Mikeeeeeeeee, I'll take mine off but I would rather have someone with a tire changing machine to do the actual tire swap.

 

I have spokes. I wouldn't let me touch them.

 

Just like Papamte, I'll take em off an let a motorcycle tire shop change em.

 

I change them out myself,a good set of tire irons,rim savers and a spray bottle of soapy water.

 

Me too. Use 'G' clamps to break the bead.

 

A friend and I bought a Harbor Freight tire changer with motorcycle adapter when on sale (1/2 price). It has worked well for several years. We also bought a simple but effective balancer from www.marcparnes.com, and rim protectors can be purchased from Dennis Kirk. Of course, at least one set of tire irons is a must. Tire lube must be used, but I don't recall where we purchased this from, probably Napa. You can buy black stick-on wheel weights from your HD dealer, or the plain gray type from Napa.

This is a good tire-change tutorial: www.clarity.net/~adam/tire-changing-doc.html

It isn't rocket science, but it helps greatly to have two people doing the job, and three is even better.

 

Mikeeeeeeeeee

I change all my own tires.I have the harbor freight tire changer with the motorcycle adapter for it.

I purchased a wheel balancer and weights from Rod Neff.

http://www.webbikeworld.com/Reviewed...ucts/balancer/

It is great to be able to do my own tire work and not have to make a 3 hour round trip to town to get it done.

Stop by when you are in the areaand I will change your tire for you.

 

If you don't mind, though I ride a sporty, I mounted a 15" car rim to my welding table and made a "tire changer ( I did cheat by taking the tire/ rim to work and breaking the bead down on out tire machine) . the rest was really easy, rags on the rim to protect the spokes and cut up milk carton to protect the rim from tire irons -- actually only used one -- was easy.. used axle and made a couple spacers to take clerance out of bearings and balanced tile on 2 jack stands -- worked great. the link above may be to the setup I used. Yes , shows the car rim and setup I used. Taking the wheel off the bike was the hard part ( and getting it back on ) but I do have a bike hoist for that. Hope this helps