Changing your own tires / tubes with hand tools?

[Triple]

Never done it myself, but probably a trade I need to take up if I ever destroy a tire on the trail.

Recommended equipment?

How about balancing?

[buzzcutt2]

I've never done it myself, but do a search for scudman on youtube. He has quite a few vids up there on do it yourself.

[Krabill]

I do it all the time.

Here's a really good writeup - http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50717

[tallywacker]

I'll take them the to the shop that has proper equipment any day to be replaced over messing up my painted rims with a ghetto method.

[Trip]

find a friend who has a no mar

[tallywacker]

find a friend who has a no mar

I just do it when I go to the track. I know the tire guy at the Dunlap trailer and he does them for free.

[tommymac]

find a friend who has a no mar

I have one but am a little out of the way for him :lol:

[Tmall]

I'm assuming the tires on the Wr are tubed? I wish I could remember the name of it, but there's a product out that looks like a tire tube, but it's not a complete circle. It allows you to change your tube without pulling the tire off of the bike. The two sealed ends butt up against each other and complete the circle..

[Krabill]

I'll take them the to the shop that has proper equipment any day to be replaced over messing up my painted rims with a ghetto method.

That's all fine and dandy if you're riding a trailered sportbike. If you're out in the woods by yourself like Triple here has been and you get a flat it isn't like you can call AAA.

btw - I carry both tubes, a patch kit, and two short tire irons with me at all times. When I'm at home I cheat and have one long tire iron at my disposal, but I've never really had a problem just using the little ones out in the woods.

[Particle Man]

I'll take them the to the shop that has proper equipment any day to be replaced over messing up my painted rims with a ghetto method.
You don't do a lot of DS riding, huh? :lol:

[tallywacker]

I'm not talking about DS riding. I wouldn't give a shit about the beauty of my wheels if I was riding a bike meant to be beat up.


I usually consider posts in the "street" section of the forum about street bikes, not dirt bikes with mirrors.

[fujimoh]

I change my own tubes and tires with the tools I bought at Harbor Freight and TSC