2012 has been an interesting year...Leslie got a new job and is now working for BC Transplant as an Organ Donation Coordinator and Organ Donation Specialist.
Cheryl continues to do well in her police career and we got engaged. Wedding will be next August 2013. More info please read below.
Cheryl and I met in 1997 in Bellingham, Washington. We kept in touch over the year via the internet plus flying back and forth. Before we both knew it I moved all the way across the country to a new country no less in march 1998 and been here ever since. I, meaning Leslie grew up in New York on Long Island where her family still remains except my brother.
Went to College in upstate NY and grad school back on Long Island where I got my Masters Degree in Social Work. In 1999 I started working as an Intensive Care Unit Social Worker at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, BC and loved my job after all those years.
Cheryl grew up in the lower mainland of BC and many of her family members are here as well. Beautiful place to grow up and go to school. Throughout Cheryl's teenage years and adulthood she worked for her mother's family business. However, at the ripe old age of 35 she decided to embark upon a career in law enforcement which she has been enjoying for over 5 years. Cheryl has found a passion within the Police force working with kids in schools.
We have been together as partner's for 15 years and after Cheryl graduated Depot (Police Training) we both got motorcycles and our licenses. I grew up on bikes and Cheryl always wanted to learn to ride. Learning was easy for Cheryl and getting back on a bike for me just made sense. Cheryl thinks I am obsessed with bikes but to be honest once she is on the road I can't stop her.
Cheryl loves video games, I love wild life, Cheryl dreams about white sandy tropical beaches, I dream about seeing the polar bears in Hudson Bay, Manitoba.
Opposites attract and we both share a passion for adventure motorcycle touring. We learned this after buying our first 2010 BMW F650GS bikes. We travel well together making sure we are both taking care of ourselves. Cheryl is the brains, mechanic, navigator and packer, I am the organizer/planner.
Cheryl is the quiet one, I am the loud New Yorker. Cheryl loves video games, I love live web cams featuring Bald Eagles, Falcons, osprey's and Owls. In the end it seems to work.
Changing a tire is 90% technique. Tire irons or spoons are the only essential tool needed to change a tire but any thing else you can use to help is worth having.
If you have never changed a tire it’s worth doing a few times with the tools you will be traveling with, not the tools you have in your garage.
I have changed many tires but never on my 800… I hope I never have to especially with the Heidenau tires you love.
this little tool seems pretty small and light enough to carry on one of our bikes….looks as though it would be able to break that stiff bead on the K60′s too…the one everyone has a hell of a time getting off their rims. We will practice before we would take a tubed tire off the road with our tool kit…good point Kelsow! Hey…you gonna like us more if we get matching bikes like yours?
A lot of people use their side stand to break the bead from the rim.
If I could like you guys more for getting new f800′s, then yes.
No idea if these work as advertised but if so, they’d be a great addition to my tool kit. Still, I hope I never have to change a tire/tube in the middle of nowhere. Thanks for the info!
ditto but you never know eh? I think they are worth investigating especially since you like us have many places to ride that a tow truck could take very very long to get to us.
Although I have not tried these I have changed many tires with just tire irons including mounting four tires and fixing a flat 125 miles from home on my F800GS alone. These tools my be alright for more flexible tires on smaller bikes but I would not want to use them to break the bead or fix a tire. As strong as 7075 aluminum is I think the tips would break off during the first use. The other thing I don’t care for are all the sharp edges. Even with gloves on I think your hands would take a beating. They do look nice though.
interesting that you think they would break. I hope someone who may have used them can post a comment or even motion pro. Curious about what you said and what they would say…;-)
I have not used these specific tools before but I would agree with trying it with the tools you normally carry. Tube tires don’t have the same bead as tubeless tires and can usually be pushed away from the rim by hand then use the tire irons to get it off the rim.
I was told that the K60′s have a really stiff sidewall and are a bear to get off. I haven’t tried it and don’t look forward to it.
yes the K60′s are stiff tubed or tubeless…even our dealer said they are really stiff…will be interesting