Hello all! Sorry this episode is so late being delivered. I felt like utter shit. I started the recording not feeling that bad due to the help of some medication, but things quickly went south.

Then I went out of town for the weekend. I took my podcasting gear with me in hopes of getting the show out still, but I literally went to a barn raising. The manual labor wiped me out since I was already not feeling well, and I was asleep before the local hipsters even got ready to go out for the night.

I started recording this episode Thursday, when it was sunny and 80 degrees. Today was Monday and it poured, and it included some thunder and lightning.

So, for what it’s worth, my sincerest apologies.

Tire swappin’:

Playing with tires is a little bit like playing with your lover:

You need to get them warmed up before hand. Always use a little lube and a little protection. Do a bit of prying and pulling in all the right places, and Voila!!-mutual satisfaction and smiles all around.

Or you can go in like a sado-masochist- cold rubbber intertwined with a bunch of random metal. No protection, no lube. Scratching like a feral cat. Getting beat by and beating on smelly black rubber. Two sweaty hours of screaming and frustration later, you will have achieved the same results, but like BDSM, you both may be sore for a while after.

How to remove tire (poor man’s bead breaking.

spoons, irons, zip ties)

How to mount & balance tire

Replacing wheel bearings

• Use tire spoon to remove seals

• Heat hub if you can to expand it if necessary to get bearings out.

• Tap bearing out with a punch, working your way around it so that it doesn’t go sideways in the hub.

• Sometimes you may have to move the spacer in the hub if it’s exactly that same

size as the bearing.

• Put the new bearings in with a seal/bearing driver set (one of the only things that’s ok to buy at Harbor Freight). Heat the hub again if necessary, and you can also use the old bearings, a matching socket, or a matching piece of PVC pipe to drive the bearings home.

• Put water resistant grease and install the new seal.

Honee’s News!

Honee delivers her special brand of industry news and perspective. It sounds like she was recording in a child factory, or a factory run by children… Honee? You got some splainin’ to do!

Miscellanious thoughts:

I’ve got my own crappy opinion about the EPA’s re-wording of the clean air act (first heard by us on the 2E Podcast). Apparently the EPA is targeting any plated vehicle in their new legislation. It won’t matter if you’re at a racetrack, a tradeshow, or a local swapmeet… according to the guys at Two Enthusiasts, you will be cited if your exhaust is not the factory emissions-compliant unit .

I also talk about Victory Motorcycles, and why I think they didn’t make a move to acquire Buell.

Parent company Polaris is busy setting their sights on Buell’s former lanista , Harley-Davidson. Thanks to it’s collaboration with Roland Sands, Polaris (indian specifically) has blown the doors open on the Hooligan racing class, and as a result, Indian has successfully entered the AMA twins class for 2016.

Along with the success of the Indian brand with the new Scout and Scout Sixty, the Victory Octane and Ignition are generating interest alongside their stable mates, the Project 156 and Victory Empulse electric bike.

Movie Review:

Glory Stompers – 1967. Dennis Hopper (-R.I.P. One of the greats)

This movie stinks!

Well, sorry for being late, and sorry for every noise my clogged, congested head and mouth made on the microphone. Thanks to El Niño for that!

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