Ta! Yeah, things carry on at their relentless and terrifying pace with the B12 mod
I got a shop to fit a knackered old tyre (thumbsup to Two Wheels in Edinburgh, who're happy to deal with my ridiculous ideas!) but it's a 190 and had clearance issues with teh SV swingarm. I have a new 180 in the garage which I'd planned to fit after getting the wheel set up and powdercoated, but I'll mount it up just now.
Or, I could go to a dealers
But tyres are just about the only thing I keep going to dealers for, so I figure I'd have a crack. All the hardware costs pennies, after all- set of levers and rim protectors from a show was £8 all in, and my cunning bead breaker was free
Though hard work. I got a set of tyres for about 2/3 what they'd have cost locally so there's real savings there too.