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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AApple" data-source="post: 46938" data-attributes="member: 56">Well....Imma spittin fire out da rear now....Bridgestone Spitfire tire, that is! Sometimes, I kinda wish I had a nekkid 'wing, so I wouldn't have to work so hard to get a dang tire off  :heat:  Oh well...I got it done anywho, and took a short ride down the road, to make sure everything got put back on right, and tight. I set the new(unmounted) tire up against the old Dunlop once I got it off, and by golly, the new one is at least 1-1 1/2" taller than the slick old one. I wonder if that might have an effect on my MPH-RPM difference? I always remembered 75mph was around 4500rpm, but lately, it has shown closer to 5000rpm @ 75mph. Guess I'll find out tomorrow, iffin it don't rain. :beg: At least swapping the tires wasn't too much of a pain. Old one off, and new one on with no problems a-tall. I did find that the old one had a bulge in it in one spot, amazingly enough it was just like the Dunlop I replaced last time....big ol' air bubble in it between the inner and outer plys of the tire....pos... :sensored:</blockquote>