How To Change a Motorcycle Tire By Yourself
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In this tech tip, Todd walks you through on how to change a rotten 19" tire off an old crusty rim to a new Avon Speed Master tire with just a bit of dish soap, tire irons, and some elbow grease. The way it used to be done before tire machines. Get a little dirty, save some cash and do it yourself.
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"To Be The One"
Composed by: Israel Wasserman
"On The Road"
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Dude please never stop making videos. You have saved me thousands$$$$$$ MAD RESPECT
I was glad to see that it was a similar process that I go through. I normally end up "talking" to the new tire a little to let it know who is in charge before I'm done.
LMAO :'D
Thanks for showing start to finish and not cutting out the parts when it gets tough. Great video.
The hardest part is usually breaking the bead, and it just happened to do that by itself, so he did kind of skip that and cleaning all the rust out like he should have.
And apparently there's an edit or three in the video too... But a good how-to aside from breaking a bead.
Right???
Nice job. I'm sure I can do it now too. Thanks.
Every biker should know how to change his own tires
Smoking a joint beforehand always helped me with a tire change.
It's gotta be Sativa though
Noted! Tried and true
@@bhaggen esea
@@bhaggen for those of you not in the know think of sativa as stimulant. Think of indica as In Da Couch. That's mental stimulant not physical i.e. meth/speed stimulant.
Definitely help get ya in the mood for the event.
Not bad at all for a grey haired old crusty! Cheers my man thankyou !!
Nicely done. At 70 years old I still change all my own tires although now days I work on a bench and not on the floor. Teaching my 9 year old grandson how to change them as well. "If at first it doesn't go on, add more soap !"
Do the spokes while it's off?!?
Neve ever work on the floor with 70 year old knees, you wanna ride that damn bike.
66 here, nice to hear from someone older and wiser.... cool on the grandson...my 2 cents
I am 60 and I remember this technique when i changed my tires on my bicycle, now 5 decades later I am going to try it on my road king. I was going to buy a harbor freight stand but think ill try the " Bench " too. Going to break the bead with my vice ( I think ) and i am going to clean up the rim and spokes while the tires are off. And lastly find a balancing video to balance. My Dad never hired anyone and I am the same way if I can do it my self I will, but i never took this on before and hate the thought of paying so much for new tires. Safe Riding old timers, LOL.
A lost art, people look at me like I'm a wizard when I get that done with out sweating.
....well your username is AMERICAN LEGEND......
This Dude is a WIZARD
Im sweating just watching the video!
best video on youtube I found, thank you. very helpful for a first timer
It's $80 here to have a tire changed thanks for the video you just save me $80
Thanks for taking the time to get this up here. I notice a lot of the British mechanics add just a bit of air to the tube. Some actually mount the tire with the tube semi-inflated within. Some talcum or baby powder on the tube is also said to help it ease into proper shape without pinching.
Good idea on breaking the bead in the vice. Believe I'll use that method.
Another tip for breaking the bead out in the middle of nowhere...
I used a buddy's bike's kickstand. He rocked it side to side and i rotated the tire. This job is so much easier with the right tools and a good friend.
Keep the greasy side down! ✌
I enjoyed watching your struggle! Only because I just went through that same thing this morning!
My local shop uses WD-40 only on the pry areas, not the whole rim to avoid slipping. They say it prevents rust from soapy water and turns sticky when dry, helping hold the tire. Since they do 20 tires a day they must be pretty good. Great video!
but if their a tire shop, they work in volumn "get them in get them out", I personally use Dove/water, but hey, I'm only 66 what do I know.... my 2 cents
Yeah it would be a lot better to have a bit of oil stuck inside a steel rim, rather than a bit of water that cant escape
@@VashStarwind And how do you catch a dove?
Fair play this really helped me change the rear tube on my old Enfield! Many thanks from Shropshire, England 👌
Exactly like a bicycle tire, but with more leverage and a seated bead. Chasing it around the rim is classic.
This is the best way to do it, i’ve tried it ever which way over the years. That’s why i like Lowbrow and Todd, because if they throw a video up showing you how to do something you know it’s the meat and potatoes tried and true. I will say the valve stem is always the bitch more so on narrow tires, what i’ll do is tie some 20lbs fishing line to the stem and then through the rim hole, you can’t yank it through but it’ll line it up right quick.
As a former tech I always put the valve in before shoving the rest of the tube. Helps keep the tube in place. But vid doc. Always fun doing the crappy shit you have to pay someone else to do.
I was looking at that bike more than watching the tire change.
Gorgeous!
Don't forget to put a little air in the tube before fully mounting the tire on the rim to avoid a pinch flat.
If anyone is wondering, this is %1000 accurate and tested method. Don't skip anything - this is it.
Hey Thanks. Just picked up a vintage BMW R60/6. Bike was a storage score stored for 15 years. Fuel tank and carbs are clean. So my next task is to mount new rubber. Your video super helpful thanks
I love how Lowbrow Customs and Todd always keeps it real and his years of experience adds a lot of value to their how-to videos. There's so many keyboard engineers today and some are too risk adverse in my opinion to be relied upon unless money is no object. Keep up the great work! I'm in the process of changing the rear tire on my Heritage Softail and man are those Dunlop 402 MT90B16 tires thick SOBs. Nothing is better than cracking open a cold one at the completion of job well done and the bucks saved will buy a lot of fuel.
You have no idea how much this helps me for the future as a newbie. Thanks TODD & LBC
Glad we can help!
The one part I wanted to see (getting the valve stem in the hole) you did off camera. Would have been nice to see.
After brushing the rim to get the rust off, put some Hammerite on it. Thanks for posting 😊
Thanks for the video! I watched this to prep changing my Ural’s pusher tire… this is what TH-cam is about - ride safe!
Hell yeah! thats awesome.
Thank you Todd for doing this invaluable video. It sure helped actually seeing it done live so to speak instead of just reading it in the service manual of my Royal Enfield. Just watching your techniques, even though I was doing it right, I saw that I just needed to give it a little bit more force. And yes, soapy water is our friend. I wouldn't want to have to do this on the side of the road. Of course having only 6 1/2 inch tire irons made it all the more difficult. Let's just say "Goodness Gracious" was not my first choice of words when the tire wasn't going back on. Thanks again. Keep up the good work.
Todd is so cool ! he is one of many of your mates ! shareing all of his skills , how to work on machines , that can , run for miles and miles and decades!!! , with plenty of smiles , burning gasoline !!!
I just changed the rear tire on my vtx1300 to a Dunlop D404, and it balanced perfectly with no weights needed when I lined up the dot and valve stem.
Awesome to hear that. Been looking around to have tires done on 2004 vtx 1300 I just bough. Original tires from 2003 on it. I've already dropped the wheels but shops around here want hourly shop rate to do the change out. Harbor freight in the am for what i need.
i love you man hahah I'm installing this same tire tonight on my 21''' and combing the internet for answers i find you and this video has made my night thanks
Awesome video, thanks for posting, as I'm an adventure rider this is yet another skill I need to learn.
Mid Oct, Central Europe, the Alps, passes are closing (rain + mud/rock slide and snow/black ice). So... bike season is over and I have to change tires. However, I'm a bit lazy but that clip immediately motivated me to lift my butt from the couch, walking straight in the garage, searching for a pair of tire irons - and do the job!
Yeah, there are a lot of clips how to do it yourself - but this one was like a kick for me! Awesome! Many thx... and as you said several times: lube is king (or queen or whatever) 😊. Lube helps - in a lot of tricky situations, not just when changing tires 🎉
Thanks a lot for this video!! You did a great job walking everybody through it step by step. I had a rough time finding someone changing a tire on a spoked wheel, and not skipping a ton of steps! You saved me a few bucks by not going to the shop and I learned something! Thx dude, ride on!!!
I use baby powder inside my drag slicks when I use tubes on my cars. Helps the tube move around where it needs to go.
When I’m replacing inner tubes , I use baby powder all around new rubber inner tube before installing it ... baby powder on inner tube slides around nice and easy inside tire during airing ups & downs during installation..
Btw I’ve never use soap & water to break the bead , I just break 1 bead only and I will use 2 long shaft flat head screw drivers to put tire back together..
scrolling thru comments and seen your advice on inner tube - baby powder, now that is something I've not heard? Changing both front and back on my 98 Shadow vt750 c3 to see if I need new tubes and rim strip as well. I'll have to try the baby powder - my 2 cents
The only thing I'd add to this is that washing up liquid (dish soap) contains a large amount of salt, which will rust out a steel rim or your spokes, some will be in the middle of that wheel just crusting away to itself, using something like a GT85 type lubricant or even chain lube is my fav, and then some white spirit after to get the residue off so the tyre doesn't spin on the rim, I use a bead-locker sometimes (which if you're using should always be hitting the pavement before your valve stem). Tyre soap is good obviously and I have used it in the past at other peoples workshops when it's available but for when you're in a bind by the roadside I'd be using anything I could get my hands on which might just be dish soap from a local kitchen etc.
I've also used Gibbs brand lube. WD40 can deteriorate some softer rubbers so beware. I change all my tyres like this video, in a pinch I've done it just using a long screw driver. Another great video from the chopper wizard, got the English 101 dvds for my birthday and have solved many problems with my old triumph!
Good luck all, and I'm not saying I'm some old sage, just offering my opinion and it's in no way malicious or to deride the video, it's a great tech tip. I mean, I changed my first tyre by jumping up and down on the bead with both feet as I had no tools! We live and learn!
First off I really enjoy your videos most informative and amusing. The following is a have you seen it done this way question.
I'd never seen anybody use tyre irons to replace tyres until TH-cam came along. Todd, you're in the majority, in fact, everybody on TH-cam basically does it with tyre irons. I was taught a different way so as not to pinch the tube.
I was taught by my Dad to use a hide hammer to replace the second bead just tap it on with a little bit of air in the tube. My dad was an amateur race mechanic in the 40"s-50's. I came to Australia & got a Saturday Morning job replacing Honda Super Cub tyres for the Post Office (mail is delivered on motorcycles in Australia) I may have done 10 tyres every Saturday + other jobs. I arrived on the 1st day got out my tools including Dad's old hide hammer, the main man said that's nice, he got out his rubber mallet & said "not so pretty but does the job" & off to work we go. I also use French Chalk or Talcum Powder to stop the tube sticking to the tyre probable OCD.
Thx! it's always gives a good feeling when u can fix things yrself!
This was really helpful! The tips about keeping both beads toward the center to give more room to work on the opposite side as well as using soapy water to lubricate the tire helped me change my first tire on my own.
This is the best video on changing a tire that I have seen. You describe what is going on accurately and in detail. However, the primary function of the soapy water seems to be to find its way onto your hands and destroy any fleeting leverage you might have established. In short, I still ain't gettin' nowhere.
Good video Todd, I just picked up two new K81 TT100, 4.10x19 tires for my 1974 Trident. All went well until the very end, like you said some tires have a very hard side wall and Dunlop is one. I couldn’t get the last part in the rim so it’s going to the shop, the agony of defeat!🍻
I find it helps to leave the stem in and add a little air to the tube when inserting the tube into the tire ..
Gives the tube some shape and minimizes the danger of pinching or bunching up the tyre …
I’ve had two shops destroy my black rims on my crotch rockets. Im tired of dealing with it. Im changing all my tires from this day forward lol. I own a new Kawasaki ZX6R, and it still has the original tires on it. Im getting prepared for what’s to come. Because, I’m doing it my self lol. Thanks for the video.
What a fantastic instructional video. Old school is best, no fancy gadgets.
This video made me not so afraid of changing the tires on my 1979 Suzuki GS550. It is my very first bike and has 13 year old tires that can do for a change. Thank you for a great and fun video. You are great to see work. I am a like and subscribe after this video.
Add a small amount of air to the tube to keep it from twisting and straight before putting it in the tire. Then put the second bead on the rim.
Most tube pinches happen when you air it up and the tube is caught between the bead and the the rim. Go around both sides of the rim and make sure the tube isn't poking out before you throw the air to it.
The struggle is real. Good job. Love this!
That's badass, thanks for the tips. Now tell me about that sweet ride on the lift.
Get some large cable ties. As you work the second bead on put cable ties around the tire to the wheel so it cant work back off. It's like having a spare set of hands.
This helped me a bunch, thanks ! Been a few years, I needed a refresher !
Thanks for the help, Uncle. It's been a few years since I changed a tire, so I needed some advice
Thanks Todd! Awesome video, great info! Looking forward to your next one!
About to tackle my front tire this weekend. Rebuild the forks also if I have time. Than the rear tire in the next couple of weeks. we'll see how it goes lol. Thanks for this video. It will be my guide.
Thanks...was able to change the tires on my XT250 after watching this. Many thanks!
I always find keeping alittle air in the inner tube keeps its shape better when putting back into the tire, then when i go to fit the second bead i inflate the inner tube alittle more as it keeps the inner tube further into the tire and away from those tire levers
yup'
Todd's always entertaining. : ) I'm getting ready to change my first set on my old CB750. Not looking forward to it, but it's a skill I should learn if I'm going to own vintage motorcycles. Seems like you can use some force without worrying about bending or damaging the rims.
I was stuck at the last 6 inches of rubber, got the wheel off to bench onto floor --- as you did, used knees and bam. Done. 1967 Daytona T100 rider. Cheers!
Awesome job!!! I know I can do it! I would over inflate to pop the tire in place of the rim, and old school trick!!
Keep them coming.Love the old triumphs and the way you keep things real.
nice one, good to see its not always a smooth process, always satisfying when you do it yourself though.
That’s a heckin process. Thanks for the video. This will come in handy. I just picked up my first bike. 1980 Yamaha Xs850 Special. Thanks for the video 🤙
Thanks, just did my first tire change today, your video helped a lot! PS: Gotta love tubeless tires for easy road side repair!
Always fun videos Todd. Thanks a bunch.
Excellent video! thanks for the information and demonstration
Hey man I didn’t know willie Nelson rode bikes. Awesome!
Great video! Still not sure I will attempt the job myself. But it's good to know that it CAN be done. One suggestion from my bicycle experience. Before I put the tube inside the tire, I add a little talcum powder to give a little slippage in there, so that the tube won't bind to the tire. Also, with the bicycle, sometimes it takes a few seconds of partial inflation before the bead pops alltheway out to where the line is even all around the tire.
Really helpful video! Thanks for posting this!👍🏼
I bought all the motion pro tools and a harbor freight bead breaker stand. I have a Michelin Commander III front tire. Worst case if I can't get the new tire on I can take the wheel and tire in my car to a shop in Biloxi, MS who's alot cheaper than NOLA. 100 mile ride. When you buy your own tires you have to bring them to the shop in your car a day beforehand and then bring the bike in.
Lol if you really want to go balance it you can. But it will be a waste of time and money! 😂🤣
GREAT VIDEO Sir! This is how we used to change tubes and tires on bicycles. Lol we didn’t balance shit! Lol . If it felt off just let the air out and bounce it around and blow it back up lol. You videos rock my man! Saved me lots of money!! Thank you!! 🤘🏼RESPECT!!!
Excellent video I had exactly the same trouble with the alignment of the tyre on assembly, A chap that ran a motorcycle shop here in England many years ago told me to over inflate the tyre so it lines up with the rim, then reduce to the correct pressure I have to say I did not have the nerve to do it
Freaking love this guy hes helped me with so much rebuilding my triumph 650
Very nice and helpful video. thanks
When I do mine (Dunlop TT100s on a T140) I support the rim on 3 blocks of wood to keep the hub off the ground
Throw a rug on a garbage can...much better!
I would use rim protectors to keep the rim from getting scratched.
Best one have seen with intertube, very cool, surprised would not pop as my spoked wheel does. Would love to see you do rear spoked tire, as what I am going to try next time as well as front
good video man. the best thing I've found to use for changing tires is Vegetable Oil. it's non toxic , and it doesn't rust or corrode wheels , and its not made petroleum , so it won't deteriorate the tire or tube,. and besides that it's cheap and easy to find at almost any grocery store .
any time you have the tire off the rim, it is a good time to put the rim on a truing stand and check it and all the spokes..... I also avoid soapy water so it doesn'y get in the rim and may create rust.... baby powder is a good alternative, some use wd 40 ....good video
Thanks for the video!!! I like your style brother!!!
Thanks for all your videos dude it's helpful keep it up
thanks, exactly what i was looking for
Thanks very much for this. Just ordered tires for my CB500 twin. I normally have tires mounted at a shop but looking to save money on this build and this helps very much. Thanks!
great vid thanks a million, got her done...
Nice info! The 3rd iron at 19:30 would have been for the win 👍🤙
I like your video very much. Thank you.
very helpful thank you
Great video! Tyre tubes are not as good now, they keep cracking and leak very quickly. I had a bad experience when I changed the tube and had to convert the rim to tubeless.
98 shadow vt750 considering doing the same? Researched a bunch and looks simple enough, but I have to replace two tires and will more then likely go with tubes for now untill I hear someone with same bike doing tubeless.... my 2 cents
Fantastic !
You have a nice work shop.
amazing with you I save a lot time and appreciate it
scratched the shit out of my rim with these techniques
Ouch. Needed rim protectors
Legendary0ne thanks for including that in the video!
Good job Brother, I was waiting to see how you were going to get that tube in after you had both beads on, glad you caught it cause I was starting to think I was doing something wrong for 50 years. LoL ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (he said gotta get that stem in that Ho ) That's what she said too!
EDIT: I'm Proud to be a LowBrow Weirdo ! say's so on my jacket.
Nice cool video!!
Great video! I've gotta mount some tires and I feel better prepared
Mekyou
Well, I got the job almost all done, but I'm having trouble seating part of the bead on the last tire. Inflating it over and over hasn't fixed it yet, but I'll try again tomorrow.
Beautiful Triumph !!!!!!!!!!!
I have been told if you leave a little air in the tube it will help it from being pinched between tire and rim
I have used a big c clamp and a couple of blocks of wood
i have found that when i have problems pulling a bead around, it's because the other side isn't down in the mid-rim channel ..... it's not always necessary to check that it is in the channel opposite, but it helps if you're stuck..
Thanks!