My project is boring - even to me. So far this has just been 'work'. And I really don't plan on doing anything that I haven't done before. But I'll throw out some pictures of my tire mounting and balancing setup.
Lately I've only been mounting sport bike sized radials (120 F/ 180 R) on a few of our other bikes. Since the K75 was in California, I would take the wheels in to a shop and have tires put on since I didn't have the tools out there. I forgot how easy it is to mount tires on the K75 rims. My set up is basic - I just use a milk crate, some Quick Clamps and a lot of RuGLYDE. My rim protectors are just cut out of a jug of some sort. I've been using the same ones for years. I have a few tire irons but for this install, I only need one. It is a long one but I didn't need the leverage - it has a bend in it, which makes sliding tire over it super easy. You can kind of see that in the picture. There is no grunting or swearing with this method. The beads popped really easy. Maybe because the tires had been installed before. Didn't even remove the cores.
For tires, I put on the Shinko 712s that were on the wheels previously. They have 2 weeks/~4k miles of use. There is still plenty of meat left. They were one of the few tires I could get delivered to the shop within 10 days when I ordered them in 2017. I was skeptical because of the low price but I was pleasantly surprised with the performance. I didn't do a lot of mountain riding but I did some while in Az/NM/Big Bend/Talamina to Ak and then down to the Natches trace up through Tn, Wv, PA, etc. Enough varied roads and rain that I was able to get an idea of what they are capable of. I liked them enough that I may get them again if they stay consistent over the next 2k or so miles.
The rear only required 14g of weight to static balance. I haven't done the front yet. Need to install the new rotors first. Got the ABS ring off the old one and now I have to attach it to the new, which is cooling down right now.
Brake lines should arrive tomorrow so the front end should be going back together very soon.