I thought this would work on my wife, so I went into the garage and stabbed my rear tire with a nail. I giggled with glee as it hissed itself flat, and I saw visions of stands and dual-compound tires dancing in my head.
10 minutes later, my wife tells me that I'm an idiot and she guesses I won't be riding for a while.

 

Sorry Tennessee [:@]...My wife did take some convincing on the tires at first. She kept asking why I don't plug the tire...I explained about how little contact area there is for abike versus a car, and how having a blow out could be poor for my health. Are you going to change out both tires? Whatdo you think you'll get?

 

My previous post was a jest... sorry if it didn't come across that way. I would never under any circumstances do anything to purposefully hurt my bike. I probably won't need new rubber until next season!

 

is this because you purposely stabbed your rear tire in hopes of getting stands? muhahahahh

 

Nope! I'm married so I don't have to wear a raincoat any more!

Voodoo, post up some pics of your bike on the stands. Does your local shop carry them, or do you have to order them?

 

I ordered them through Metricbikes, yesterday. Homeslice said they would process the order today, but probably wouldn't geton a truckuntil Friday or Monday...then I have a 5-7 day wait for delivery. The local Screwyouki...I mean Suzuki shop had a set of "Suzuki" race stands for about $200ish. I asked him if they were made by somebody else, but he didn't know. I wasn't sure about them so I decided to go with the Pitbulls. I'll post up some pics when I get my goodies

 

i would ask wifey to hold the tires and stands in her bikini cause it's summertime...then take the pix ok?

 

Wow, great wife!! Congrats on the new stuff and you'll love the stands.

 

Better yet, strategically place the new tires around your wife so she won't have to wear a bikini...