Bead breaking Keep that shoe up in the bead. If it's down squishing the sidewall, it won't break the bead. Put it right up against the rim edge and lightly push down. The tire sidewall will roll away
I use the HF tire changer with their motorcycle adapter. Bike shops charge full retail prices for new tires and ridiculous fees to change/balance tires. It only take 1-2 MC tires (~ 10-15K miles/tire
I want to see him do "two minutes flat" with a race tire. It's not possible. :) Brian battmain@yahoo.com I use the HF tire changer with their motorcycle adapter. Bike shops charge full retail prices
-- Original Message -- Are you comparing a $2000+ tire changing machine to a $59 HF manual tool? It takes me ~ 15 minutes to change a MC tire. Versus removing the wheel, driving to a MC shop, leaving
Thanks for the tips and the video. I am almost looking forward to trying again this weekend! _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with securi
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I don't know about the car guys, but most of the motorcycle guys use some variation of static balancing on a stand made with a few small ball bearings or knife edges. I do, anyway. Dave C ___________
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Not comparing anything, but just making fun of his comments. You see, the demo tire in the video was a soft sided tire. If it were a race tire with stiff sidewalls, it would take a little longer than
Simply put - rest the wheel/tire assembly on a support that will allow it to rotate freely about its axle, find the heavy area & use small weights to balance it. A full description with photos here:
I've been quietly laughing at the various stories about changing tires. You see, when I was young, I worked at a service station (we actually waited on customers), and used to change tires all the ti
I do several (usually four) MC tire changes each year and use this balancer: http://www.marcparnes.com/Universal_Motorcycle_Wheel_Balancer.htm The bearings are virtually friction-free and you are abl
I'm trying to remember what my dad did. I think he nailed a 2x4 to the barn wall about a 6" from the floor, had a 6' pry bar and a short 2x4 or something. I sort of remember laying the tire on the fl
FWIW, Horrible Freight sells a similar unit: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=98488 As usual, their quality control isn't the best; I probably should have returned th
I apologize if I am spamming the list, but I sent this note out on Saturday and it never arrived in my inbox, so I have to assume it got hung up somewhere in the ether and I really wanted to close th