Front wheel assembly

[richard100t]

I'm putting the new front tire on my bike & re assembling the front wheel to the bike. I'm having a very hard time getting the bolt to thread into the fork. I tried doing it with the wheel out to see if the bolt would thread just to make sure its not too stripped & it starts & threads just fine. I'm putting the spacer in the right place, I have the pinch bolts loose, the calipers are out of the way. Is there a trick to doing this that I forgot from the last time I did it?

[dlaing]

My bike does not thread in, but I imagine from the thread side you can check the alignment with a flash light or a chopstick.

Otherwise, you could be getting hung up on the other side.

Sometimes I get a lever under the tire to help me align it.

Just lifting the tire can be hard to get the alignment spot on.

[antonio carroccio]

Technical thread......

[g.forrest]

get back to wheel..away from puta.. ''and work it out''

[richard100t]

Ok the Guzzi Gods have smiled on me this morning. I got the new Pirelli Strada on the front this morning. I just took it around the block & my initial impression is its a little taller than the Supercorsa. I'm heading out for a longer ride to scrub the new tire good so that its safe. I'll give another report on it later when I have more info. Seems like a good deal for $25 so far though.

[richard100t]

I'm back from a little more riding time on the new Pirelli Strada free front tire. The bike rides just fine as far as I can tell. It doesnt turn quite as fast as the supercorsa track tire I had on before but it isnt too far off from it either. On another subject I changed the rear drive fluid & trans fluids. I used RedLine Heavy Shockproof gear oil. I must report that neither I nor my bike has been shocked yet It does seem to make it a little smoother, but its nothing I can put my finger on & say wow. I think I'll be putting the rear Strada tire on next weekend & I'll log in another update then.