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Well this morning was a cloudy start to a day, but 60 degrees with a high of 70 and clearing up. With the way the weather has been ill take any day to jump on the bike and get a ride in even if it is just to go to work. I started off with all the gear and as the morning turned out in glad I did. After about six miles down Col Gleen road I saw something out of the right corner of my eye. Looked like a dog running out of the fields next to me. It had ears sweep back, head pointed in a sleek aerodynamic style, as if he was racing me. Little did I know and milliseconds later, this was a deer that was not interested in racing just crossing the road. In comparison to the vehicles in front and the similar ones trailing I was his chance to make it across. My R1200C was was nothing in the lineup of SUVs and cars. After the realization that this was a deer it hit me, quite literally. The quick slide down the road and a roll I'm trying to access what just had happened. As luck would have it t...

So after getting some new tread on the bike I was unloading the tires and they were just nasty. My fingers were black from where I had been holding them and as much as I wanted to ride I also wanted to have that New Bike Shine. I have tried in the previous year or two to clean these chrome rims with not much luck. The front one I had good access to and using anything and everything I could find tried to clean them. After all the fancy sprays and chemicals it came down to a polishing dremel head and hours of time. I got the front one looking fairly decent with minor damage from the dremel. The back one however was very difficult to access and didn't get much attention. So before I put the tires on and look at the dirty bike during this rain filled April week I decided to try again.  I got the spray And a brush and after these two I was looking like this. Better but now the chrome draws in you attention and the black just looks awful. At least before it was all black.    So...

To get ready for the rising season, better late than never. I got the C into the Bentonville BMW for the 24k service (belts, fluids, & other things). Something that was noticed was tires are a little warn.  Ok maybe a lot warn, so they didn't have  the brand I wanted so bought some from Amazon. Needless to say I caught some crap from all my long time riding buddies due to the either old or retreaded tires out there. So a little worried on what I just bought I looked up the manufacturer and found their production date. The 51st week of 2013 & 31st week of 2014, not sure what that is doesn't seem to be old to me, anyone else have an opinion? So with some tools and a manual I start this endeavor.  18 & 16 hex 17mm 4.5 allen 14mm & 3/4 ext for the perfect Axel push So for the front tire you have to remove the brake calipers.  Lucky for me I have a Moto Light in the way.  So with the 17mm removing the retaining screw in the axel and then loosening the...