Don't mind the cursing.

FastDoc · 09-26-2010, 05:38 PM

I'm off to the shop to change the rear tire on the Yamaha. I've never done a street bike tire before so if you live in the Northwest and hear some bitching you'll know who's fingers are pinched between the rim and the tire. :roll:

Weldangrind · 09-26-2010, 07:26 PM

I haven't done a street bike tire in 25 years, but it's certainly not harder than a dirt bike tire, especially a rear dirt bike tire with two rim locks.

This is the vid that Spud posted, and I just used it again Friday night when I installed a rear tire on Son of Weldangrind's XR200R: http://motocross.transworld.net/1000...p-tire-change/

BillR · 09-26-2010, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by FastDoc

I'm off to the shop to change the rear tire on the Yamaha. I've never done a street bike tire before so if you live in the Northwest and hear some bitching you'll know who's fingers are pinched between the rim and the tire. :roll:

That's why I take that to "Bad Tad" at Bellevue Cycle (sorry, TN not WA). It's worth the $20 to let him mount the *&%$$##@*&* thing.
Bill R

FastDoc · 09-26-2010, 08:45 PM

It was not bad. Start to finish including removing and reinstalling the wheel a bit over an hour.

FastDoc · 09-26-2010, 08:47 PM

BTW I made no effort to balance it and it seems perfect. No vibration up to the bike's top speed of 85+.

MICRider · 09-26-2010, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by FastDoc

BTW I made no effort to balance it and it seems perfect. No vibration up to the bike's top speed of 85+.

I didn't balance my Gripsters on my KLR either and haven't noticed any vibration or funny wear in 2000 km's. I had planned on balancing them, but haven't had the time to take them off to do it yet. Were your Yamaha tires tubed or tubeless?

FastDoc · 09-26-2010, 11:48 PM

If I had someone to mount them locally while I waited I'd gladly pay $20, but around here they wat $30- $40 and I don't loke to drop the wheel off and have to pick it up later. The time to and from the shop twice is what makes it worth it for me to do it myself. Also it makes me feel good to be 'independant' and to know I can do it in an urgent off road situation.

The tires are tubed, and I usually replace the tube when I change a tire. In this case the tire size was 120/90-16.

Reveeen · 09-27-2010, 07:34 AM

The one's that are really "nasty" are the low profile tires with very little side wall. 3 hands with these would be good.

But if there is a will, there is a way.....Princess Auto had tire levers on sale a while back for something dumb, like about 50 cents, the good kind 18".

FastDoc · 09-27-2010, 11:13 AM

I'd never do the Gold Wing or any other tubeless or high performance bike, but for mild slower machines and dirt bikes I think its OK when no balancing is required.

09-26-2010, 05:38 PM	#1
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	Don't mind the cursing. I'm off to the shop to change the rear tire on the Yamaha. I've never done a street bike tire before so if you live in the Northwest and hear some bitching you'll know who's fingers are pinched between the rim and the tire. :roll: __________________ Happy to serve.
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09-26-2010, 07:26 PM	#2
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	I haven't done a street bike tire in 25 years, but it's certainly not harder than a dirt bike tire, especially a rear dirt bike tire with two rim locks. This is the vid that Spud posted, and I just used it again Friday night when I installed a rear tire on Son of Weldangrind's XR200R: http://motocross.transworld.net/1000...p-tire-change/ __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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09-26-2010, 08:45 PM	#4
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	It was not bad. Start to finish including removing and reinstalling the wheel a bit over an hour. __________________ Happy to serve.
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09-26-2010, 08:47 PM	#5
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	BTW I made no effort to balance it and it seems perfect. No vibration up to the bike's top speed of 85+. __________________ Happy to serve.
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09-26-2010, 11:48 PM	#7
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	If I had someone to mount them locally while I waited I'd gladly pay $20, but around here they wat $30- $40 and I don't loke to drop the wheel off and have to pick it up later. The time to and from the shop twice is what makes it worth it for me to do it myself. Also it makes me feel good to be 'independant' and to know I can do it in an urgent off road situation. The tires are tubed, and I usually replace the tube when I change a tire. In this case the tire size was 120/90-16. __________________ Happy to serve.
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09-27-2010, 07:34 AM	#8
Reveeen Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: orbital platform Posts: 741	The one's that are really "nasty" are the low profile tires with very little side wall. 3 hands with these would be good. But if there is a will, there is a way.....Princess Auto had tire levers on sale a while back for something dumb, like about 50 cents, the good kind 18".
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09-27-2010, 11:13 AM	#9
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	I'd never do the Gold Wing or any other tubeless or high performance bike, but for mild slower machines and dirt bikes I think its OK when no balancing is required. __________________ Happy to serve.
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