How to mount a new tire for 2.00

[movenon]

Burgman 650 - DIY - Bead Breaker 

George

[giantkiller]

You can always buy a bead-breaker like the one pictured here:


I got it from Kapsco Moto: http://www.kapscomoto.com/product_p/smi2063.htm

You could also make your own which I believe some have done with a couple 2x4's.

If you want to make it really easy, just cut the side walls off using a utility knife. It really is as easy as it sounds. See photo below which shows the two side walls and tread next to the bead breaker. This is the method I will use from now on.


Hope that helps,

Zwartie

So what is the trick to getting a tire off the rim?  Today, I tried using a bench vise to break the bead and a sawzall to cut my 16" rear off the stock rear wheel I still had laying around. 30 minutes of blood, sweat, and tears, and no avail - the tire is still on the rim.  Tell me there's an easier way.  ??

I just purchased one similar to the one you have. Best thing Ive bought in a while. I think I could have pushed the bead off with air in the tire. Pushed both beads off in about 2 min.

[rktmanfj]

Has anyone here tried these?

http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/partno/08-0519/

[fj12_rider]

I use the method in the video posted earlier to break the bead (plank of wood and a block ). Does the job .  I find getting them on no probs with out the cable ties so I dont usually bother with them . Great tutorial though !! Also I use axle stands to balance the wheel . Just Level them up with a spirit level , lay the wheel on it on its axle pin and bobs yer uncle !

[Dan Filetti]

That looks like it may have promise.

Dan

[movenon]

Looks handy for a field repair but kind of expensive. I have popped a bead in the field once using my buddy's bike by putting his kick stand down and lowering his kick stand on the tire bead. Thank goodness for tubeless tires and plugs. New tires have become so reliable that I have to fess up, I don't even have a tire repair kit on my bike anymore. Guess I had better get one of those CO2/plug kits. Probably pushed my luck enough. 
George

[SlowOldGuy]

I have a bead breaker tool from Aerostich and have used it often.

There were quite a few tires that it was still major work to break the bead.  That "hand held" tool may work on a dirt bike tire, but it would have been a waste of money on every rear tire I have done.  No way it would generate enough force.

DavidR.

[ribbert]

Looks handy for a field repair but kind of expensive. I have popped a bead in the field once using my buddy's bike by putting his kick stand down and lowering his kick stand on the tire bead. Thank goodness for tubeless tires and plugs. New tires have become so reliable that I have to fess up, I don't even have a tire repair kit on my bike anymore. Guess I had better get one of those CO2/plug kits. Probably pushed my luck enough. 
George

George, I hadn't carried a repair kit for 42 years, until about 6mths ago and I had never had a puncture, UNTIL a few weeks ago. Thank Goodness for my trusty CO2 kit. There is no convenient place to have a puncture, unless someone stabs your tyre through the night in you garage, even then it can spoil your planned day.
It takes 5 canisters to inflate a 180 tyre to 32psi (according to the blurb) and there is a sequence to not losing your air while changing canisters.
I didn't learn this from the instructions but the hard way on the roadside. Fortunately it was only a few hundred metres to a garage. But, HAD I read the instructions I WOULD have known.
It scares me to think of the places I've been over the years and what would have been the outcome of a flat.

I don't agree that modern motorbike tyre technology has anything to do with infrequent punctures. In the interest of weight, there is not much to the carcass of a bike tyre and a worn out one is scarily thin.

Noel

[movenon]

Looks handy for a field repair but kind of expensive. I have popped a bead in the field once using my buddy's bike by putting his kick stand down and lowering his kick stand on the tire bead. Thank goodness for tubeless tires and plugs. New tires have become so reliable that I have to fess up, I don't even have a tire repair kit on my bike anymore. Guess I had better get one of those CO2/plug kits. Probably pushed my luck enough. 
George

George, I hadn't carried a repair kit for 42 years, until about 6mths ago and I had never had a puncture, UNTIL a few weeks ago. Thank Goodness for my trusty CO2 kit. There is no convenient place to have a puncture, unless someone stabs your tyre through the night in you garage, even then it can spoil your planned day.
It takes 5 canisters to inflate a 180 tyre to 32psi (according to the blurb) and there is a sequence to not losing your air while changing canisters.
I didn't learn this from the instructions but the hard way on the roadside. Fortunately it was only a few hundred metres to a garage. But, HAD I read the instructions I WOULD have known.
It scares me to think of the places I've been over the years and what would have been the outcome of a flat.

I don't agree that modern motorbike tyre technology has anything to do with infrequent punctures. In the interest of weight, there is not much to the carcass of a bike tyre and a worn out one is scarily thin.

Noel

It kinda like KARMA, now that the subject has been brought up, I will sure as shit will have a flat....... Next week I will order a CO2 repair kit (and read the instructions). I rode over 100,000 miles with a BMW and never had a flat. It stupidly has embolden me to keep on with my ill informed ways. You are right it only takes once. The Western US is not as bad as OZ for being out in the middle of no where but it has it places. And no place is good for a flat. To top it off I ride alone a lot of the time.

I just put on a new 180 tyre and have a new front wheel out being powder coated for a 120 on the front. Trying to get things in descent shape for this spring.
I was wondering how many canisters/cartrages it would take, now I know !  Thanks for the information Noel. 
George

[ribbert]

My theory on less punctures is this: Punctures are most commonly nails and screws. How did they get on the road? Years ago these sold in cardboard boxes and after a time the back of any trade vehicle had hundreds of them lying around the floor after the boxes fell apart or got wet or ripped and would fall out of side doors, tail gates etc.
These days they are sold in plastic tubs and there is plethora of storage/compartment units in which to keep them. I used to see trade vans carpeted in loose screws and nails with a good number of them having found their way on to the steps just waiting to jiggle out onto the road.
Having said that, my puncture was part of a silver bracelet with one link having opened up and was sticking out of the tyre with several links still hanging down from it.

Noel