Static balanced, balancer leveled, tire balanced perfectly, 90° valve stem in.
Some marine grease on the axle, and torque it, pinch bolts, and calipers with a little anti-sieze...and another one done.
I've been mounting and balancing my own tires for a long time now, on friends' equipment, and in recent years, bought my own.
If you work on your own bike, but don't change your own tires, consider doing it.
It's not difficult, and the equipment pays for itself in a short space of time, vs paying labor to have it done.
Plus it's nice to have tires show up at your house vs having to go anywhere, and to have a set on the shelf ready to go too.
Some marine grease on the axle, and torque it, pinch bolts, and calipers with a little anti-sieze...and another one done.
I've been mounting and balancing my own tires for a long time now, on friends' equipment, and in recent years, bought my own.
If you work on your own bike, but don't change your own tires, consider doing it.
It's not difficult, and the equipment pays for itself in a short space of time, vs paying labor to have it done.
Plus it's nice to have tires show up at your house vs having to go anywhere, and to have a set on the shelf ready to go too.
, so it had to go. you can’t tell in the picture, but I have a piece of plexiglass cut to fit tight in front of the headlight to protect it and I do have a bash plate, but hard to see since is the acerbis black plastic one installed by previous owner and Seems pretty stout for my use. As for the centerstand is made by SW motech and very handy to work on the bike, but I’m sure it wouldn’t be jump or heavy off-road friendly. It has caused clearance issues if I try to adjust the brake pedal low enough to get it in the right position to use with my lowered pegs. I thought about modifying the pedal but decided on the warp9 piece and just placed the order last night. Some of the other things it has is thicker handlebars, cogent dynamics valves in the forks with heavier springs, retrofitted KTM ohlins rear shock, pumper carb, case armor plates and the list goes on. Some of the mods, like the carb, was already done when I got it but the rest I’ve done myself. This is my second DR, so I had an idea of what I wanted to do to this one before hand. All I need now is some good trails, but my area only offers beach sand instead of dirt. LOL!
my acerbis tank on the DR is clear like your safari, but I hated the yellow look after some years of use. I ended up putting a piece of electrical tape from top to bottom by the frame “neck”, sprayed the tank with white plastidip and then pulled the tape off. I ended up with a tank that looks white, but still has a way for me to see the gas level if I’m off the bike. Is holding up good so far and is easy to touch up. I had several cans of white plastidip from a previous project so it didn’t cost me anything. This 5.3 gallons acerbis would get me pretty far since I average 53MPG cruising at 55MPH with a 14 tooth front sprocket (factory is 15 tooth).
