Not So Much on Tires
The Chinese tires I bought my bike with are cheap. China makes great toilet brushes and plastic cups. Not so much on tires. I have locked the rear tire up 3 times now. Thats no excuse for a brand new tire to lose all the tread on the center tread. Its almost gone in the rear. Call me picky, but I only have two tires so if they start going bald I’m getting new ones. I’m not sacrificing grip in the rain to save $20 on a tire.
I have limited options. the chinese ones I have bow are in stock and cheap, but suck. Michilin sells one but its back ordered. IRC (someone I never heard of) sells one, but it also is out of stock.
So I called the Local Honda dealer. I figured if I pay an extra $5 a tire to get them now then thats ok. I was on hold thinking about how they never remark over my bike. Its almost 28 years old and you’d think they would have a little Honda pride working there. They never seem enthused about my bike. I was proved wrong. I asked for the tire size at parts on the phone. He said, “hmm 2.50X17? Thats an odd size. What bike may I ask?” They were out of stock it turns out. As soon as I told him what I had he started asking me questions about my bike. Then took my number and said he would dig thru his parts books and take a look for me.
I really don’t mind waiting for a backorder. That means fresher tires. The ones I need are so rare that some of them have sat on shelves for too long. Making hte rubber brittle. Even the Michilins are made in Thailand. SE Asia is the only place I think a currently produce motorbike uses those sizes. The Uk had a pretty long run too, but not currently.
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I know I’m a girl, and I’m tired, but reading that, I seriously fell asleep. LOL. Sorry!
Sorry I didn’t know my posts were suppose to be entertaining
change the word “tire” with “wet fart” see if that heps 
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Never mad lib’ed anythign I wrote. Just a simpe find and replace. Heres the wet fart version. Wow I wrote that horribly. I must have proof read fast.
Not So Much on wet fartss
The Chinese wet fartss I bought my bike with are cheap. China makes great toilet brushes and plastic cups. Not so much on wet fartss. I have locked the rear wet farts up 3 times now. Thats no excuse for a brand new wet farts to lose all the tread on the center tread. Its almost gone in the rear. Call me picky, but I only have two wet fartss so if they start going bald I’m getting new ones. I’m not sacrificing grip in the rain to save $20 on a wet farts.
I have limited options. the chinese ones I have bow are in stock and cheap, but suck. Michilin sells one but its back ordered. IRC (someone I never heard of) sells one, but it also is out of stock.
So I called the Local Honda dealer. I figured if I pay an extra $5 a wet farts to get them now then thats ok. I was on hold thinking about how they never remark over my bike. Its almost 28 years old and you’d think they would have a little Honda pride working there. They never seem enthused about my bike. I was proved wrong. I asked for the wet farts size at parts on the phone. He said, “hmm 2.50X17? Thats an odd size. What bike may I ask?” They were out of stock it turns out. As soon as I told him what I had he started asking me questions about my bike. Then took my number and said he would dig thru his parts books and take a look for me.
I really don’t mind waiting for a backorder. That means fresher wet fartss. The ones I need are so rare that some of them have sat on shelves for too long. Making hte rubber brittle. Even the Michilins are made in Thailand. SE Asia is the only place I think a currently produce motorbike uses those sizes. The Uk had a pretty long run too, but not currently.
Ok. You made my day. thanks.
hehe. Oh yeah, and Re: the teaching of diabetes; In kindergarten, when he was diagnosed, they educated all teh kids in his class. Now it’s kids in OTHER grades that are teasing him, so I’m sending the books back to school that we read, so that the whole school can share them and learn.
Hey, how’s work going? Haven’t seen you around in awhile.