How To ChangeThe Motorcycle Tires [Tips and Tricks]
Also changing tires and tire repair difference between. For our purposes, it means changing a tire with a new replacement.
Option 1 Get a credit card. With broad, stiff, low-profile sport motorcycle tires, especially the rear, a professional job is the best choice. Tire shops have special machines to do the job right, no scratches or damage edge beads.
Option 2 for smaller streetbikes and all the dirt bikes, installing a new tire is a very technical level of general mechanics.
Step 1 First, use a bicycle wheel position to get one or two off the ground, and follow the instructions in the owner's manual to remove the wheel. Let all the air out of the tires.
Step 2 break tire beads mean let loose edges. Start with your friends or chubby can push the tire down to the center of the edge. Repeat on both sides.
Step 3 tire iron to pry at the edge of one side of the tire. If you have never done so, try to practice bicycle tires first idea is exactly the same, but the motorcycle tires need better technology, and power tools.
Step 4 Flip the tire over the other end of the lever out of the rim. The idea seems counterintuitive, but it will let you push the edge sideways out, especially if you use a little lubricant tires.
Step 5 Lever new tires to the rims, pay attention to pay attention to the correct direction of rotation. If you are using a tube, inflatable tube section (just enough to hold its shape) and slide it into the tires.
Step 6 Finally, the use of two tire irons, and take a small "bite" to pry the tire rim. A large number of lubricants help. Stem balance point on the rim line.
Inflated to the recommended pressure.
