It's only holding up 200-300 lbs, my jack will and will probably hold it for more than a week.

I don't know about yours though, you should test it, put it under a car overnite, still up in the morning you're good to go.

The stock IRC's are a narrow tire for their marking and the dunlap is wider tire than IRC at the same width.  So the D404 130 will be very close in width. The 90 adds a little height and makes the speedo read closer to the actual speed.

ThumperPaul wrote on 07/07/24 at 16:10:37:


Me too.  They folks that build these tires don't recommend mixing tire sets - as the tires can behave differently.  I suppose as long as you don't mix bias play and radial it is likely not too serious.

The only time I have mixed sets is when I have decided to change tire brands or tire models and still have life left in one tire - I change the worn out tire and as soon as the other one wears out I replace it and am "matching" again.  I normally count on wearing out 2 rear tires for the life of 1 front tire - but I did have one new set of tires where the front wore out 1,000 miles sooner than the rear!

Mismatched sets often occur when folks are out riding and have a tire failure (or wear one out) and need to replace a tire in a hurry, and the local bike shop doesn't have a matching tire.  I don't believe mismatch is often done on purpose.

the left side you could, but the right the muffler was in the way.

the brake shoes have lots of life so you may not need to change them yet.
squeaking is another issue, I find it's caused by dust.

the ends of the brake lining are tapered and this tends to cause dust to be trapped between the drum and lining.

I modified the forward side to have a sharp edge and bevel it towards the outside so the dust is moved towards the outside and drops out.

This stops the squeaking.

https://ibb.co/F8tjqWx

That is my current alignment of my rear brake. If I replace the brake shoes how do I know what to change the angle of the red line on the green line spindle? I’m a bit confused as new brake shoes will have more material on them so I assume I need to change the angle.  

That red line is nothing.  Don’t use the “crack/split” on the brake lever clamp.  Your green line is almost sitting exactly on top of the index mark in the spline shaft.  It’s an etched grove/line in the spline/shaft.  That’s what you want to see at the beginning of the range indicator with new brake shoes.

transam4life wrote on 07/15/24 at 08:03:25:


Really? They recommend that? I just went Dunlop 404s 

Shoes removed.

It's pretty easy.  Once you see it with shoes, it'll make more sense.  They just "fold out" in there and attach with 2 springs.  Boing, done.  Try not to pinch your finger.