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lrntolive · 06-14-2006, 04:30 PM

If any of you live in the Northern VA area, do not take your bikes or rims to Coleman Powersports to have tires mounted.

I found out the hard way at Summit Jefferson on June 11 that they use grease to slip the tire on the rim. They got it all over the tire, but I didn't notice it. I went down in the first turn of the first session of the day. I was pissed.

When I came back into the pits, I didn't know why I went down because I was going extremely slow. Thanks to Dave K. pitted next to me who wiped his finger across the tire and called it Crisco. I spent the break scrubbing my tires with brake cleaner.

I learned my lesson. From now on, only TPM touches my tires.

06-14-2006, 04:30 PM	#1
lrntolive Learner's Permit lrntolive is offline Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lorton, Va Posts: 11	Dealer who uses grease to mount tires If any of you live in the Northern VA area, do not take your bikes or rims to Coleman Powersports to have tires mounted. I found out the hard way at Summit Jefferson on June 11 that they use grease to slip the tire on the rim. They got it all over the tire, but I didn't notice it. I went down in the first turn of the first session of the day. I was pissed. When I came back into the pits, I didn't know why I went down because I was going extremely slow. Thanks to Dave K. pitted next to me who wiped his finger across the tire and called it Crisco. I spent the break scrubbing my tires with brake cleaner. I learned my lesson. From now on, only TPM touches my tires.