Roketa MC-54B tire change. By taildrag (Read 418 times)

[taildrag]

I am in my 89th year and never did a tire change in my life but these on my scoot were bear and I had no idea what to do outside of ordering new ones, which I did. Avon AM63 Viper Stryke 120/70/13 for front and 140/60/13 rear from Motorcycle Superstore for $98.98 free shipping. How did I know how to do all this you ask? Six months of reading all I could on this web site. Taking off the wheels was simple except for the rear tire getting hung up on the right side shock and then I read this in an old post. Remove the left side shock and the whole thing will drop down a little which I did and ...bingo off it came. Put it all back together the way I took it off and I am a happy old retired WW2 Marine.

Taildrag

[Guitarman]

Glad you got it Taildrag. Now you can get back on it and go draggin' down the road.
We love to see people making their own repairs.

[jct842]

At first glance so many people think a chinese scooter is hard or impossible to work on but they are not. The people who put them together more than likely have a lot less education than we do. A little common sense and reading before you jump in on it and we are good to go. You picked a decent set of tires and I am betting you noticed a world of difference and handling. It had been a long long time for changing my own tires until 6 or 7 years ago with the scooters for me, I did it when I was a kid but with a bike it was so easy to go to a dealer to buy a tire. I am going to be 72 in a month and it is not physically as easy to do my own service as it used to be, but I enjoy it.

Maybe some of the younger set can see your example and take notice! john