New whitewalls

[Reveen]

Lookin' Good Reveen... Like puttin' a Tiara on a Princess!

Ha! I like that. I was going to object and say "how about like putting a crown on a king?" but then I realized that I like to think of my bike as a female, so princess it is!!

That looks great Reveen!  I'm sure you'll enjoy the better ride, too..

I'll test them more today, as its been rainy and cold the past couple of days. So far, so good!

[greenbarn]

That looks great Reveen!  I'm sure you'll enjoy the better ride, too..

[pcarrell]

Lookin' Good Reveen... Like puttin' a Tiara on a Princess!

That is the perfect description!

[David Baker]

Lookin' Good Reveen... Like puttin' a Tiara on a Princess!

[Reveen]

Gotta say them Drifters sure do look pretty with WWW on them.....

I agree. Really complements the retro/vintage look.

Looks great Reveen 

Thanks! I'm really loving how it changes the whole look.

[Drift1]

Looks great Reveen 

[CDNRatMan]

  Gotta say them Drifters sure do look pretty with WWW on them.....

[Reveen]

Finally got my new white walls on! Had an unexpected funeral out of town last week, so I didn't get the bike into the shop until Monday (got her back yesterday afternoon).

The shop was great... guy was really friendly and really into the Drifter. We talked about bikes for a bit. He said "you've really got something special there"  and "don't ever sell it!" I told him about how i want to modify the seat for my wife and he gave me the name of a lady that does upholstery work that he has used before. When I was leaving and started my bike up, he yelled "awesome!"  and gave me a big grin and a thumbs up. All and all it was a great experience and I can see myself going back for any other work I might need.

[greenbarn]

The blue stuff is just a soap type material - at our car shop we just use water and a scrub brush.  On stubborn ones, we use whatever spray cleaner happens to be handy.  Of course, we don't charge extra to clean the whites...  Can't believe they do that...

[jmbo]

The name is the same, but they changed the product slightly a couple of years ago.  I hear the new formula isn't as good, which is a shame, because that stuff was magic.  I'm down to 2 more bottles of the old formula myself, so I guess I'll find out soon!  (I stocked up when Dollar General had them for $3 a bottle a few years ago.)

Couldn't find Wesley Bleche-Wite although i understand Sears sells it. I bought Black Magic Bleche-Wite instead.  It is actually blue in color. For the most part it does the job but the tires are new so we'll see how it works when they have some years on them.  Gotta break down and buy an adaptor for my cycle jack.  Tough to scrub the kickstand side of the back tire plus having to push the bike halfway down the driveway to rotate he tires enough to get them clean. We all pay for our thrills one way or another.

[pcarrell]

I know some members also use the Westley Bleach White to clean up their tires , but think the product has changed names or something to that nature ?

The name is the same, but they changed the product slightly a couple of years ago.  I hear the new formula isn't as good, which is a shame, because that stuff was magic.  I'm down to 2 more bottles of the old formula myself, so I guess I'll find out soon!  (I stocked up when Dollar General had them for $3 a bottle a few years ago.)

[Drift1]

I'll agree with Ratman . I used the warm water Mr. Clean method all the time to get them clean . When I first purchased the www's I had my little guy clean the blue off in the tub before having them installed made it that much easier , your case is a little different being there all ready on 

I know some members also use the Westley Bleach White to clean up their tires , but think the product has changed names or something to that nature ?

[CDNRatMan]

  Warm water and Mr. Clean Magic eraser,

Warm water and scrub daddy sponges as a second choice.

[DrifteRizzo]

New Shinkos on this week, so no mileage to speak of yet, but they feel great so far.  Front and rear tires with mount and new tubes at the local kawi dealer was right around $285, so can't complain there.  Only thing is they wanted 1/2 hour rate to clean the blue off the WW.  Of course I said no thanks I'd do it myself...so what is the best method of getting the blue protective coating off of the sidewalls?  obviously I'd like to spend more time riding and less time cleaning tires, so any tips/tricks to speed up the process is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Rizzo

[John Hopkins]

That's interesting- because I'm shopping this week, and currently J&P has the rear for $100.99 but the front is $107.99.  You don't happen to have the part no's do you?  Sometimes I've seen a company have the same thing listed twice at different prices, for whatever reason.  At Chaparral, they're $95.88 and $83.88.  I'd rather buy from J&P - have a gold membership.   Chaparral sent me an email "you have stuff in your cart, and if you buy it today, you get $15 off!!".   But evidently it doesn't work for tires- the code said it applied but did nothing to reduce the total.

Quite often you will find two or even three prices for the same tire depending on the date stamp..

John.

[jmbo]

That's interesting- because I'm shopping this week, and currently J&P has the rear for $100.99 but the front is $107.99.  You don't happen to have the part no's do you?  Sometimes I've seen a company have the same thing listed twice at different prices, for whatever reason.  At Chaparral, they're $95.88 and $83.88.  I'd rather buy from J&P - have a gold membership.   Chaparral sent me an email "you have stuff in your cart, and if you buy it today, you get $15 off!!".   But evidently it doesn't work for tires- the code said it applied but did nothing to reduce the total.

You are correct on the current price.  I forgot to mention the tires were also on sale at the time.

[greenbarn]

So far about 300 mile on my new Shinko WWs. Looked up the invoice.  They were $194.99 from J&P Cycle.  I lucked out and they had a free shipping deal running at that time.

That's interesting- because I'm shopping this week, and currently J&P has the rear for $100.99 but the front is $107.99.  You don't happen to have the part no's do you?  Sometimes I've seen a company have the same thing listed twice at different prices, for whatever reason.  At Chaparral, they're $95.88 and $83.88.  I'd rather buy from J&P - have a gold membership.   Chaparral sent me an email "you have stuff in your cart, and if you buy it today, you get $15 off!!".   But evidently it doesn't work for tires- the code said it applied but did nothing to reduce the total.

[Drift1]

JMBO now that's an excellent deal you caught .

[jmbo]

So far about 300 mile on my new Shinko WWs. Looked up the invoice.  They were $194.99 from J&P Cycle.  I lucked out and they had a free shipping deal running at that time.

[Drift1]

I know I was able to get the Shinko WW's for my 800 Classic in Jan. from Canada's Motorcycle. Front and back, back one, one size up from factory, taxes in and delivered for $229.00 for the set. Don't know if they deliver to US or not.

Never thought of going a size up on the rear to try the Shinko's ....... Curious how it handles and any issues with rubbing , etc . ??

[CDNRatMan]

  Moose check out Pete's Supercycle in Montreal.......decent prices and super fast shipping.....

[moosewing3]

I know I was able to get the Shinko WW's for my 800 Classic in Jan. from Canada's Motorcycle. Front and back, back one, one size up from factory, taxes in and delivered for $229.00 for the set. Don't know if they deliver to US or not.

[Ironraven]

Looking sharp man!  Love those exhaust tips too... that's a good lookin scoot!

[greenbarn]

On tubes:
1) anybody find a 90* "PV-78" tube for the front tire?  Neither of mine currently have a 90 on the front, but I thought it might be handy, if I could find one.  Looks like you about have to have one on the back.

2) tube brands - I can't get over the price of these tubes!!!  I'm used to selling a name brand 16" inner tube big enough to fit a TRUCK TIRE for $16, and everything except for "bargain" brand tubes are way more than that - some places want $30-50.  Does anybody know of anything wrong with the "economy" tubes like bikemaster or what have you, or should we stick with something like a Bridgestone? 

[John Hopkins]

I am going to be replacing my tires with new Michelin Commander ll's in a couple of months, I have Pirelli's fitted now and I don't like them..so as I have only a couple of months to go before these will be thrown away I decided to paint the walls white..

The correct way is to scrub the tires clean, the sand down the raised lettering, the scrub them again, then mask them up and then coat them in a special adhesive coating and finally paint them with a special white wall paint..The success rate is not 100%..

So instead I masked them up and without even bothering to clean them I am giving them a couple of coats of Dulux masonary paint that I have left over..If it looks good that's great and if it looks rubbish they will only be on for a couple of months so no loss..whatever they look like I won't be painting my new Michelin's..

John.