where in chicago, il can you get motorcycle tires changed?
We moved to Austin a couple of years ago from North Carolina and we love it here. Austin is the Live Music Capital of the World. They claim that at any time there are about 200 live music performances in progress throughout the city. The University of Texas keeps that academia flavor in the city, and Austin prides itself in being a Wierd city. Lots of diversity here and everything, from lifestyle to dress, is generally acceptable. One year a homeless transvestite actually ran for mayor! LOL The arts are very much alive here, and Austin still retains that feeling of old Southern hospitality. The crime rate is not bad at all, except (as in all cities) in certain parts of town. The property taxes are higher than some other areas, but there is no state income tax. In the end, you pay taxes in some form or the other.it all washes in the end. AND you can deduct that property tax on your income tax. Plus no tax on groceries or medicine. So I think it comes out to your advantage in the end, especially if you own your home. Only drawbacks are (1) the heat. About 3-4 months of the year you can expect highs in around 100-110 most days. The humidity is generally not bad however, since we are not that close to the Gulf. And (2) the traffic----well, it's just big city traffic, and during rush hour it's the pitts. Recently, a new toll-road system has opened through the city which has helped to relieve some of the congestion however.
I know a shop in Round Rock which will mount your tires free, if you load up a trailer with junk that they are taking to the dump. If interested - call 512-255-4355. Tomcotexas
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I get the feeling that many of the responders have never changed a tubless tire. Unless you have the proper tools for breaking down the tire, forget it because you'll never get the bead broke loose. Nearly all rear tubeless rims have an automotive style safety bead, a small raised ridge set back maybe 3/8 from the wheel shoulder. It's there so that if you have a flat, the tire stays on the wheel rather than coming loose and wallowing around on the rim. Have a flat at speed and it's the rear one that will dump you in a ditch faster than a flat on the front. I once had a sudden blow out from something that cut an inch long hole in the tread. I slowly rode the full dress bike nearly a mile on a field road to get back to my house. While the rear did wallow around some, the tire never came off of the rim. To break the bead on a safety rim, you need a $50 Harbor Freight bead breaker or a hand held one shaped like a very large, dull chisel. The latter is hard to use, the former easy. Tubeless tire dimensions are no different than tube style, it's the rims that are different. Tubeless are easier because you don't have a tube to stuff in there and possibably pinch. However, if the tire has been stored on its side with other tires stored on top, the sidewalls can be mashed together and you'll never get the the beads to mate up to the wheel enough to take air. You then must use the old starting fluid and torch striker to ignite the starting fluid enough to explode, popping the wire onto the rim. You need to be careful because if you go pounding on a mag wheel, you can bust them and then you have junk. You also have to be careful when laying the wheel down or working on it because you can slightly warp the brake disc.
