#33...On The Road Again

THE MOBILE GHETTO

Well summer is here so it must be time to hit the road to find a few new trails and riding partners. We are about to load up the KX and the KTM to go looking for a few new places and people to ride with. This trip should be more like a vacation and less like the Beverly Hillbillies on tour. The reason is the new/used mobile ghetto, (an 09’ 5^th wheel toyhauler), should make this trip more like staying at a resort as opposed to camping!

I sure forgot how much time and setup it takes to prepare a vehicle to be road worthy. There are about a million things to check, attach, modify, move, improve and just learn about on a new vehicle. So I have spent the past week with a tape measure, drill, screw gun, and a myriad of other tools whipping this bad boy into shape. I think the last thing I should have to do is attach granny’s rockin’ chair to the top and get a bit of rope. Is that banjo music I hear?

#33    aka Jethro

“Today is the youngest you will ever be, live like it”

Tire Installation Made Easy

  Tire Installation Made Easy

I was recently introduced to the ‘Baja No Pinch Tool’.  Having tried it on a rear tire installation in my garage (not on the trail) I can say it works as advertised. If you are tire install challenged and have to worry about pinch flats, then this could be the answer. It could make your tire changing worries all but disappear! 

It appears to be a very sturdy tool and should last a life time. It weighs approximately 2.5 lbs with the extra aluminum axel sizers to fit any axle. This makes it a great garage tool but less attractive out on the trails.

On my very first attempt the ‘No Pinch’ made putting the tire on the rim very easy with almost no chance of pinching the tube without the use of tire irons.  You must remember this is an installation only tool so you will need your tire irons to dismount the tire. That is what makes me classify the ‘No Pinch’ as a garage tool as opposed to a trail tool.

Also, it is much easier to understand how to use it if you look at their  ‘bajanopinch.com’  website. The written instructions that come in the box were not easy for me to use as a guide. But then again I am not tire install challenged, but I am written instruction book challenged.

Go change a tire so you can go riding!!!

#33

“Your Attitude is like a flat tire, you will never get anywhere until you change it.”