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<\/a><\/p>\nThere’s still a handful of stuff I have not received yet, but this will keep me busy for a while.<\/p>\n
I decided to get the tire situation taken care of first, which meant taking off both wheels. I already had a stand for the rear, but had to go out and buy a front stand to get the bike completely in the air.<\/p>\n
Since I was taking off the rear wheel, I figured I’d loosen up the front sprocket now.<\/p>\n
I used the metal handle bar from my floor jack and wedged it between the wheel and swing arm with towels. I read about people just putting the bike into first gear and using the transmission to loosen the front sprocket nut. I’m not down with the idea of putting that much stress on important drive train parts, so with the bar method, all the stress is put naturally onto the chain.<\/p>\n Once that was taken care of, it was time to get rid of the stock chain. Since I wasn’t going to be using it anymore, I took an angle grinder to it.<\/p>\n Grinding off a pair of pins didn’t really work, so I just switched to a metal cutting blade and that made quick work of the chain.<\/p>\n Eventually both wheels were off and I could take them to get some proper rubber installed.<\/p>\n I found a guy who races in AMA and mounted tires for a good deal out of his garage in Pleasonton. The previous day, I bought a set of Pirelli Pro Slicks from someone in Dublin.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n