The crew at Rabaconda rolled out some new ideas for beating the old busting tires blues at AIMExpo. They took to the New Product Central stage directly in front of the Dealernews display with a bold challenge for their new street bike tire changer: swap the notoriously tough Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic front tire live on stage. Bonus points for not damaging the rim!
A full dismount and remount of the tire demonstrated the capability of the innovative ratcheting system, which also effectively protects rims, and can adjust to different wheel sizes. Intrigued, we went to the booth and saw them take a guy who had never mounted a tire and had him change a 6-ply ADV tire on a spoked wheel. Despite being a total novice, the guinea pig looked like a total pro!
"Rabaconda is an ideal solution for small dealerships and custom shops that don't have room for the full-size industrial tire-mounting machine, but are still looking to perform fast, efficient tire changes," notes Jakob Saks the co-founder for the Slovenian company. "Rabaconda is also portable, packing into a carrying case to take to events, put in a chase truck, or simply store it out of the way when not in use."
Jakob also hints that Rabaconda has some new products on the way… he can't say what, but the initials are UTV. In the meantime, look for the full round-up of AIMExpo New Product Central presentations in the next issue of Dealernews.
