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[dale_johnson13]

I have a couple of tire irons, one is a 6in and the other is a 16in from motion pro. I like the curved ones best see http://www.motionpro.com/tiretools.html for details. I am the one who had all the problems breaking the bead, and ended up cutting the tire off.. since then I have used a 6in c clamp and it worked GREAT I felt pretty stupid seeing as I had that C- clamp the whole time and wasted 3 or more hours wrestling with that damn bead the first time. Dale

[RM]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Tengai650 wrote:

>>I am getting set up to change my tires. What I need to know is what do I >>need in the line of tools. What's a necessity and what's nice to have? >Two 8" irons, that's all.

I bought a third one and I don't regret it for a minute.

[David Kelly]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 06:17:33PM -0000, tmt7734 wrote:

> > I use the 8 inch irons from Dennis Kirk, my foot, and a rubber > mallet. A little brute strength never hurts either.

Forgot about that! Don't use the irons to put the tire on. Use a rubber mallot and about one part liquid dish washing soap to 10 parts water. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@... ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.

[cactus_reese]

I really like my 16" motion pro tire iron also. I have one of those and two of the shorter ones. I use the 16" curved one to break the bead. -Bryan A12 Tucson

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "dale_johnson13" wrote: > I have a couple of tire irons, one is a 6in and the other is a 16in > from motion pro. I like the curved ones best see > http://www.motionpro.com/tiretools.html > for details. I am the one who had all the problems breaking the bead, > and ended up cutting the tire off.. since then I have used a 6in c > clamp and it worked GREAT I felt pretty stupid seeing as I had that C- > clamp the whole time and wasted 3 or more hours wrestling with that > damn bead the first time. > > Dale

[David Kelly]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 06:21:37PM -0000, zplats wrote:

> > brute strength, I think most of they guys on here are over 40, with > bad backs, they talk about not being able to get the back end of the > bike up in the air to put it on a stand, heck if my truck wasn't so > high up in the air I could pick up the KLR and put it in the bed! > Buncha old farts (just kidding)

When I was a teenager working in a motorcycle shop, I could dismount most tires with my bare hands and bare feet. Yes, I used to take my shoes off so my toes would fit between the spokes. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@... ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.

[Jack Tollett]

At 01:25 PM 2/13/02, David Kelly wrote:

>Yes, I used to take my shoes off so my toes would fit between the >spokes.

Looking high and low in your sig line for an Arkansas address. Do any of y'all use Slime or similar products in your tires? Jack Tollett Waltz Across Texas Rally http://www.waltzacrosstexas.org AiaP #1 "Life is too short to live in Dallas."

[RM]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, David Kelly wrote:

>When I was a teenager working in a motorcycle shop, I could dismount >most tires with my bare hands and bare feet. > >Yes, I used to take my shoes off so my toes would fit between the >spokes.

Never tried that, but I've found that a bare heel will unseat a bead better than a shod one.

[Mark]

>At 1:36 PM -0600 2/13/02, Jack Tollett wrote: >Do any of y'all use Slime or similar products in your tires?

Slime will save your life some day. Mark (almost died 'cause he forgot to slime a tire once) B2 A2 A3

[Bogdan Swider]

> Slime will save your life some day. > Mark (almost died 'cause he forgot to slime a tire once) > B2 > A2 > A3 > >

But it could gum up your valve core then you won't be able to check your tire pressure therefore you might ride with the wrong amount of air which might cause an accident in which you might die. Bogdan

[Brent Bacon]

> When I was a teenager working in a motorcycle shop, I could dismount > most tires with my bare hands and bare feet. > > Yes, I used to take my shoes off so my toes would fit between the > spokes. > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@...

Now that is something I'd like to see! Thanks everybody for all the input. I knew I could count on the list. brent