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The Dark SideFor those members running "Car Tires" on their scoots. This is for their discussion only and not a place for "non dark siders" to mouth off about their negative opinions of this idea!
I bought a set of new take off wheels off of Ebay for my 2013 limited.
It's one of the best investments I've made on it. I always have a new front and rear tire mounted and ready to go.
Several times since I bought the wheels I have discovered a problem with my tire just before I was leaving on a ride. It would delay me 1/2 hour or so to swap the wheels out, but it wouldn't stop me.
I just smile when I see those two new tires mounted on my spare wheels leaning against the garage wall.
If you put 5 or 10 thousand miles on the bike a year, it's probably not worth it, but if you put 20 to 30 thousand miles on it, it's really important.
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