duro tire install

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I'd guess you bent the lever taking the old tire off but anyway this is a good time to tell how I have installed motorcycle tires since the early '70's. The best way to install a tire is to keep it pressed down into the narrowest part of the rim on one side and work the other side around the rim by hitting the bead the direction you need it to go with a heavy rubber hammer. The kind of hammer that has replaceable heads such as SnapOn sells works best. It takes a little coordination but it works. I used to work as a motorcycle mech. a long time ago and that's how we always did it. Only used the tire irons to take off the tire. Never pinched any tubes that way. Ron -- In DSN_klr650@y..., jimkeal@h... wrote:

> Installed the Duro HF904 rear tire yesterday, $48.99 fron Dennis > Kirk. Only took one and a half hours - not too bad for my first

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> change (I also changed the sprocket and cleaned the shock). I did > bend one of my new Motion Pro levers - anyone else do this? The

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> is s-rated and is listed as a 60/40 street/dirt tire. seems > reasonable - I think it'll hook up well on road once the knobs get > worn a touch. I took it off road and it hooks up well in dirt and > gravel. > > Jim > Duluth, MN