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hate checking tire pressures!
« on: August 11, 2025, 07:44:15 PM »
For one thing - the Michelins on the LIKE - especially the rear one - leak down!
And Kymco makes me move from side-to-side in order to check and air the tires!
I have to move the mat and all the equipment - including a chair so I can get back off the floor!

Yeah - the rear needed a dime's worth.



While I was down there, I did use the opportunity to apply some more ACF-50 to a few things, including the axel nut and the muffler and muffler hanger.


going riding tomorrow and forget about all of this....
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Re: hate checking tire pressures!
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2025, 09:16:05 PM »
I have checked the gauge on my Ryobi cordless compressor against my analog Accu-gage and it has been right on, makes airing up quicker, and of course, my AK550 has TPMS
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Re: hate checking tire pressures!
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2025, 12:40:46 PM »
keep those tire pressures up! Glad you're heading out for a ride today after reading about your 'incident'.
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Re: hate checking tire pressures!
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2025, 02:42:33 PM »
"- including a chair so I can get back off the floor!"  Lol, glad to hear someone else who ain't as agile as they used to be!  Reminds me of reading about an old fellah who wrote "Y'know you reach an age where you come to appreciate a well-placed handrail"!  I'll add to that, and a bench when you're out walking the pup.
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Re: hate checking tire pressures!
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2025, 03:45:40 PM »
"- including a chair so I can get back off the floor!"  Lol, glad to hear someone else who ain't as agile as they used to be!  Reminds me of reading about an old fellah who wrote "Y'know you reach an age where you come to appreciate a well-placed handrail"!  I'll add to that, and a bench when you're out walking the pup.
One of my major and final jobs for the county was painting a few hundred yards of wall. 74 offices and football length hallways.  One day this cute but snot of a young lady walked by as I was trimming the base of a 50yrd long wall. "why do you need that step ladder if you're painting down there?"
None of her damn business.  But I didn't say anything....
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Re: hate checking tire pressures!
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2025, 09:02:50 PM »
I'm not one for getting on my hands & knees anymore either. My milker's stool is a handy tool, 3 legged for uneven surfaces, and a handle to pick it up and go to the next cow
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Re: hate checking tire pressures!
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2025, 09:16:42 AM »
I'm not one for getting on my hands & knees anymore either. My milker's stool is a handy tool, 3 legged for uneven surfaces, and a handle to pick it up and go to the next cow


Love it!
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