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I've watched heaps of videos on tire changes, but none of them really explained the crucial things to consider. That video has been extremely helpful. Thanks!

Appreciate how direct this is. Spot-on helpful. AND loads of angles, great editing, great audio - very much appreciating all the set-up and editing work.

Absolute best tire change video, thank you! Everyone else uses a tire change stand and also don't metion making sure the other side of the tire is down in the center of the rim.

After 3 pinched or popped tubes. This is what helped me finally get my rear tire fixed. Thanks man. Putting the bead in the drop center I think is what did it. Giving me that extra room to pop that last 3/4s of the bead in the rim. Thanks again. That and lots of soapy water and baby powder lol

I know this video is old now but just wanted to say, I was having a real nightmare trying to get a tyre back on - I'm new to this, trying to get into adventure bike riding! - and I found this video after battling with the tyre for about an hour and afterwards, managed to get it back on in 5 minutes. Thanks for your help! Earned a sub! Hope your channel takes off as seems really high quality 👍

Brilliant video, I like the way you visually explained with the cut away tyre on the rim. Quick,simple but very effective & informative video nicely done 👍

Well done, nice video👍 Years ago I got tired of constantly fixing flats on my kids dirt bikes, and figured out it was from spokes pinching tube under harsh riding. I ran a narrow strip of duct tape over spokes inside like you, and very very rarely did they have flats again. Best tip ever!!!!

I use a couple vise-grip squeeze clamps to squeeze the sidewalls together. Then it drops into valley of rim. Definitely helps !

To everyone reading comments, this guy is really good at fixing bikes. I've been riding over 50 years. I began changing my own tires years ago. When Malcom Smith was in overseas enduros, he could do it in 4 minutes. I tried that on a 79 husky 250. It's possible but sheesh😂

Another great tutorial for a job I have loathed all my life. I learned quite a bit on this one. Backing the lock nu off to the cap is something I've never seen before. Great job!

Thx for not giving us a 30 second intro followed by 5 minutes of blather. Great video! Great Shoes!!❤

Perfect video. No bs, fast and good info

Tip I learned from watching another KZfaq video by ARiemann: use silicone spray on the tube instead of baby/talcum powder. Doesn't clump, is super slick to help prevent pinch flats, and silicone keeps the rubber supple.

yea, good video! One of the things that helps the most is getting that tire warm! Try to do this on a cold day and it is so much harder!

Brilliantly demonstrated. Masterclass in Editing. Thanks

Excellent video! Audio and Visually explained perfectly! Cheers

The very best education here Sir, i have taken a million dirt bike tyres off and of course putting them back on and yep there certainly a special technique, little bites with the levers certainly helps as you illustrate, that definitely is not the last either haha...........thank you for your time and experience

Excellent. Was delighted when you included the advice to add air to the tube before refitting. Most people miss that one. My Dad taught me that trick when I was 10 years old on my pedal bike. It worked on motorcycle tyres and even car tyres later - back when they had them too. It helps prevent the inner tube from being pinched between the tyre and rim. The best procedure vid on KZfaq. Thank you for sharing.

Great video! You made it look easy, without missing anything. Good and logical tips all round.

Best video on behalf of tyre changing in YT, thanx for this lesson!! Wishing you a happy New Year 2024! KR Henry ✌

Explained really well. Great video to the point. Well done. Thanks.

Excellent. So much gold in this very detailed lesson. 👍

Wow! You made that look easy. Great video, thanks!!

Awesome video. Thank you. Will give it a try next time around.

PERFECT! Just the video I needed. TYVM!

Love your how-to videos great job on this one

Love changing my tyres on motorcycles and cars, no fancy equipment just good tools and know how, about to pull thr trigger on a BAJA no pinch soon for fun. love watching your concise videos, almost thereputical, thank you. each tire you change is roughly £10 saved in the uk, Happy days and well worth it 😁😁

Another fantastic video!

Super quality content and production,,, thank you

Well done! Thank you so much! Awesome video! Helped me a ton!

👍😀 Excellent! Thank you. This was a great video

i do not have a tire to change but i am now prepared. thank you for clear instructions!

Excellent video! Now I can really see what is meant by drop center.

wish more you-tubers would do the narrating separate to the videoing like this. so much easier to listen to. plus we tend to work faster when not talking non stop.

Great video, thanks.

The washer is beveled to rest in the curvature of the rim. You defeat it's purpose leaving that nut on top of it. The tube will sit above the rim and flex, ripping it off the washer. If your tube is moving inside the tire best check your air pressure. Never heard of that happening unless you torque when near flat. Lock nut is just that. Secondary nut locks on top of the primary nut. This is what keeps the stem sturdy. Good luck ! Happy trails.

Fucking hell! This guy knows what he's doing. Why isn't this video everywhere? This is inspirational.

Excellent job, excellent video. Thank you

I just got a Ural Gear Up and I'm going to have to learn tube tire changes with off road knobbies so this is all brand new to me. Good video, thanks for it.

after years of changing tyres, this has to be the most important tip ever, using the drop centre of the rim! wish i knew it earlier.... thanks so much!

200k views! That’s awesome man. Super awesome!

Excellent video.

Excellent video - thank you

You made that job harder than it needed to be

Easiest tire change after watching the video thank you

Cool, down to earth no tedious repetitions.

BMW posted an advisory on the lock nut and it agreed with your observation that is should not be tightened to the rim. This was long before they made the G/S bikes so it applies to street bikes as well.

I have never changed a motorbike tyre myself but after seeing this I could no problems. You gave out some good hints and tricks for changing them I thought things I wouldn’t know to look out for before. And as always man cool editing and cam angles as with these how to videos so many people have killed their efforts by having the cam miles away and only one angle. Helpful indeed to all buddy. Keep well 🙂

I learned about the nut/valve stem trick riding dirt bikes, particularly trials bikes, where you're running maybe 4 or 5 pounds of pressure. The tires move around a bit and you don't want to rip the valve stem off.

great work brother !!!

Awesome!! Thank you!!

Was taught the importance of the drop centre in removing tyres many years ago as a kid on pedal bikes. Still relevant today of course as is the liberal use of chalk powder or talc. Nice video.

Was struggling with a stiff 17" until I saw a drop centre vid, used some plastic blocks to hold the opp side down into the dc (it was to stiff to hold down by hand) and it slipped on like a dream, almost had a little spillage it went on that easy... 👍🏼

This guy is the best!!!

your videos are very to the point and explained perfectly I'm wondering if you might make a engine rebuild video?

Very good video👍🇬🇧

Good stuff Mate !

great how you speed up the video, fast and good info !

The Sage Sings Mercedes Benz song what a classic and well done.... I see and naturally so Mercedes Benz ! and I am what I gotta check this out...hahahah awesome man.

Great They're not all that easy , believe me.. but this is the best process. Fantastic 🏍 🏍 😊

Cool buddy. Sweet vid

Saw the lock nut trick many moons ago in dirt bike. I just tack the top one off rather suck valve in then brake it . I’ve never broke a valve sense great tip !!!!!only use that nut putting tube in so it doesn’t slip inside putting tire on

Liking it all the way from Kenya

nice work！👍

Subscribed. Great video with excellent insights, I really like how you explain things succinctly without a 10 minute preamble on the history of vulcanization. Any chance of producing a video about tube repair on the trail and putting together an appropriate "field kit" for doing so?

Nice touch cutting the tire and giving us a view from inside the rim. Creative

If you have a bearing press in your shop, put down the spoons. Use the ram on your press to press your tire on after putting it on as far as you can by hand. Just work it around 2 to 3 inches at a time. This saves damage to your rim also. I have a bearing press from H.F. 😎

Great video!

great vid! some more tips and reasons why... don't simply run the stem nut up to the cap like that... you're leaving gaps for sand to get inside the tire which can cause a flat. even with the nut tight on the rim, sand can get in because the rim face is not square. the trick is to put a bead of silicon around the base of the stem to seal it at the rim. let the silicon get up the stem threads about 3/8". now spin the stem nut down to 1/4" away from the rim, or just past where it gets in the way of the stem cap. so like 1mm lower than the cap. the silicon should be mushing a bit from the nut and be sealing well at the rim. this not only keeps sand out, it still allows the stem to tell you if the tire is slipping on the rim, because the stem can still move. the nut will stay-put due to the sealant. the rim lock nut also needs silicon under it to keep out mud etc. same reason we duct tape the back side of the spokes, which also keeps broken spoke ends from moving. as you said, it's smart to slip the tire on the rim before seating the bead to set the tube stem at a 25 degree angle. it may straighten up after a few rides as the tire breaks in properly, but it's fine if it stays at that angle. will give it room to slip if air pressure is later set lower for a traction situation. obviously the stem lean direction is determined by how the forward drive on the rim leaves the tire behind ever so slightly. if you later see the stem angle change, you know you need to deal with a low pressure issue or a broken rim lock. next, putting the talcum powder inside the tire and rotating the warm dry tire will evenly coat the inside. then dump out the powder so it won't ball up later. do the same to the tube before putting it in. this way there is no loose powder. it also helps keep the bead clean and ready for installation. WD40 is good for rubber, and also can have a vulcanizing effect (you can actually glue grips on to handlebars using only WD40 if its only a dusting). it's better to use WD40 as a bead lube than tire grease or tire lube because it evaporates into the rubber it will not cause rim slip. it still works great to make installation easy. spray it on the bead right before you set the tire on the rim. i do my tires just like in this vid, plus i added these other steps decades ago and never have tube or tire issues.

I changed a trials tyre recently. It took me half a day! It was so tight that it had to be levered the whole way round! Nothing like as slack fitting as the one seen in video!

Thank you! Nobody talks about this.

This is a good video,

That little guy is called as schrader valve. Sorry if my speeding is off. Anyhow, he called it something else, but the true name is what I typed above. Besides that it’s a very educational and should help the average person with a tire change. Me personally, I would rather have it done at a shop for a few bucks!!

Been changin Dirtbike tires for a hundred years. I think jimmy tore his tube, prob lock wasnt tight. We always tightened the nut to rim on the air filler. Interesting, Thank You. 👍

This guy is one with the force, my god man, you bleed "know-how"

all very important tips to help change the tire without damaging anything.....

This helped my putting on some City Grip 2s with ease! Didn't even use lube. I was actually going to pay to have them put on. LOL smh THANX!!!

Also if you have a 16gal oil drum .remove lid glue some 3/4 heater hose on the lip. Makes changes a breeze

Thanks for sharing,,, just thought id add to the mix... I use little wedge blocks too push the bead to center of rim which makes it waaaaay easier,,, white water paist is the best slip on lube going,,, it acts as a lube when popping the beads on and off,,, it turns into water allowing the beads too glue its self too the rim ... Its challenging finding that white water paist... once a person uses it theres no going back,,, the beads literally gule them selves too the rim once it drys... Cheers from the North

Funny thing on the top lock nut 20 years ago give or take Dirt bike magazine called it a big scam by the tube makers to brake valve stems to get you to buy more tubes!! Lol

ive changed a few dirt bike tires, and by far the hardest is the rear tire for me at least, like on a full size dirt bike. the fronts are pretty easy, and the smaller tires on my son's bike seem easy too.

Here's another tip, air up the tube after you put it in and before you put on the second side of the tire. That will assure that your tube is in there without a problem and it will help to push the first bead out so you have more room before putting on the other side. Of course you will have to let that air back out before putting on the second side of the tire.

I love the Baja no pinch

I learned back in the 70's after changing enough knobby tires. leave it out in the sun a bit to soften up the rubber. Better still, leave it in the bed of your pickup to bake, the rim will get so hot you can barely touch it with your bare hands. Makes the tire much easier to change. As I got older to save my knuckles, I would just leave 1 or 2 of them by the local bike shop to change for ten bucks a piece.

You can also use cable ties around the tyre and wheel to keep it pushed into the drop centre or just around the tyre to keep the walls together, I've had success with both when the fit is extra tight.

No worries sir. Pretty sure there are some darn appreciative people for what you do!! It’s always the small things that really get us in the end. I know this for a fact as I certify aircraft avionics for a living and everything has to be perfect cause you can’t just pull over at 10k feet LOL! Anyways, truly well done video. If you have any tips on keeping front brake caliper from touching a spoke on my Sur Ron X. I think I’ve gotten it resolved, but it’s only by a hair!!!!! Sorry for the darn monologue. Kudos to you sir and keep up the great videos!!!!😊😊😊

Been doing it like that for over 40 yrs

good stuff

Start at the rim lock or valve stem or in between them So the opposite side can go deeper in the drop centre

Perfect video i finally learfed to use these spoons. Last tube i got the shop to do... the inside didewalls are very roughed up... any idea what would cause that. So rough i think that's what ruined the last tube. Shes getting down i think i might just teplace

you needed a wrench to loosen the 12mm on the valve? nice👌

On my klr650 had problems with corrosion around the valve, bought another wheel and seems that corrosion just started to appear. So I put an O ring inside rim, inflate the tyre, a small dub of silicon around the valve, another O ring followed by a small washer and the locknut to keep the O ring squished about half. I'll see if this is a solution or a waste of time.

What happens if you have the washer and both lock nuts on the out side of the rim? Should I take the tube out and put it on the inside or would it be fine

I Cheat by Ratchet Strapping the tyre @ 12 O'clock to the 1st Tyre Iron pulling the tyre into the rim to give you room for more leverage with your tyre irons, then take off the ratchet straps when Pelling off the tyre! It works even for Hard Radial Roadbike Tyres👍

Most tune manufacturers recommend the sealing washer on the valve stem is the only thing that should be inside the wheel, and both lock nuts should be outside the wheel just under the cap, and tightened to each other, to keep them from backing off. Is there a reason you left one inside the tire? Have you had better success that way?

Nice.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻

Is there any substitute for the spray lune that will work without buying specific

What are the two lubricants you used made of? I don't wish to buy a whole tube of 'tire lube' if I have a likelihood of only using it two to three times in my lifetime (road bike rider, not dirt bike rider, so far less stress of the tires)? Are there reasonable substitutes, like engine oil and/or soapy water, and/or??

You made that look wayyyy too easy just spent 4 hours last Saturday taking my sumo wheel off cause the bead wouldn't break lol 😅