TearlessTom
Bike Whisperer
Well my Z6's were down to the steel belt so today I mounted my new PR2's and repainted the rims.
I had seen this on a VTX forum so I thought I would give it a try. I was really concerned that mounting the tire with a shorter sidewall than the cruiser would be a real PITA. It turns out the sidewall is actually softer much to suprise.
Using this method it was really very simple.
Not having a bead breaker I easily broke the bead by rolling over the edge of tire with my truck...rotate the tire and repeat both side until it is broken all the way around.
Next a little liquid dish detergent and some tire irons and off they came.
Now here is the neat part I leaned. By taking tire wraps I put three wraps together and then placed them through the tire tightening them untill the lips of the tire were touching. As shown in photos I did this about every 10-12 inches all the way aound the tire. By doing this I was able to mount both side at the same time with
NO TOOLS WHATSOEVER
All I had to do was start the tire then walk around it until it slid on then remove the ties.
After mounting I balanced the tires with my NoMar balancer then just for good measure I added the Dyna Beads and repainted the rims.
Hope this helps someone who is dreading the task.. Go ahead and jump in. Only tool used was some Tire Irons from Harbor Freight to remove the old tire after I had broken the bead.
I had seen this on a VTX forum so I thought I would give it a try. I was really concerned that mounting the tire with a shorter sidewall than the cruiser would be a real PITA. It turns out the sidewall is actually softer much to suprise.
Using this method it was really very simple.
Not having a bead breaker I easily broke the bead by rolling over the edge of tire with my truck...rotate the tire and repeat both side until it is broken all the way around.
Next a little liquid dish detergent and some tire irons and off they came.
Now here is the neat part I leaned. By taking tire wraps I put three wraps together and then placed them through the tire tightening them untill the lips of the tire were touching. As shown in photos I did this about every 10-12 inches all the way aound the tire. By doing this I was able to mount both side at the same time with
NO TOOLS WHATSOEVER
All I had to do was start the tire then walk around it until it slid on then remove the ties.
After mounting I balanced the tires with my NoMar balancer then just for good measure I added the Dyna Beads and repainted the rims.
Hope this helps someone who is dreading the task.. Go ahead and jump in. Only tool used was some Tire Irons from Harbor Freight to remove the old tire after I had broken the bead.