Author Topic: Changing Brick Tires  (Read 14085 times)

Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: Changing Brick Tires
« Reply #25 on: April 21, 2017, 02:20:54 PM »
Unfortunately, I'm at that point in life where I'm trying to get rid of my tools, not getting more.
  • In my garage in Marilla, NY
  • '91K100RS White/Blue
Current:
'91 K100RS16V "Moby Brick Too"

Past:
'94 K75RT "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS"
'92 K100RS16V "Moby Brick" (RIP, deceased in a vehicular assault)
'94 K75S Special Edition Dakar Yellow "Cheetos"
'89 K100RS Special Edition "Special Ed"

Offline Al

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Re: Changing Brick Tires
« Reply #26 on: April 21, 2017, 07:34:26 PM »
I stared thinking the same thing but I can't seem to stop the tool addiction. Is there a forum on this site for Toolaholics Anonymous?
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Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul.

Offline Andy FitzGibbon

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Re: Changing Brick Tires
« Reply #27 on: April 22, 2017, 09:18:07 AM »
"Hold my beer and watch this"



Don't try this on a brick.




I have watched someone do this on a car tire, using gasoline. I stood well away...


Andy
  • Montrose, WV
  • 1985 K100RS, 1972 R75/5, 2012 Suzuki DR650

Offline Al

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Re: Changing Brick Tires
« Reply #28 on: April 22, 2017, 11:11:45 AM »
Yeah, Andy, around here the preferred fuel is ether (good for cold weather starting) or WD_40. Gasoline sounds kinda dangerous to me but I guess they all are.
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Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul.

Offline JR67

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Re: Changing Brick Tires
« Reply #29 on: April 23, 2017, 12:06:03 PM »
Put Shinko 230 tourmasters on with a long and short piece of 2x4, levered under the bumper of my motor home as a bead breaker, three steel tire levers, some old inner tube to protect the rims, a ratchet strap to seat the tire since the compressor didn't get the air in fast enough(I just read it's a good idea to remove the valve core.....). And some skateboard bearings with which I made a ghetto wheel balancer. Perhaps 3 hours work in total wrestling away on my knees on an old piece of carpet. I've seen guys use the side stand of another bike to break the bead, so in theory it can be done along the side of the road.
  • Victoria, BC, Canada
  • 1993 K1100LT, 1982 Guzzi LeMansIII, 1995/1971 Guzzi Quota project, 2005 Honda Big Ruckus

Offline Al

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Re: Changing Brick Tires
« Reply #30 on: April 23, 2017, 02:25:37 PM »
Thanks for the reminder, JR.
To protect the rims I used pieces of that blue tubing for floor heat. I cut a length or 2x4 and used a half round router bit to let the tube see in it without twisting. I used a screw at each end to hold it in place. Then I ran it through the table saw to get a consistent lengthwise slit inning. Drilled a  couple of holes in each end and used wire ties to hold it on. You can really riff o nit without worrying about marking it up.
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Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul.

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