Wilsons Sandbox

At 10:58 AM -0500 5/22/2000, RM wrote:

>FNG question: How do you replace a tube while away from the >garage? Do you lay the bike on its side and remove the wheel?

In a pinch, if you have to, you lay the bike on its side. It's a good idea to remove the gas tank first if doing this. But generally, you find a big rock, log , or large dead animal on the trail and prop the bike up on it in conjunction with the sidestand to get a wheel off the ground. -OR- You can carry a bunch of unnecessary crap like a jack stand, bead breaker, bead lube, three mile-long tire levers, rim protectors, talc, and white gloves for all the comforts of home. Mark B2 A2

>FNG question: How do you replace a tube while away from the >garage? Do you lay the bike on its side and remove the wheel? > >Dumb question, but I don't see any other way. What's involved in removing >a wheel? What about the rear (chain tension and such).

I recommend the "upright" method. What is this, a race? You can learn all that stuff. Practice it a couple times if you can, before you have to do it in the woods. Get someone to help you the first time for sure. See http://www.cycoactive.com/mc/ctiw.html for an article called "How to Change a Tube in the Woods". Enjoy DualSport! Tom -- +-------------------------------------------+ | CycoActive Products | 701 34th Ave | Seattle, WA 98122 USA | | Design/Manufacture of Motorcycling Accessories | webpage: http://www.cycoactive.com/mc | e-mail: moto@... | tel (206) 323-2349 fax (206) 325-6016 +-------------------------------------------+

On Mon, 22 May 2000, Tom Myers wrote:

>You can learn all that stuff. Practice it a couple times if you can, >before you have to do it in the woods. Get someone to help you the >first time for sure. >See http://www.cycoactive.com/mc/ctiw.html for an article called "How to >Change a Tube in the Woods".

So, it's basically the same as a bicycle tire, except more difficult and it uses a different tire iron. All of the issues in the article apply to pushbike tires. Cool. My main concern was "how do you take a wheel off without a centerstand or a workstand?" Now I know. Lean it against something... Thanks, RM PS. Anybody know if I can rent a scooter in SoCal? I wanna take the DMV test this week (MSF is not for another 3 weeks or so). I don't think a KLR will make it through the cones with me at the helm...

>On Mon, 22 May 2000, Tom Myers wrote: > >>You can learn all that stuff. Practice it a couple times if you can, >>before you have to do it in the woods. Get someone to help you the >>first time for sure. > >>See http://www.cycoactive.com/mc/ctiw.html for an article called "How to >>Change a Tube in the Woods". > >So, it's basically the same as a bicycle tire, except more difficult and >it uses a different tire iron. All of the issues in the article apply to >pushbike tires. Cool.

Mostly same issues, but way stiffer tire. If you take off the entire tire, lever both beads outside, then push the rim down, inside the tire. On a pushbike you would lever both beads over the same side. Not easy with a rimlock.

> >My main concern was "how do you take a wheel off without a centerstand or >a workstand?" Now I know. Lean it against something...

Put the sidestand down and scoot it up against a tree or signpost. Or find a large stick on the roadside to prop it up with opposite the sidestand. FUN FUN FUN! \ Tom -- +-------------------------------------------+ | CycoActive Products | 701 34th Ave | Seattle, WA 98122 USA | | Design/Manufacture of Motorcycling Accessories | webpage: http://www.cycoactive.com/mc | e-mail: moto@... | tel (206) 323-2349 fax (206) 325-6016 +-------------------------------------------+

Tom Myers wrote: [...]

> Put the sidestand down and scoot it up against a tree or signpost. > Or find a large stick on the roadside to prop it up with opposite the > sidestand.

Else carry an aussie-made "Tour-prop". It's a simple gadget, just a couple of tubes, one slides into the other an the length is set by pushing a big R-clip through holes drilled through the both tubes. One tube has a foot plate welded on, and the other tubes has a larger U-shape plate to go under a frame rail or swing arm. The ones I've seen are steel but it wouldn't be super hard to get one made up in aluminium. Mister_T

In a message dated Tue, 23 May 2000 8:39:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Ted Palmer writes: >>