easy bead breaking

[Fernando Silveira]

Hello! Anybody can tell me if de frame of the KLR 650 C model is the same as the KLR 650 A model? Regards! Fernando Silveira Portugal - Azores ___________________________________________________________________ O SAPO j est livre de v rus com a Panda Software, fique voc tamb m! Clique em: http://antivirus.sapo.pt

[Jeff Saline]

Listers, Just got this link from another list. http://www.webbikeworld.com/t2/bead-breaker/motorcycle-tire-bead-breaker. htm Shows a guy breaking the bead on a motorcycle wheel/tire with a couple of 2X4s and a car. Using the long 2x4 as a lever and the car as something handy to place one end of the lever under. I suppose it might work ok. I'd be careful if I tried it and would support the rim where I was pressing down. I'd guess the force could be enough in some situations to bend a rim if a bead was stubborn and lots of force was used. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT