New City Grip Done&Done

[Stig / Major Tom]

Replacing an 8 yr old tire, which has been on my scooter for 7 yrs.....and still has plenty of tread.

Three things to note, so far:
1) That dealer installed 19mm axel nut was a bear to remove! Glad I had an impact gun! White residue on the axel is old Loctite.
I'll wire-brush it off and use blue Loctite again.
2) 8 year old brake pads look great
3) both bearings feel smooth, and rubber dust seals look good - may reserve the bearings & only replace the dust seals & valve stem this tire change.










Buttered things up & reinstallation went well, for a Senior.



New tire born -  Feb 2019.

Stig

[Stig / Major Tom]

PS: I checked - the speedo still works - I didn't screw it up!
Stig

[CROSSBOLT]

Good show!

[Neil955i]

Nice job Stig!

[de dee]

I have as much fun fixing as riding,  1 service for first 600 Km.,. then I do every thing,  on all my scooters,. 

[Stig / Major Tom]

I have as much fun fixing as riding,  1 service for first 600 Km.,. then I do every thing,  on all my scooters,. 

It does feel good when you've improved the scooter in some manner - and not made things worse 😊
One thing I  attended to was a split seam on the front fender. Road jars had opened the seam's clips over the years. Working inside the fender, with wheel removed, I was able to put things right.
Reminded myself to inflate the front tire to only the specified PSI - and no more - to spare the front plastics any unnecessary jarring.
I'm not a follower of playing with tire pressures to discover some mythical sport grip😊 on my  s c o o t e r.
Stig