Bead breakers / tyre changers ....

Giles · Mar 16, 2015

Sooo ....

Whose got what? (And no, I don't want a hundred replies about how you do it with your bare hands, and you learned to do it when you were five .... ) ...

It'll be for home, for tubeless tyres for my 1190R ('Cato' ...

).

I'm currently thinking either this;

http://www.gear4motorcycles.co.uk/?i=552369

or this ..

http://www.mdracingproducts.co.uk/products/forks-wheels/tyre-changer-plus-bead-breaker

Any thoughts ??

(Mellors - you're banned from answering .... :redbone

)

Timpo · Mar 16, 2015

I've got the sidestand of a 1200GSA, and two 10" levers.....
On the trails I have two 6" levers and the heel of a moto-x boot.

Giles · Mar 16, 2015

Timpo, FFS ... I thought you were sensible ..... !

We're talking about my beloved 1190R here, not some DRZ 400 that's going to get its wheels chucked on the ground .....

I want a bit of TLC, some care and consideration, no scratched rims .... we're talking tyre soap and latex gloves here ....

Beemerman59 · Mar 16, 2015

I have one of these:

http://abbastands.co.uk/product-detail.asp?item=bead-breaker&pid=11

I also have their wheel balancer and both work very well. The bead breaker is useful as a "third hand" for getting a new tyre on if its playing hard. I tried one of those in your link first with the long handle but couldn't get on with it for some reason. I took the handle off and use that as a wheel helper for taking the discs off etc.

I use it on two bikes - cast wheels on a K1100 and wire wheels from a 1200GSA. Quality products for the garage.

Timpo · Mar 16, 2015

Giles said:
Timpo, FFS ... I thought you were sensible ..... !

We're talking about my beloved 1190R here, not some DRZ 400 that's going to get its wheels chucked on the ground .....

I want a bit of TLC, some care and consideration, no scratched rims .... we're talking tyre soap and latex gloves here ....

Hahaha..... I'll let you off then. Lol...
Take the lose wheel to the local tyre depot and let them do it.

Giles · Mar 16, 2015

Beemerman59 said:
I have one of these: ......

Ok ... thank you ... food for thought ....

(The 'wheel helper' as you call it, sort of appeals in terms of a rig for tyre irons etc, rather than rolling around the floor getting shit all over the bearings and discs .... Timpo .... !!!! )

Giles · Mar 16, 2015

Timpo said:
Hahaha..... I'll let you off then. Lol...
Take the lose wheel to the local tyre depot and let them do it.

Well joking aside .... my reasoning is,

i/ I want to learn to do it myself ....

and ii/ I want to do more off roading this year and want to be able to swap quickly from road to dirt. It's that phone call on Thursday afternoon 'wanna come to Salisbury on Saturday ..?' and I can't get to Watlings 'cos I'm working scenario. If I can do it myself it gives me an hours notice ...

(ok .... three hours .... !)

Beemerman59 · Mar 16, 2015

Giles said:
Ok ... thank you ... food for thought ....

(The 'wheel helper' as you call it, sort of appeals in terms of a rig for tyre irons etc, rather than rolling around the floor getting shit all over the bearings and discs .... Timpo .... !!!! )

I tried that - its not heavy and stable enough for the force you will use with the tyre irons. Thats why I take the discs off so I can use the floor....with a rug down first of course. I use the opportunity to clean out and rotate the bobbins on the discs whilst I'm at it.

tuftywhite · Mar 16, 2015

Sorry to state the obvious, but how about a different pair of wheels?

:hide

Shunt · Mar 16, 2015

Keep an old tyre lying around for laying wheels onto.

Deleted account 181015003 · Mar 16, 2015

I am thinking of getting one of these about £150 has anyone got or used one ?

Giles · Mar 16, 2015

tuftywhite said:
Sorry to state the obvious, but how about a different pair of wheels?

Only down to money. I had a second set on a TC GSA which cost about £400 I think, and life was a doddle - one set with pure road rubber, the other TKC's.

The 1190 is only a couple of years old so there are few spare wheels floating around. A new set like these;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/3314...1=ICEP3.0.0-L&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108&ff19=0

...really appeals (I could even go 17" front sticky super moto style !) but with disc rotors and abs rings it's going to be expensive ...

Dansin · Mar 16, 2015

You just need tyre levers and a handy rock...

But if I was going to buy one it would be the Rabaconda. I'm pretty sure ABW sell them so there's a deal to be done.

Giles · Mar 16, 2015

Thanks Dansin ....

(* Edit ... bloody hell ... £250 ... !!)

http://www.adventurebikewarehouse.com/Rabaconda-3-Minute-Mousse-Changer

Dansin · Mar 16, 2015

Yes, but you'll be done in 3 minutes leaving 2 hours and 57 minutes for gin and tonic.

Giles · Mar 16, 2015

NOW YER TALKING .....

(I have one on the go as we speak .... !)

RICHO · Mar 16, 2015

Tyre changing

I have the Seeley one it the one in Steve k,,s post ok on road bike tires but the rim clamps won't open up large enough to put a 21 inch rim in

was be warned Giles

Giles · Mar 16, 2015

Yes, all received thank you. I'm looking at about £60 to £80 I guess, so it may boil down to one of the hoop style rigs ... :thumb2

Deleted account 181015003 · Mar 16, 2015

RICHO said:
I have the Seeley one it the one in Steve k,,s post ok on road bike tires but the rim clamps won't open up large enough to put a 21 inch rim in was be warned Giles

Its a bit misleading says 21in but the mm size converts to 20.6in is it possible to re fabricate the clamps to make it take a 21in wheel?

sparky56 · Mar 16, 2015

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/manual-ty...034?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27fb6d1ac2

These are very good.I burst out laughing the first time I used one, it was so easy.
Used on both my GS and Sprint, no damage to rims whatever, the parts that contact the rims are
hard nylon.

Steve.

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