My a60's got scratched by an old dude that said he knew how to change a tire. That forced me to learn how. Your instructions put me on point. Thank you
A tire changing stand was a game changer for me. It made all these tips really make sense. I couldn't believe how much better it was than a bucket or trash can.
Agreed I remember trying to do mine on the floor and it was so much harder but on the tire stand getting that thing up off the bead makes it easier and it just simplifies the process
I emailed Jay to get the plans for the stand he uses. Now it looks like I know what I'm doing. I don't, but I have never mounted a tire so fast! 🤣 Thanks Jay!
I judged you negatively in the past on your tire video. My apologies. You are truly amazing. Everything you showed was new to me and I know a lot of tricks.
Appreciate the slower video, and the detail of having the camera come underneath. Its those small details that makes all the difference that we dont catch unless you show it. Thanks!
I’m being picky but-Jay and camera guy both just glossed over (3:08) the mar they put on the rim from walking the bead lock. Bonus tip for guys changing tires: lube the inside lip of where you’ll be ending. It allows the tire to slide down your tool much easier. Also…Where you stand, mount=work on your side of tire. Dismount= reach over the center, working on far side of tire. This is something Jay does but hasn’t mentioned.
A couple of good tips there - sorting out the offset valve tip is pure gold. Thank you. Edit... I dont believe I just liked this comment... saw the name... it was me! 9 months ago... I'm losing the plot and have no recollection of watching this 😂
3:07 skinned the paint off, It happened when you "walk it like this" at 3:03 No way to avoid skinning rims using spoons and prying on the rim. I prefer a machine that way you don't touch the rim when prying. I know people want to change their own but if you're picky take to a shop with a pneumatic machine.
Keeping the tire above the rimlock while installing and keeping the tire from beading while putting it on are the tricks that made all the different for me
I’ve changed lots of tires and use plastic rim protectors for my black rims. Some tires are pliable and others are very stiff making removal and installation a hard to do without scratching if I don’t use the protectors. I used some non-scratch polymer spoons for a while until I snapped them in half on a stiff tire. Good video. It’s obvious you’ve spooned on and off lots of tires.
Instead of making the whole spoon polymer maybe they should just make a polymer cover to cover the spoon or even make the spoons to where they can accept polymer inserts that can be replaced when needed, just on the face of the spoon that contacts the rim?
Really love what you have shown me over the years its been soooo helpful BUT you did nick the black and im not convinced anyone cannot damage the black but at 3:07 youi did nick the paint
I went from not going to scratch my rim to just wanting to get the tire on. But it’s on! Success and we all start where we start! The rim lock was the challenge. Thank you for sharing knowledge
Again superb instructions. Since I don't have to change tires often, I've downloaded one of your videos and have it permanently on my phone just in case I'm in the middle of nowhere out of cell phone reach with a flat and have forgotten how it should be done. Thanks! One tiny tip for the camera operator: no need to constantly move the camera. Makes it harder to watch. Again thanks for an excellent video!
Great demo... you actually scratched the rim when you popped the tire over the rim lock at 3:00. However, my rims look like an angry beaver used them as a chew toy.
Good video. I agree with everything you did. In the shop with a warm tire on a stand it's pretty easy. In the field changing a tube on the ground is another story. Scratches happen. Riding tight rocky trails scratches my rims so I really don't care any more. Let's call it riding patina on the wheels. Next video maybe with a 150/70-18 or so, 4 ply ADV tire changed out side when it's 60 degrees. Or just a field tube change.
One thing I notice you do (as most do) that ruins*pinches a tube while installing is, you go over 90 degrees with spoon. If you never go over 90 degrees then there's no way of wrecking/pinching the tube.
@@dirtbiketv1 Bro your someone I look up to and love your attention to detail and have learned so much from you..Thank you so much..Sorry for the comment I was laughing at myself watching and I do the same thing with the same technique. Its just little dings on the outside radius part of the rim, not the flat part of the rim...Im way to anal and if my bike doesn't look brand new I buy a new one...lol...Im a dork...
I put some take off KTM rims (used) that were black on my Gas Gas this weekend. I was thinking as I did scratch a few spots (already scratched). I spooned on some bibs. I was thinking not fancy enough to have them. Silver ones hide scratches well! Actually thinking about a Rabaconda for mounting them.
At 3:07 right under the 8P on the tire looks like a spoon scratch where you wiggled the spoon out. Wouldnt take that much to run a bead of tape around the outermost edge, tape your tools and slow down.
I had 3 punctures on a race day years ago,rear then front,then rear again 🥵,lucky for me some enthusiastic spectators with a massive rubber mallet an some pretty awesome techniques got me back in the race,did it all on the ground in the scorhing heat,just beat the tyre on like a gorilla 😅 bloody legends! This guys got the right tools for the job an the perfect technique, definitely need him at the track 😅
I don't know why this sport is so much more egotistical than so many others.. you're changing a goddamn tire, and you've done it hundreds of times.. obviously you know what you're doing! We should sit back, watch, listen and learn. Must be mx guys who are giving you hell lol I love the content as always!
I use to do the maintenance on motorcycles for a rider course program and watched several videos on changing tires very similar to your procedure and it work's very well. But not quite so easy on a heavy duty tubeless ADV bike tire. But thanks for the video.
LOL. Two gashes on the edge of the rim at 3:06 (and camera guy is either calling him out or claiming that there are none). You cannot go metal to metal without paint damage.
Great video but I was taught many yrs ago that you don’t put a stem nut on the inside,only the dished washer ! Michelin factory shows the same on their inner tube boxes
@@JoshStreetDesign motion pro rim shield and the like or cut some plastic from a used oil can. Not using them is just laziness and carelessness. So why not make the extra 1% effort to preserve the finish?
My rims are scratched to bits because I'm rubbish at this. But I know that If I get caught with a puncture in the middle of nowhere I can fix it independently, using the tools that are on the bike. Even if it takes a while and the rims are scratched. Practice is worth the damage.
Can you make a video on the different components that sometimes come on the valve stem of tubes. I have never really understood exactly where each goes. Nut on inner rim side, nut on outer rim side? Sometimes tubes have shoulder washer, etc. Very confusing. Thanks.
A great refresher! In addition if I were instructing newbies or amateurs, myself, I would emphasize don't pinch the tube! And make sure the tube is free after the tire is on the rim...
I wanted that black n white set up for my new yz450f but they are sold out. I have wome excel takasagos on it now but i cant get them trued up for nothing. Its got lateral and radial going on. The kid that owned the bike before me had a nasty 250f that he raced and i think he took the stock wheels off the 450 and put the excels on the bike he sold me. Not sure if i can get the rims straight at this point though i think i need to pull the rim off. Your advice on the carb tuning helped me so much!
leaving one valve stem nut on the inside of rim...im so torn - read so much arguments back and forth. apparently michelin's official support says to put both nuts on the outside to lock against valve cap, and the curved washer on the inside is supposed to mate up directly against the inside of rim. cannot seem to get a straight answer on this...
Thanks for the slower video, Jay and crew. It's clear to me it is way easier to not scratch the rim when you have a tire stand. I think I'm going to have find a spot to store a tire stand 🤔
Omg, the valve stem straightening bonus tip is GOLD. I've always struggled getting the valve perfect, often would be just ever so slightly off!
Changed maybe 10 tires ever, each one taking a year off my life. I feel like such a fool after watching how easy Jay makes it look.
This guy edit out the part where he struggled. Plus he popped the tube.
how much more fun changing a tube out on the trail
Try changing a small e-scooter tire. Holy crap man. Two year off right there.
Ive always been terrible at bike tyres im fine with everything else i just always struggle through it.
@@rjh2772😂 my biggest fear. Has me wanting a tubeless setup on my next bike
That stand!!! Being able to stand up and change....Priceless!
yea great thing it is
My a60's got scratched by an old dude that said he knew how to change a tire. That forced me to learn how. Your instructions put me on point. Thank you
Thanks! Great Video. I've been changing tires for 35 years and I still can't make it look as easy as you do. You have serious skills!
Must be a soft carcass
18s with cheater tires shure do change nicely. :)
Thanks for the videos and all your tips. Can I get a copy of the tire stand drawings you mentioned? Thank you
I would like to watch him do an adventure bike tire as they are stiff….
I find fronts are a piece of piss but tears a little harder
A tire changing stand was a game changer for me. It made all these tips really make sense. I couldn't believe how much better it was than a bucket or trash can.
Agreed I remember trying to do mine on the floor and it was so much harder but on the tire stand getting that thing up off the bead makes it easier and it just simplifies the process
I emailed Jay to get the plans for the stand he uses. Now it looks like I know what I'm doing. I don't, but I have never mounted a tire so fast! 🤣 Thanks Jay!
I've got one too, for years, best investment ever for tyre changing.
@@richfrancesconi6099 What stand is he using?
Link for the stand please!
Great video, thank you for taking the time to teach us how to change a tire. Quality knowledge for the rest of my life.
The tire spoon is marking the rim each time ? You can see it, not big but wouldn't a plastic piece guard that ?
I thought same thing, minor but defo scratched.
@@robedmunds7163 he literally scratched it straight away 🤣
Bad,,
Timestamp of scratches? Can’t see it, but I’m on my small phone screen. You sure it’s not the soap/lube?
Its the tire paste on his gloves not scratches lmao
I like to not go past vertical with the spoon at 4:46 and other times, for fear of pinching the tube.
Yeah, right!!! @2:46 in to the video (as you were saying "just like that") , the rim was clearly scratched ! Derp !
Agreed! I guess he doesn't consider taking the paint off the edge of the rim with the tire iron as being a "scratch" ? Uhh Doo-Dah.
HOLY COW I thought I was the only one who noticed the marks on the rim!! This is why I put hockey tape on my tire irons!
I judged you negatively in the past on your tire video. My apologies. You are truly amazing. Everything you showed was new to me and I know a lot of tricks.
❤😁
Appreciate the slower video, and the detail of having the camera come underneath. Its those small details that makes all the difference that we dont catch unless you show it. Thanks!
You make it look easy. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks a lot man!! I was struggling like hell. Your tips made it easier. Still struggling a bit, but a lot less.
This is why I prefer silver rims, and some astroglide. Always wipe front to back and don't forget to polish the sack...
😂
Buying a new bike and needing this video. My old rims look like I was juggling knives while changing the tire. 😪
I’m being picky but-Jay and camera guy both just glossed over (3:08) the mar they put on the rim from walking the bead lock. Bonus tip for guys changing tires: lube the inside lip of where you’ll be ending. It allows the tire to slide down your tool much easier. Also…Where you stand, mount=work on your side of tire. Dismount= reach over the center, working on far side of tire. This is something Jay does but hasn’t mentioned.
A couple of good tips there - sorting out the offset valve tip is pure gold. Thank you.
Edit... I dont believe I just liked this comment... saw the name... it was me! 9 months ago... I'm losing the plot and have no recollection of watching this 😂
Get it together Steve!
The Joe Biden disease is sure spreading.
Really great video, super helpful to see where you were feeling for the tire spoons, and the bead buddy looks like a great tool.
3:07 skinned the paint off, It happened when you "walk it like this" at 3:03 No way to avoid skinning rims using spoons and prying on the rim. I prefer a machine that way you don't touch the rim when prying. I know people want to change their own but if you're picky take to a shop with a pneumatic machine.
I see several chips along the edge
Keeping the tire above the rimlock while installing and keeping the tire from beading while putting it on are the tricks that made all the different for me
Thanks for this video Jay, I managed to install a Tusk D-Sport with ease using your method.
I’ve changed lots of tires and use plastic rim protectors for my black rims. Some tires are pliable and others are very stiff making removal and installation a hard to do without scratching if I don’t use the protectors. I used some non-scratch polymer spoons for a while until I snapped them in half on a stiff tire. Good video. It’s obvious you’ve spooned on and off lots of tires.
Instead of making the whole spoon polymer maybe they should just make a polymer cover to cover the spoon or even make the spoons to where they can accept polymer inserts that can be replaced when needed, just on the face of the spoon that contacts the rim?
Oh man!! Well done. I struggle so much. I just pay for it to get done.
Really love what you have shown me over the years its been soooo helpful BUT you did nick the black and im not convinced anyone cannot damage the black but at 3:07 youi did nick the paint
I loved the slo-mo install with commentary. I am going to try and email for tire stand prints. YAY! great video!
Good stuff, doing the easy tires..... Let's see you do a 12/14 mini rears!!
2:25 lol, I've been using my spoons backwards.
It seemed logical.. I'll try it the right way
next time.
I went from not going to scratch my rim to just wanting to get the tire on. But it’s on! Success and we all start where we start! The rim lock was the challenge. Thank you for sharing knowledge
Need this done on my fresh powdered mini bike wheels. Will try a motorcycle shop
Thank you for the BONUS Tip too!!
Go Jay 😀
Again superb instructions. Since I don't have to change tires often, I've downloaded one of your videos and have it permanently on my phone just in case I'm in the middle of nowhere out of cell phone reach with a flat and have forgotten how it should be done. Thanks! One tiny tip for the camera operator: no need to constantly move the camera. Makes it harder to watch. Again thanks for an excellent video!
Thank you for the free bonus tip. Always happy to save some coin.
Great demo... you actually scratched the rim when you popped the tire over the rim lock at 3:00. However, my rims look like an angry beaver used them as a chew toy.
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Good video. I agree with everything you did. In the shop with a warm tire on a stand it's pretty easy. In the field changing a tube on the ground is another story. Scratches happen. Riding tight rocky trails scratches my rims so I really don't care any more. Let's call it riding patina on the wheels.
Next video maybe with a 150/70-18 or so, 4 ply ADV tire changed out side when it's 60 degrees. Or just a field tube change.
losing years on my back tryna do it like jay. gotta be a gummy tire the way it’s moving i have never had a tire go on this easy
Your resemblance to the late actor Brian Dennehy is remarkable.
great vid, like the tip on getting the tube stem straight, keep the vids coming always watch them
I'm the guy that asked if it's "experience or technique" so thank you!!
Good job-- it got me thinking about all the guys that have made the comments---
I felt what he said about bibs I gave up on not scratching my rims a long time ago.
Stem tip was awesome! Thank you!
One thing I notice you do (as most do) that ruins*pinches a tube while installing is, you go over 90 degrees with spoon. If you never go over 90 degrees then there's no way of wrecking/pinching the tube.
Handy advice there. that tire stand is a plus too
Paste for sure. Baja tire tool works great too.
Another information packed video. Thank you for posting it.
Perhaps could you do a video on wheel balancing?
You make it look so easy
Experience? Technique? Tools? All that, and coffee to start your day! :)
Bro! you scratched the rim in like four places but you are still the fastest rim scratching tire changer....lol...
OK OK- I am going to go shoot this rim and show everyone- will be posting on IG soon-- you guys are crazy -- sorry
@@dirtbiketv1 Bro your someone I look up to and love your attention to detail and have learned so much from you..Thank you so much..Sorry for the comment I was laughing at myself watching and I do the same thing with the same technique. Its just little dings on the outside radius part of the rim, not the flat part of the rim...Im way to anal and if my bike doesn't look brand new I buy a new one...lol...Im a dork...
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@@web3036 OK its all cool-- but made you and other dude a video on IG--
I put some take off KTM rims (used) that were black on my Gas Gas this weekend. I was thinking as I did scratch a few spots (already scratched). I spooned on some bibs. I was thinking not fancy enough to have them. Silver ones hide scratches well! Actually thinking about a Rabaconda for mounting them.
At 3:07 right under the 8P on the tire looks like a spoon scratch where you wiggled the spoon out. Wouldnt take that much to run a bead of tape around the outermost edge, tape your tools and slow down.
That's great. Now if we can avoid scratches from rocks, ruts or dirt naps with the bike still spinning the rear.
I had 3 punctures on a race day years ago,rear then front,then rear again 🥵,lucky for me some enthusiastic spectators with a massive rubber mallet an some pretty awesome techniques got me back in the race,did it all on the ground in the scorhing heat,just beat the tyre on like a gorilla 😅 bloody legends!
This guys got the right tools for the job an the perfect technique, definitely need him at the track 😅
I don't know why this sport is so much more egotistical than so many others.. you're changing a goddamn tire, and you've done it hundreds of times.. obviously you know what you're doing! We should sit back, watch, listen and learn. Must be mx guys who are giving you hell lol I love the content as always!
I use to do the maintenance on motorcycles for a rider course program
and watched several videos on changing tires very similar to your procedure and it work's very well. But not quite so easy on a heavy duty tubeless ADV bike tire.
But thanks for the video.
Thank you 1000 times for this video!
Just wanted to let you know that with your help I can change out a set of tires in about an hour. Thank you
Nice Job Jay, Folks, if you're not doing it like this, you're doing it wrong. Watch all the crews at the MX races, they all do it the same way.
It’s insane how good you are
LOL. Two gashes on the edge of the rim at 3:06 (and camera guy is either calling him out or claiming that there are none). You cannot go metal to metal without paint damage.
The Yellow stamp on the tire? Is that the heavier side and should be opposite of the the stem or rim lock on a DOT dual sport tire for balance?
Email Jay. Contact info in About tab.
All I use are the motion pro spoons. I have 6. 3 for the shop, 3 stay in the NV3500 Van.
Great video! FOR EVERYONE that wants a trick I learned from my granddad, was to put some duck tape on the hooks, and never scratch my rims.
Hey thanks for the video can i please see how your tyre stand is made too please
Email Jay Directly for those- -Off his site dirtbiketv1.com
Loved the “bonus” tip.
Great video but I was taught many yrs ago that you don’t put a stem nut on the inside,only the dished washer !
Michelin factory shows the same on their inner tube boxes
Question-why on the dual sport tire mount,you did not align the yellow mark (on tire)to the tube valve stem for balancing of tire ?
Email Jay directly with any questions. Contact info in About tab.
Superb. Could watch you do that all day. 😁
Great video! So in essence what you are saying is don't be a hack and take your time and use the right tools lol
3.07 no scratches but you chipped the edge! Just a piece of plastic could have prevented that. Right above the 8P stamped on the tire.
then again, most riders who ride dirt and race never care about scratches, like driving a Hummer off-road and worrying about rim scratches.
I actually saw a few chips, but honestly when you're doing it with spoons it's really hard not to chip it on the edge. Especially black rims.
@@JoshStreetDesign motion pro rim shield and the like or cut some plastic from a used oil can. Not using them is just laziness and carelessness. So why not make the extra 1% effort to preserve the finish?
@@professorright well in my experience every time I've tried to use those things it's like impossible to get the lever in cuz it makes it too tight
@@JoshStreetDesign Try a little WD40. :)
Those white-hub Tusk wheels are getting a lot of screen time!
Excellent instruction.
@1:55 absolute genius. I did this, and it worked brilliantly
Best explanation on this topic - Thanks !!
Just ignor the scratches you make and its just like you didnt scratch the rims. Lol good video brother.
I'd like to see you put a Dunlop trailmax mission on my tubeless Africa twin.
Not quit so easy.
My rims are scratched to bits because I'm rubbish at this. But I know that If I get caught with a puncture in the middle of nowhere I can fix it independently, using the tools that are on the bike. Even if it takes a while and the rims are scratched. Practice is worth the damage.
Can you make a video on the different components that sometimes come on the valve stem of tubes. I have never really understood exactly where each goes. Nut on inner rim side, nut on outer rim side? Sometimes tubes have shoulder washer, etc. Very confusing. Thanks.
My favorite is getting the tire back on and Airing the tube up to find out the tube got pinched
Excellent instructional video! Many thanks!
A great refresher! In addition if I were instructing newbies or amateurs, myself, I would emphasize don't pinch the tube! And make sure the tube is free after the tire is on the rim...
2:43
Amazing demonstration
I wanted that black n white set up for my new yz450f but they are sold out. I have wome excel takasagos on it now but i cant get them trued up for nothing. Its got lateral and radial going on. The kid that owned the bike before me had a nasty 250f that he raced and i think he took the stock wheels off the 450 and put the excels on the bike he sold me. Not sure if i can get the rims straight at this point though i think i need to pull the rim off. Your advice on the carb tuning helped me so much!
Email me-- contact in bio and on my site and instagram- Good luck
Hola de qué marca son esos desmontadores ,o donde se pueden conseguir? Gracias
I did notice your spoon is not 90 degrees to the wheel too (more like 75-ish) - I'll try that next time. Thanks.
Nicely done👍🇬🇧
Well done...haters always gonna hate hate hate 🏁
Solid info as always. Thank you J!
How many tire chane videos did you do? I have a feeling that I've been watching them since forever :)
When I spent big money $$$ on my custom supermoto big spoke Excel rims with polished hubs, I honestly mounted them by hand and my knees (no tools!).
Give him an 18mm Continental supersonic on a tight rim. Or a marathon plus (the stiffness of the keeps pushing the bead out of the well ).
Thank you for video.
What do you think of TUSK wheel sets?
Cheers
leaving one valve stem nut on the inside of rim...im so torn - read so much arguments back and forth. apparently michelin's official support says to put both nuts on the outside to lock against valve cap, and the curved washer on the inside is supposed to mate up directly against the inside of rim. cannot seem to get a straight answer on this...
Email Jay for more info on this! Contact info in About tab.
Great video thank you, you made it look so easy.
Thanks for the slower video, Jay and crew. It's clear to me it is way easier to not scratch the rim when you have a tire stand. I think I'm going to have find a spot to store a tire stand 🤔
Just buy a rabaconda or the Rocky Mountain knockoff.
Great video and all the tips you mention. How can I get a copy of the tire stand drawings you mentioned? Thank you.
I want to see you do a Tusk DSport on the rear.
Nicely done👍
Have you got a bib mousse video ? That'd be interesting
Wow I've never seen a tire go so easy
Does it matter if the rim tape is above or below the rim locks. I've got a TT600 with 2 rim locks. Thanks, Ron
Not sure why you were using the spoons directly on the tube at 2:43 - 2:48. Just seems a little questionable.