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rfw2003 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1108 Yantis, TX	New Tires New Brakes 05/30/12 at 17:30:42 Just got the new Route 66 tires put on today and also had ordered a set of new front pads to put on myself but the shop put them on for free since they were doing the mounting of the tires already and had it apart, can't beat that at all. On the drive home it felt like a completely new bike.
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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: New Tires New Brakes Reply #1 - 05/30/12 at 18:26:08 Go slow on the sudden moves for a hundred miles, or so. New tires are kinda slick from the manufacturing process.
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teabowl13 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 535	Re: New Tires New Brakes Reply #2 - 05/30/12 at 19:46:56 DITTO!! If you think they feel good now, just wait until they get scuffed and broken in!
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rfw2003 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1108 Yantis, TX	Re: New Tires New Brakes Reply #3 - 05/30/12 at 23:15:17 Oh I'm taking it easy. I'm still learning the ins and outs of this little thumper, and how it responds to my big 240lbs butt. R.F.
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renegade1 Full Member Offline SAVAGE Posts: 212 Abbotsford B.C. Gender:	Re: New Tires New Brakes Reply #4 - 05/30/12 at 23:44:55 anyone heard of switching the rear drum brake for a disc??? if so can you post thread can not find anything like that!!!
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Re: New Tires New Brakes
Reply #5 - 05/31/12 at 10:14:45

rfw2003 wrote on 05/30/12 at 17:30:42:

Just got the new Route 66 tires put on today and also had ordered a set of new front pads to put on myself but the shop put them on for free since they were doing the mounting of the tires already and had it apart, can't beat that at all. On the drive home it felt like a completely new bike. Grin

rfw, did you put stock sizes back on, or different? Just curious about what is possible?

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Re: New Tires New Brakes
Reply #6 - 05/31/12 at 11:18:40

360k+ wrote on 05/31/12 at 10:14:45:

rfw2003 wrote on 05/30/12 at 17:30:42:

Just got the new Route 66 tires put on today and also had ordered a set of new front pads to put on myself but the shop put them on for free since they were doing the mounting of the tires already and had it apart, can't beat that at all. On the drive home it felt like a completely new bike. Grin

rfw, did you put stock sizes back on, or different? Just curious about what is possible?

Stock on the front and 140/90 15's on the rear since the route 66 doesn't come in the stock size rear. Even with them not having but about 30 miles on them, they are much better feeling then the IBC stockers that were on the bike when I bought it just a few short weeks ago.

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Dj12midnit Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline If you'r here and I'm here isn't this our time? Posts: 1036 Lynden Wa. Gender:	Re: New Tires New Brakes Reply #7 - 05/31/12 at 16:13:27 rfw2003 wrote on 05/30/12 at 23:15:17: Oh I'm taking it easy. I'm still learning the ins and outs of this little thumper, and how it responds to my big 240lbs butt. R.F. 240 you are a small little feller.
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rfw2003 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1108 Yantis, TX	Re: New Tires New Brakes Reply #8 - 05/31/12 at 19:41:39 well put another 50 miles or so on it today so now I have close to 100 miles on the new tires and they are doing nothing but getting better and better. They make the old IBC's feel like absolute crap in comparison.
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