Howdy gang,
I'm taking a break indoors as when clouds cover the sun, the mosquitoes up here in the mountains are unbearable. Anyway, I have the ST1300 mostly back together following my garage collapse. Anxious to ride it. But when I was pushing it around on my wall-less garage slab, I noticed the front tire was mostly flat. When I went to pump it up, it didn't inflate and I figured out the rubber valve stem was kaput. Glad I discovered it there and not while riding at freeway speeds. I happen to have one of the metal right angle valve stems in my bag of spares. I have never installed a valve stem before. I'm hoping I can just break the bead (I have the Motion Pro bead breaker tire irons), clamp the tire by the valve stem with a large C clamp or 2, and have relatively unimpeded access to the valve stem hole. Does that sound like it will work? I don't have my tire machine up here in the mountains.
I see a patch of blue sky. Hoping for some sun so I can finish assembly without losing a pint of blood to the mosquitoes.
I'm taking a break indoors as when clouds cover the sun, the mosquitoes up here in the mountains are unbearable. Anyway, I have the ST1300 mostly back together following my garage collapse. Anxious to ride it. But when I was pushing it around on my wall-less garage slab, I noticed the front tire was mostly flat. When I went to pump it up, it didn't inflate and I figured out the rubber valve stem was kaput. Glad I discovered it there and not while riding at freeway speeds. I happen to have one of the metal right angle valve stems in my bag of spares. I have never installed a valve stem before. I'm hoping I can just break the bead (I have the Motion Pro bead breaker tire irons), clamp the tire by the valve stem with a large C clamp or 2, and have relatively unimpeded access to the valve stem hole. Does that sound like it will work? I don't have my tire machine up here in the mountains.
I see a patch of blue sky. Hoping for some sun so I can finish assembly without losing a pint of blood to the mosquitoes.