Her is a Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tYa9EEG3rOM) from Jake Wilson
It covers most of the bases..
Here are my "other" comments:
I've changed a few tires with only tire irons..
Front tires are MUCH easier than rear tires.
1) The bead breaker he shows is worth whatever it cost!!! This is one of the biggest Pain in the ....
2) I never used window cleaner, but seems like an OK solution, To mount the tire I use furniture polish.. It conditions the rubber long term and is slippery when installing. Once beaded, it sticks fine.
3) Installing a rear tire on a rim is much harder than he shows (in my experience).. The last one I had to take down to a shop to finish getting installed.
It can be done, but without a tire changing stand, it's more than a notion, especially on a rear tire..
Just my 2cents.
That does look a lot easier than I remember it being. Definitely some good pointers there and I agree that the bead breaker looks awesome and for less than $50 isn't a bad investment.
I have a levered bead breaker I bought from Harbor Freight, sized for motorcycle tires. Paid about $30 as I recall, and it works great.
QuoteI have a levered bead breaker I bought from Harbor Freight, sized for motorcycle tires. Paid about $30 as I recall, and it works great
Mine works good too..
I just put a new tire on the front of my Valkyrie. I hauled the wheel to the dealership where they mounted it for $20.00, but I thought about doing it myself. Ultimately, time was the deciding factor. I've got a large C-clamp that I thought about trying to use as a bead breaker. Anybody ever tried that?
Quote from: guywheatley on April 03, 2011, 09:19:41 AM
I've got a large C-clamp that I thought about trying to use as a bead breaker. Anybody ever tried that?
Yes, I've done that method.. In fact I have two large C-clamps.. It can be done, but it's still a PITA...
The Bead breaker shown has been said to ONLY be good up to a 160 tire.
There was some cheap recommended tire changing parts on another forum.. Here are the links for your convenience. I don't have any of these, but I'm thinking about it.. It's closer to $40 per rim here and that's bringing it in to them..
Tire changer with bead breaker $83 (http://www.jakewilson.com/productDetail.do?navType=type&webTypeId=321&navTitle=Motorcycle+Tire+Accessories&webCatId=38&prodFamilyId=28961)
2 sets of rim protectors $12 (http://www.jakewilson.com/productDetail.do?navType=type&webTypeId=321&navTitle=Motorcycle+Tire+Accessories&webCatId=38&prodFamilyId=24704) I have another brand of these.
3 tire irons $30 (http://www.jakewilson.com/productDetail.do?navType=type&webTypeId=321&navTitle=Motorcycle+Tire+Accessories&webCatId=38&prodFamilyId=12568)
Throw in a balancing stand if I don't want to use beads $70 (http://www.jakewilson.com/productDetail.do?navType=type&webTypeId=321&navTitle=Motorcycle+Tire+Accessories&webCatId=38&prodFamilyId=26856)
I seem to remember someone changing a REAR tire at MOOTmag with the poormans stands and a couple small tire tools :cool: :cool: Hmmmmmmmmmmm not a ten minute but it got the job done...
Quote from: roboto65 on April 03, 2011, 01:13:40 PM
I seem to remember someone changing a REAR tire at MOOTmag with the poormans stands and a couple small tire tools :cool: :cool: Hmmmmmmmmmmm not a ten minute but it got the job done...
It sure did! His "bead breaker" was a couple of really hefty guys in riding boots! At home, I struggled with tire tools about 2ft long. Allen's were about nine inches, as I recall.
I had shot my rear tire on the way to Caddo Lake when it contracted a pointed object and I was not alert to the change in riding -- possibly because it was raining and I was soaked to the bone, and ... o what the heck! I should have noticed, but didn't--until Maggie was fish-tailing down the highway like a salmon swimming upstream. When I got off the bike and looked the tire was already flat as a gander's arch, and the damage was done. Anyway, I was not going to ride home on that tire, which had been plugged to get me all the way to the motel. Len had donated the tire to MOOT, and I reaped the benefit of Len, Allen, and a bunch of other folks to get me home safely without burning a day at not-so-local dealers.
Needless to say, I am still grateful to all -- and looking forward to Eureka Springs!
It was my pleasure Lawrence I just wish I could show more people how easy it is so they do not have to spend 30 to 50 bucks on someone else to change there tire.