NEW TIRES!!!! GOT A QUESTION

Hey everyone. My new tires just came today. Ive got to work all day tomorrow and wont beable to drop them off anywhere before the weekend. Question is, can I get them on the rim by myself??????? With some vasaline??? I bought the same exact size as OEM.

Thanks-Jason

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Tools? Ooooooo, nothing special.

The tires on for my kz550 LTD. There Dunlop EliteII tires, same size as OEM.

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jp_goody wrote:

Question is, can I get them on the rim by myself??????? With some vasaline???

I don't recommend vaseline, what works well is glycerin based soap like dishwashing liquid.

If you have a good set of tire irons, I guess the odds are only about 50-50 that the inner tube will get cut during installation. I have done a few, they are not easy if you have to do it by yourself. The rear ones are worse because of the rim locks. They used to charge $20 at the shop to mount a tire, and inner tubes cost be about $7, so I figured if I tore one or two tubes in the process, I still came out a little ahead (if you don't count the misery of the job).:laugh:

I just pay the man these days....

Thanks everyone fot the two cents.

They are Elite II tubeless...130/19/16 in the rear, cant remember the fronts.

So does that make it easier or harder on me???

LOL And to be honest if I DO attempt DIY...I have every intension of trying it with just a skinny screwdriver and soapy water!! Thanks for the pic though, that was awesome.

I could just run it somewhere to have it done sat morning, if I can find someone open and not scarry looking to trust. Hehe, even though sometimes those are the most trust worthy shops.

When it comes to toys i have a very very hard time trusting places for some reason to owrk on stuff...yet ill take a shinny new car to the shop with out a batting a eye...wierd.

jp_goody wrote:

Thanks everyone fot the two cents.

They are Elite II tubeless...130/19/16 in the rear, cant remember the fronts.

So does that make it easier or harder on me???

EASIER... means it's impossible to tear the tube with the tire iron.....:laugh:

bountyhunter wrote:

jp_goody wrote:

Thanks everyone fot the two cents.

They are Elite II tubeless...130/19/16 in the rear, cant remember the fronts.

So does that make it easier or harder on me???

EASIER... means it's impossible to tear the tube with the tire iron.....:laugh:

No rim locks either!

If I'm going to get them mounted by a shop, I'll generally order the tires through them as the local shop here automatically doubles their charges for mounting/balancing if you bring the tire in from somewhere else so any discount you got is pretty much lost

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If you do it yourself, go ahead and at least buy tire irons. On top of screwdrivers having a good chance of pinching the tube, they will tear your wheels up pretty good because the surface area of the screwdriver where you are prying is round agaist a relatively soft aluminum wheel. (I assume aluminum, don't know 550s). I've always done my own tires since I was like 13 yrs old and it's definately worth doing it yourself if possible.
This reminds me of one of my many stories. I was 16 yrs old riding about 25 miles away from home and got a flat tire. I had $5.00 in my pocket. I go to a motorcycle shop and find $5.00 will buy me a tube, but I have no tools? So in my 16 yr old wisdom I thought I would go to Target, steal 2 large screwdrivers, mount my new tube, then return to Target and return my theft item to the shelf. Well I'm immediately snabbed up by security guards as I attempt this, so goes my life of crime Must have had big problem will people stealing cheap screwdrivers in that store, as they were right on top of it.