Evitzee
Wizard
So on the 18th I get up on my BD and have a nice long ride planned on the FZ1.......no worries and a glorious spring day here in the TX Hill Country. Put on all my gear, load the tank bag with map, water, and snacks. roll the bike off the centerstand and get that sinking feeling with a completely flat rear tire, with just 3350 miles on it. Damn.....what a way to start the day. Put the bike back on the stand, rotate the rear tire and find a 1 1/2" wood screw embedded completely at a 90 degree angle to the tread. Amazing, how the hell does a screw angle itself in like that? So I extract the screw (had to physically unscrew it), plug it, reinflate the tire and drive 27 miles down to the dealer, and of course they won't plug any tire for liability reasons, so the lawyers claim another scalp. There just aren't that many shops in this part of the world so I don't have many choices. I shell out a total of about $300 for a new rear hoop and I'm good to go. Life is a crapshoot, and I really don't like to ride on a plugged rear tire so it is what it is. The good part is I had them put on the 90 deg aluminum valve which I bought off a vendor on this site so it will make it far easier to maintain pressure in the tire. It looks cool at least, like a Moto GP machine.
How the hell does this screw wind up completely embedded at 90 deg in my rear tire?
Functional and cool looking:
How the hell does this screw wind up completely embedded at 90 deg in my rear tire?
Functional and cool looking: