Thinking of changing the front tire myself
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02-09-2012, 08:24 AM
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Thanks guys. I appreciate all the input. When I was younger and did the car tires, it was a tedious job but not horrible. always found that once you had the opposit side of the tire down into the center of the rim as mentioned above, you could work it off pretty easily. I have a large C clamp or could jump on the tire to break the bead as I have done in the past with car tires.
My HD dealer told me about $600 to change the front and rear tires. I can get a new front tire for $90 - $100 on JP Cycles and save. I am a gear head when it comes to working on cars and figured I could just sit on the garage floor and pull the tire off. I also want to get inside the new front fender I installed (Sumax old school bagger fender) and grind the inside of the mounting screws. They are a little close to the tire. If I just bring the whole bike down to HD, I will not have the oppotunity to do that.
My HD dealer told me about $600 to change the front and rear tires. I can get a new front tire for $90 - $100 on JP Cycles and save. I am a gear head when it comes to working on cars and figured I could just sit on the garage floor and pull the tire off. I also want to get inside the new front fender I installed (Sumax old school bagger fender) and grind the inside of the mounting screws. They are a little close to the tire. If I just bring the whole bike down to HD, I will not have the oppotunity to do that.
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02-10-2012, 10:43 AM
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Dude, you sound just like me. I was shocked when I got a price from my dealer so i thought i'd tackle it myself. Getting the old front tire off wasn't too bad but trying to get that new sucker on was crazy hard. Finally got it on and then my 5 gal compressor wouldn't pop that bead in place. Tried using straps around the center to push the bead up against the side - no luck. Had to run it down to a tire place to get it aired up. I did save a few bucks but I'll never do that again! Shop around for an independent to do it and you'll probably split the difference. Learn from us fools!
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02-10-2012, 10:53 AM
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When I had sports bikes and did a bunch of canyon runs...it was worth getting the right set up and changing them myself....but on a scooter like these...it's so much easier to just take in the wheel.
Unless you really like doing things yourself. I have a balancing setup and had a tire changer I built and welded up myself I could do a set of tires and balanced on the sports bikes in about 2 hours....but I was picky too! But that was a ways ago!
Unless you really like doing things yourself. I have a balancing setup and had a tire changer I built and welded up myself I could do a set of tires and balanced on the sports bikes in about 2 hours....but I was picky too! But that was a ways ago!
#24
02-10-2012, 12:01 PM
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i just change out my front and rear tires. piece of cake. get the dish washing soap out ,lubiracate the wheel and tires pry the off just when you were a kid changing your bicycle tires. if you will acuatally read the directions wood oil soap is what called for. there is a wooden jack in the under 50 buxs post that works real good and a balancer the we bought at harbor frieght for 60 bucks, works just fine. i did not know about the dyna beads until i started reading in here, so next time i will try them..
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#29
02-15-2012, 08:03 AM
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02-15-2012, 09:46 AM
Thought about asking my ex if I could borrow her B.O.B. for the task.
