Blew a tire in the middle of a trail

Excellent! Those Motion Pro tools are nice but a little over priced. Nice job!

twday wrote:

Just last week I sheared the valve stem off on the front of my dirt wheeled X. Running 606's at 14 psi, no rim locks. Wasn't far on the trail and rode it out. I think the big X brake / disc had something to do with it as just previously to going back on to the trail , I was hard braking on a gravel / dirt road.

I recently did my very first motorcycle tube change (rear) on the trail due to a nail. I always carry the necessary tools, trail stand, and front tube. The whole thing took about 30 minutes, not bad for the first time and in the dirt.

How does that saying go? "In life, you take the test first, then learn the lesson."

When I got home, I pulled the spare front tube out of the rear tire and put in a proper rear size tube.
Last week I put on a newish rear. While doing that, I pinched the tube. So I got to do it twice.
I just nailed the front tire on the street and will be replacing that tube tonight.

So after years of motorcycling with no flats and dealer tire changes, I find myself doing 5 tire changes in the space of 2 weeks. What gives?
The moral of the story is that this is now one more maintenance thing on my Do-It-Yourself list.

I haven't bought off on weight balancing yet, trying Dyna Beads. I may be lucky or insensitive, but don't feel like I have a balance problem up to 70 MPH.

Can you turn the 27mm tool sideways... so we can see what profile you ground ?