's still on the go.

Fastfit up near Helensburgh, tel:01436 677778

Area 51 in Clydebank; they do H-D's, Buells make custom bikes, etc and hence know about belts, Tel:o141 952 7877.
Hope this helps.

Strathearn tyres near Perth are supposed to be okay.
Can you not take the wheels off yourself and then get them fitted anywhere?

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Norrie.

I am addicted to fitting my own, so much so that I fitted one for Daywalker the other day...

So much better than hoofing wheels to the tyre fitter and waiting whilst he/she puts it on back to front, then tells you "it doesn't need balancing" and then hearing some time later that the wheel will actually not fit on their balancer but they wont admit it...

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08 Specialized Langster

I'm barely capable of driving my desk let alone changing wheels on my pride and joy

Thanks skip - will try Area 51 as that's not a million miles from my (i'm in the gorbals btw)

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'08 Street Triple R
'07 XB12 STT (now gone)
'03 Vauxhall VX220
"is it meant to do that ?"

And he balanced it too!

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Buell S3 (Topless for now)
Buell XB12S
Piaggio X8 400ie
Yamaha XTZ750 Super Tenere (x2)
Suzuki GSXR750WR
BSA B441VS
FJR1300

" You won't quicker than a Pash Fit Fitter"

Bit worried about the being addicted to stretching and manipulating rubber tho

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I'm a Hornithologist, I get excited by exotic birds.........

Fitting I can imagine (just ), but how do you get the old ones off without feckin the paintwork Are you using tyre levers, or do you have the professional stuff

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Wear the fox hat

Plastic rim protectors work well. I always use them on Alloy rims on dirt bikes.

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Aha, you live and learn Never heard of em

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Wear the fox hat

You can also split fuel/oil pipe and slip it over the rim before applying the lever. This is ok but not as foolproof as the pukka plastic jobbies.

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-MD-Rim-Protec ... 286.c0.m14



Bits of string on them so they can be recovered if they fall inside the tyre...

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08 Specialized Langster

Do you pull them out through the valve

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