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Yeah, I got one of the powered units as well to celebrate my descension into geezerhood. I used a Harbor Freight and then a NoMar for many years. The NoMar solidly mounted really is all a "normal" person really needs, but when it comes to motorcycles I can never do "normal" with any consistency. I searched for a couple of years for a good economical Coats 220 rim clamp machine like @Skunkape was fortunate to find, but I came up empty. The Chicom copycat powered units like @Uncle Phil and I have get close to the Coats (many will argue that isn't so) for not much more than a full-house all options in NoMar setup. I waffled between Atlas and Weaver for quite a while before picking the Weaver based on their stocking of every part in the machine as spares. A few months later I blew the budget and added the W-PL230 powered assist arm.
Welcome to the forum Jim.
Sounds exactly like my setup. The No-Mar bar is a vast improvement over the bar included with the HF tire changer. I don't know how much money I've saved changing my own tires, but with several bikes each going through 1-2 sets of tires a season I'm guessing it's in the thousands.
There are two on Craigslist now.....one in Bend, Or; and one sold recently in Bozeman, Montana (that's the second). Regarding your link to the Weaver company, forget the tire machines, I like the idea of a car rotisserie.
I have a friend with one of those. It was quite handy when he turned his 1963 Impala Super Sport on its side to completely re-run the brake lines.
I guess it was the RC100 that I was looking for. I had had enough of the manual changers.
Dang, sennister, that's what I call a complete answer. Can you wash and wax her too, and maybe give my Oleanders a little watering?This
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Along with these
This helps if you are going dark side
Change Your Own Tires!
www.nomartirechanger.com
Finally this to balance the tires - Well I made my own since I have a metal lathe and I was bored one day.
Motorcycle Wheel Balancer
Motorcycle wheel balancer products by Marc Parnes - learn how to balance your own motorcycle wheels and tires, complete parts list and prices included.www.marcparnes.com
That is my complete set up.
Quick math on this set up is $385. Plus some tax and shipping on some stuff. You might catch the HF stuff on sale or have a super coupon. So plan on about $400 if going this route. In addition to this there are some additional things I have. A couple tire spoons. I use Murphy Oil Soap for a lube, then you need some wheel weights and a good air compressor. Also one of those tools for valve stem cores. You need to be able to send a quick volume of air to set the bead. Do that with the core removed from the stem. It is a good time to upgrade to aluminum stems as well. Most shops will replace the rubber ones with every tire change.
No-Mar works as well. Plan on spending a little more but less screwing around gathering all the bits. They have the packages starting at $399 so that is the same price but that doesn't come with the tire balancer. To add that it is another $220. Or you can go with the Marc Parnes one I mentioned above for a little over $100.
