Today my good friend Olle came by to help me fit the spiked tyres, he is in the middle of fitting a pair of Roots compressors to his Rolls Royce Meteor V12 equipped tractor puller so I am glad that he could find the time to help out.
Olle has learned the hard way that it can and most often will hurt to fit spiked tyres, this is a picture from 2013 years Speed Weekend when he and a couple of equally piss drunk guys tried to replace a blown tyre on his turbo motorcycle in the middle of the night. When they were finished they had lots of holes in them and it was blood all over the place...
It went really well actually, with spiked tyres you need an inner hose (correct name?) to keep the air in and it is very easy to make a hole in it with the tyre irons.
My daughter Agnes decided to help out by dropping the washers for the front fairing down the workshop floor drain.
Before we changed the front tyre we fitted new ceramic wheel bearings.
With the wheels in place again I could fit the fairings to check of the clearance to the spikes would be enough, at least 3cm all over so I am satisfied.
The color is towards cream white and I think it suits the black frame nicely, I´ll try to get the wheels and the aluminum tanks painted in the same color this summer.
Enough clearance for both the spikes and the front fender, perfect!
With Olle as camera man I got some shots on the bike with me on it, it will be a bit tighter with the helmet and the leathers on but still plenty of space for legs and arms.
Not easy to get the head down and still see where I am heading...
Cheers!
/Anders