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