Changing Tyres

[terayon]

Does anybody here change their own tyres and what do you use to balance them or do you take them to a dealer for balancing

 

[Tarka]

Does anybody here change their own tyres

Not on my tubeless tyred bikes.......I do on the tubed ones.

and what do you use to balance them

Wheel balancing weights,surprisingly enough.

or do you take them to a dealer for balancing

Nope.

 

[terayon]

ok i'll ask this in simple terms, what machine do you use to make sure you put the wieghts on in the right place

 

[Steptoe]

ok i'll ask this in simple terms, what machine do you use to make sure you put the wieghts on in the right place

I wouldn't call it a machine - mine's a bar thats the same thickness as the spindle, that rolls on 4 bearings ( 2 each end) -

you still need to know a litle of what what your doing, as it doesn't do it for you.

So judging from your questions, you'll need the £4000 machine that tells you how much weight to add, and points where to add it on the rim

 

[Straypuss]

Ignore our Tarka like..he craves a bacon butty and its making him a little terse.

I change tubeless with either a big vice or centre stand to break the bead. I don't balance rears and if you fit the front without the calipers and the spindle not to tight you will find the heavy spot at the bottom....line the red/yellow O mark up with the valve. Probably need to go down the local garage for their airline to pop tyre back on the bead if no compressor available.

Remember everything goes better with a bit of lube.....
it's not rocket surgery or brain science

 

[Tarka]

ok i'll ask this in simple terms, what machine do you use to make sure you put the wieghts on in the right place

Ok,I`ll answer in simple terms.

I don`t use a machine.

Because I don`t need a machine.

Nor do you.

Nor does anyone else.

Think about it.


EDIT.....I`ve just seen what bike you have.

Maybe I need to post,step by step, how to perform a dynamic balance on a wheel.........

 

[terayon]

just wondered if there was anything better than the Abba wheel balancer.


reminder to self "don't bother asking a simple question here"

 

[Tarka]

just wondered if there was anything better than the Abba wheel balancer.

Try asking what you want an answer to in future.

reminder to self "don't bother asking a simple question here"

Spray on sense of humour is now available as 1200GS optional extra

 

[terayon]

Thanks to Straypuss for a simple answer to a simple question.

cheers to the others for being yourself

 

[Blue Sweeper]

I change the tyres on my motorcycles regardless of whether they are tubeless or tubed by hand and balance them with this:

I also buy all the tyres from one of the largest importers of various makes and cut out the HUGE markup from the dealers.

Braking the bead on the rim is the hardest job though.

 

[NeverRodeBefore]

I've just had to change the rear on my CLR 125 due to a puncture. I broke the bead using the bead breaker I bought for offroad work in the Landrover when I went from tubeless back to tubed to allow for tyre repair if needed.

The bead broke pretty easy, but not as easy as on the Landy. My Dad had the tyre levers in his garage, and actually repaired the puncture and refitted the tyre before I came home from work.

The following weekend I knackered the rear on the GS. Sorry to say I never even thought of changing it myself... I rang a local tyre place who do my brother-in-laws GSXR1000, and they'd never heard of Metzeler (?) and the local bike MOT and general repairer couldn't balance single siders.

Mitchel at Motorrad Services in Manchester said he could do fit a new tyre for less than Buster would post one to me, all I had to do was drop the wheel in... and as I can't get out from work I could drop it at his house and collect the following night... top marks for flexibility. When I went down to collect that one, I dropped of the front for a matching new Tourance. All told £15 in petrol (would have been more if my Brother hadn't took me in his) and £155, which I think is reasonable... and please dont tell me if it wasn't...

 

[Colban]

Hi terayon,have a look at www.marcparnes.com
He does a well reccomended wheel balancing jobbie that i am considering.
He supplies from the US.