Changing Tires?
 

does anyone here change their own tires?

I dont have the money for a no-mar and just have a set of tire irons.
I know that i need to cut some old garden hose and cover the irons so i dont scratch the shit out of my rims, but other then that i was thinking of using that method of 2x4's and the side of my car to break the beads, but other then the beads how hard is it to change your tires? i got a guy here that does it for $12.50 a tire, would it be worth my time to just pay him to do it?

I did the 2x4 method to break a bead to put in the dyna beads. It was super simple once you figure out how tall to make the 2x4 that goes "into the tire". That depends on tire width to car height? But it works very well.

I do my own tires, but I use a C clamp instead of anythin else to break beads on rims. works very well.

Yes.

please save those rims and pay him to do it, it's only $25 total

Seriously.

Thats prety damn cheap, most places up here charge 30 and up a tire and thats provided its off the bike.

Tom

I paid a guy $15 just the other day to change my front tire on the R6. I took the wheel/tire off of the bike and reinstalled it but I had him take the tire off of the wheel and install/balance it.

He's also a racer and needed the $$ and lives close by.

I've always taken the wheels off myself and took them to have the tires mounted and balanced. I think I paid $25 per last time...and that was at a Honda dealer.

It's nice not to have to worry about this as much.