I got in allot more riding then I expected to over the last month and have some rides planned this week. My tires were border line for a track down a few months ago...but now (and with rides planned next week) I am will be at or very close to the wear bar on th 05 999s pilot powers. *I presume they are orginal as I got the bike last fall with 2k miles, they have have 5,100 on them now. Mich Pilot Powers.
So I no longer think I want to go to New Hampsire Motor Speedway June 1 on these tires.
So my questions are:
1) Does anyone know if the NHMS track has a facility to mount tires. I think I can get some pilot powers shipped to me before next week and just take them up with me.
2)...or maybe because this is a Ducati Revs NewEngland event there is mechanic support/tire change equipment to assit with a tire change ?
3)If I decide to do this locally before June 1 (time is my issue to get to a local Duc shop)...I have a few choices, including my local dealer who is wonderful bunch of folks. I support them use often for parts and accessories as well as buying bikes....but the service dept has been a bit sloppy in prior service work and the mechancis change out so often it seems like the good ducati focused mechanics left for smaller independent shops. I know the good, careful mechanics there are on major service jobs and tire changes go to the guy that frankly I don't trust my bike too. So, what equipment is needed to do this right ? (mount and highspeed balance)...I may use a local independent shop with an awesome duc mechanic who is on the way to a planned trip I have....but if he does not have the high tech balance equipment a dealer would have I may be back to going to Duc dealer.
Suggestions welcome on what to do. * I might be making a bigger deal of this then needed, but I own a lifted Jeep with 35's and when ever I have mount/ balance work done on the tires and it's not done by someone familar with oversized offroad balance it's a nightmare, jeep is undriveable. Soon as I get a shop/tech familar with doing the work correctly it drives like a dream. Since the 999s sees some spirted use I'd like to know the mount and balance is done correctly.