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Seems like good wear for the big savage



+1 Quite surprising especially since Rich thinks it'll last until June, err another two or maybe three months of riding...

I bet getting a tire is going to be almost 3/5ths of a monthly loan payment though.

'Savage'...

Well, I've been looking at rear tires. Needing a whitewall really limits your choice. A tire is gonna be around $200. I've done my own mounting for 25 years but I'm probably not gonna try the rear tire on this thing without first watching someone else do it. With the extensive fender skirts, it looks like a bear. Read a description online once about someone who had done it, though, and it didn't sound TOO bad. I'll bet my genuine Indian dealer would get at least $100 to do it, but I think my very competent, local cycle mechanic can do it, at probably less than $50. One complicating factor is getting the bike up off the wheel. I don't have a lift that will safely handle 800 pounds, and one has to be very careful where to place any jack, as there are various "things" in the way of lifting at the undercarriage. I'll figure it out eventually.

Fidelis et Fortis