This DIY guide provides step-by-step instructions for changing motorcycle tires, focusing on replacing the inner tube while offering tips on tools needed and safety precautions. It emphasizes the importance of removing the tire correctly and inspecting the rim for damage, as well as ensuring proper inflation and installation after the repair. The document also provides contact information for the business Wicked Stock and encourages readers to engage with them on social media.

1. Changing Motorcycle Tires: A DIY
Guide

2. You are all ready for a good ride with friends
and fellow riders. You safety check your ride
to make sure it is roadworthy, the front tire is
flat. You are in luck, the tube inside the tire is
the problem, not the tire, and you will only
have to get a new inner tube. You decide to
do the tire fix yourself.
Get the Wheel Off

4. Repair shops charge by the hour, usually $100, tire
repairs can run from $50 to $120 depending on the
bike model. Don't forget the cost of a new tire or inner
tube; unless you are inept as a mechanic, is it worth it?
The tire has to come off the bike and be broken down
whether or not you are replacing the tire or tube.
You might want to change out of your Men Textile
Motorcycle Pants and your All Season Motorcycle
Jackets as grease and tire dust will ruin them.

5. Socket wrenches or end wrenches to remove
the wheel and valve stem locknut.

6. Valve Stem Tool

7. Two or three tire spoons, aka tire irons

8. Tire Pressure Gauge

9. Motion Pro Bead Buddy

10. Rim Protectors

11. A compressor or tire pump to re-
inflate the tire

12. A lubricant such as soapy water, tire
soap, etc.

13. • The front-wheel must be raised off the ground
with the bike being stable, safety first. There
several devices on the market for lifting the
bike off the ground.
• Refer to your motorcycle manufacturer's
manual for details on removing either front or
rear wheel. For more information on
Motorcycle tools, please visit 5 Motorcycle
Tools You May Not Have Used.

14. Get the Tire off the Rim
• You got the wheel off and on the workbench.
Using the valve stem tool, remove the valve
stem, let the air out, and then remove the
valve stem locknut.
• If you are not replacing the tire, mark the
valve stem location on the tire to replace it
correctly. Break the bead holding the tire to
the rim; this might be somewhat difficult if the
tire been seated for a long time.

15. • The bead has to be completely broken before the tire can
be removed from the rim. C-clamps, welding clamps, or
even a bench vise can be employed to break the bead from
the rim. If more help is needed, the Motion Pro Bead
Buddy works very well and can be purchased off Amazon
for around $15.00.
• Once the bead is broken off, the rim flip the wheel over and
break the bead on the other side of the rim. Now it is time
to remove the tire from the rim, a mixture of water and
dish soap is an excellent lubricant for the task. The
objective is to get the rim to slip off the rim as easy as
possible.

16. • Put the rim protectors on the valve stem side of
the wheel and insert the tire spoons, aka tire
irons, hooked end up. Using small bites ease the
tire up and over the rim, until the tire is off the
rim. If there is an inner tube, now is the time to
pull it out.
• Get the other bead off the rim, you might be able
to pull it off, if not, use the irons. Once the tire is
completely off the rim, it is time to inspect the
inside of the rim for rust, cracks, etc.

17. • If this is the first tire removal, there should be a
thin rubber band going entirely around the inside
of the rim. This protects the inner tube form
chaffing if the spoke ends poke through.
• Toss this rubber band away; you will be using
something else to protect the inner tube. Clean
off the rust and corrosion by using a stiff wire
brush, then you can re-line the rim with duct tape
or wide electrical tape, at least three wraps.

18. Finish Up
• Ready to put the tire back on the rim, place the tire over
the rim and start working the tire back onto the rim with
the tire irons. When the first bead is back over the rim, put
the new inner tube inside the tire and partially inflate to
prevent pinching by the tire irons. Fit the valve stem into
the valve stem hole on the rim and partially secure the
valve stem locknut.
• You can fit the other side of the tire to the rim using the tire
spoons and generous squirts of the soapy water solution to
help things along. Inflate the tire to the right pressure
setting as the pressure is increasing; you should hear the
beads popping into place. If you are replacing the tire as
well, locate the rotation arrow on the outside of the tire.

19. • This mark indicates the direction the tire is to rotate
during operation. The tire is fixed, and back on the
bike, you are ready to take that ride with fellow riders
and friends. So hop into your Men Leather Motorcycle
Pants and Leather Motorcycle Jackets and have a great
ride.
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