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Unread 06-24-2013, 09:30 AM
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I've also looked high and low for experienced comments on what tools to use. If you are taking old stubborn tires off then yeah, bigger tire irons and spoons are what you need. But for most any dirt bike tire I have seen that the Motion Pro type tire spoons are all you need. 2 will do but 3 might be easier for most people. Some baby powder or tire grease and a Bead Buddy tire holder and you are set. I've always done it on the ground using my kneed to hold the tire bead but I will be making a tire stand exactly as the Dunlop guy uses in the above video. That would be a compact and easy to use solution. Of course he makes it look easy but all it takes is a little practice. I'm not about to buy a machine or some adjustable tire apparatus that has to be set up for each wheel you put on it. Dirt bike tires are pretty easy to change and really easy if you heat them up or leave them in the sun for an hour before.
  • Gloves!
  • Motion Pro Tire Spoons
  • Baby powder / tire grease
  • Bead Buddy tire holder
  • New heavy duty tube
  • Wrench for bead lock
  • Compressed air is nice
  • Tire gauge

Last edited by Smithers; 07-02-2013 at 08:56 PM.
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