Holy thread resurrection Batman.....
1st attempt at changing GSA tyres myself!!!
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BOBAD
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Bendy toy
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Mine cost £13 per (loose) wheel and the back wheel is balanced on the car wheel balance machine.
HMT in Norwich (now under new ownership) want £48 to swap tyres over 
phooey
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I've a pair of Conti TA 2's for £174.00 but £40 to fit and balance it's almost supply and fit prices. Tried my local dealer in Scottish Borders and a dealer I used when living in Leeds. Same £40 to loose wheels. Appreciate the offer but it's really nice living here. Might phone a few more up. I kinda assumed it might be standard practice across the trade to compete with the internet tyre suppliers. I'm sure the Leeds dealer did them for a tenner a few years back.Or you could move to Birkenhead where Bathers will fit a tyre to a loose rim for £5
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Myke Rocks
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As an ex motocrosser, I made that mistake, but only once.
Out to race next day in pouring rain:
2 things happened.
First of all, I left the start line in a shower of suds.
Second, even with the usual tyre clamps in the rim, The now well lubricted tyre spun and ripped the valve out of the tube.
If you look at the Utube video, there is an easier way to break the tyre bead.
Lay rim on ground the same as he did, and take a fairly thin bladed garden spade.
Push the blade into the tyre where you wish to start breaking the bead, and jump with both feet onto the spade. It always works on bike tyres, but is not as successful on modern car tyres because of the massive increase in tyre width in recent years.
You live and learn.
Myke
Bendy toy
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The garden spade method works well but best to wrap it in a few layers of fluffy cotton bedsheet material.
Fairy liquid will also corrode any bare metal inside the rim. Air at 3 bar has 3x the oxygen of normal air and tyres gets warm so corrosion is rapid. Ask you local tyre garage to fill a jar with some proper tyre soap.
Fairy liquid will also corrode any bare metal inside the rim. Air at 3 bar has 3x the oxygen of normal air and tyres gets warm so corrosion is rapid. Ask you local tyre garage to fill a jar with some proper tyre soap.
Bendy toy
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The bigger problem is seating the bead on the rim or even getting the last 12" of tyre bead to flip into the rim.
To get the bead to seal some gas lighter refill gas is exciting.
To get the bead to seal some gas lighter refill gas is exciting.
I spent about two years changing my own tyres on a an 1190 so I could road / off road. I confess I scratched the rims to buggery! (a second wheel set would have been a hell of a lot easier but of course expensive).
If yer changing tyres regularly (i.e., like the above and swapping about to off road) then its probably worth learning how to do it yourself, but if you're only ever doing it to replace your road tyres once every 4 k or so then I personally wouldn't bother.
(decent compressor is a bit of a must for popping the bead on ... )
If yer changing tyres regularly (i.e., like the above and swapping about to off road) then its probably worth learning how to do it yourself, but if you're only ever doing it to replace your road tyres once every 4 k or so then I personally wouldn't bother.
(decent compressor is a bit of a must for popping the bead on ... )
Bendy toy
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Easy start does the job. Spray around the uninflated tyre bead and set it alight. Using the can as flame thrower avoids getting your eyebrows burnt off.
