Thursday, January 29, 2009

New Tire on Dubya

My friend Pat brought his trailer around and hauled it down to a home mechanic south of Galva.  The guy, Gary, used to have a shop in Moundridge but had to close it up so he works at home. 

I was going to say Pat helped me but truth is I mostly stood around and watched while he did all the work.  It's nice to have friends with trailers.

The Dub was due for a new tire and I wanted it to be ready to go for when the weather warms up.  Also had Gary put on a new chain and lube the swing arm.  He worked about an hour and a half and charged $75, didn't think that was too bad.

The Dub was just sitting there so I didn't see any harm in climbing on just to see how it felt.  As I lifted my right leg over the saddle I could tell something wasn't quite right.  It was a struggle to get my leg over and down on the other side.  Is there a scooter in my future?  I had to get off on the right side of the bike and truthfully it left me a little shaken.  I hadn't considered the possibiblitly that my leg wouldn't work, got to think about this for awhile.

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