ECFR- Home

[rktmanfj]

Okay, so some of us didn't do the best job of calculating tire life before the ECFR this year (maybe some of the new pavement in the area helped with that   ).

Take this one, for example...  what to do?



Since the tire needing replacement was a 17", a suitable emergency tire was found (a 190 pinched onto the 5" YZF600 wheel apparently WILL just fit onto the FJ  )  Soon, busy hands set about making the swap...

<insert standard disclaimer about tire/rim width mismatch here>










Ahhh.. success!   




But wait... the bead doesn't want to seat!     

ECFR 2011 - Seating the Bead 101



Okay... that didn't go well, but having failed (miserably), yet another intrepid mechanic takes a shot:

ECFR 2011 - Seating the Bead 101 [2]


Despite this, an air tank was procured, and the install was made successfully...

[Pat Conlon]

Okay, so some of us didn't do the best job of calculating tire life before the ECFR this year (maybe some of the new pavement in the area helped with that

Didn't you east coast guys go thru that with big Tim Collins a couple of years back?

[rktmanfj]

Okay, so some of us didn't do the best job of calculating tire life before the ECFR this year (maybe some of the new pavement in the area helped with that

Didn't you east coast guys go thru that with big Tim Collins a couple of years back?

Hmmm... I don't remember Tim needing one, but Henry did need tires about 3 Fall rallies in a row, IIRC.     

I've done it, but usually bring a spare rim and tire.  This time I failed...