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There are no elephants. No angels.
Well, Saturday. As usual, the staff came to my house to work from mid-morning to mid-afternoon, and that was it. I decided to go and change the tire in the evening since there was no worry of rain around my house.
So, just in case.Rough and Road Kawasaki store, where I did a price survey the other day.called. I wanted to check if they had any in stock.
I don't want to waste time when I go out to eat, so I always call and make a reservation before I go out. I don't have a plan when it comes to touring.
So I tried calling him.METZLER (Elephant) ROADTEC 01 and PIRELLI Angel (Angel) GT rear tires at both Rough and Road Kawasaki and Yokohama stores.（160/60 ZR17）is not in stock...orz
It takes about a week for them to arrive if you order them, but I'm planning to go touring in Tohoku next weekend, so if I want to change the tires, it should be this weekend. By the way, I tried calling the speedster in Setagaya, but they didn't pick up after 10 calls, so I gave up.
"Well, I'm sure you can find other tires at the store," I thought as I rode to the Rough and Road Kawasaki store, which is only five minutes away by bike.
Then it's Ishibashi.
So I went to the store and looked at the stock.... No ROADTEC 01, no Angel GT, and no MICHELIN ROAD5 in stock for the rear..... This is the only new sport touring tire that I can choose.
BRIDGESTONE BATTLAX SPORT TOURING T31
Well, that's good. It's a new product, just released in February this year, and compared to the competition"I can feel it."There is no difference in performance. You can't tell the difference in ride quality unless you compare them.
This is why I asked him to install it. I also replaced the air valve with an L-shaped one. There was a GALE SPEED air valve in the store, but
The cheaper type that comes as standard.
Nitrogen gas was also recommended to me, but I declined. Nearly 80% of air is nitrogen, so I don't really believe in filling tires with nitrogen gas. And since I adjust the air pressure quite often, I can't maintain 100% nitrogen in the tires.
Waiting for replacement.
So I went to the pit. It's going to take a while, so we went to the YSP used car lot, which is just a few minutes walk away....
Looking at used MT-09 & MT-09 Tracer....
I went back to Rough and Road to check out the new helmet....
In the meantime, the work progressed steadily....
The exchange is complete.
Replacement completed.
Rough-and-Road is super nice because you can watch the pit work up close and ask questions to the people working there on the spot.
After paying the bill, I rolled the dice in front of the cashier and received a "Fukupika" as a special event during the sale, and went home. （The first prize was a 10,000 yen golden ticket.)
The ride is super comfortable from the moment you start driving, and lane changes are light and fluttery.
However, since it was a new tire, I couldn't push myself until the peeling was finished. I went home quietly and checked the L-shaped valve again.
I checked the year of manufacture of the tires and saw that the front tires were made in the 10th week of 2018 and the rear tires were made in the 18th week of 2018, and I thought to myself, "I knew they were new."
And that was the end of our Tanabata Saturday.
By the way, I was given a BATTLAX sticker in front of the cashier as a freebie for replacing the T31 front and rear, but I thought I wouldn't put it on the car, so I said "Oh, I don't want it.
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