Tyres
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:14 pm
I see someone has posted about a wizard way to remove tyres – and then someone said "Isn't this the only way to get a tyre off and on?" i.e. pushing the bead down into the rim well on the opposite side to the valve, easing the bead over the rim on the valve side and then carefully sliding the tyre lever round the rim without catching the tube - hey presto one side of the tyre should be free. Then pull out the inner tube apply tyre levers from the other side to the remaining bead and you have a wheel, a the and an inner tube separated. Sometimes it's useful to have 3 not 2 tyre levers......
Except that I recently had a puncture in the real wheel of the new Continental GT. Now, having had motorcycles for longer than I care to remember I've had lots of tyres off lots of rims and fixed a few punctures in my time. That is except when I've had a big modern bikes with tubeless tyres and I must say I always took these, the wheel and tire complete, to a tyre fitting service. The Continental GT is actually a tubeless modern tyre a Pirelli Sport Demon with a tube and it, because of the spoked wheel. And I must say I found it exceptionally difficult to get the new inner tube in and that's because the bead on a tubeless modern tyre is a much more substantial thing than the old type tyres. That coupled with the alloy rims (which are extremely easy to mark and need rim protectors) saw me off to a tyre fitting service. I did feel a slight sense of defeat I must say but equally it was extremely easy and cheap. £13 including a new inner tube. The bike does come with a spare inner tube but as you'll see in the picture on the webpage it was cracked and I didn't use it. If you are interested in Hitchcock's fork gaiters for the GT then they are there too - on the web page.
www.royalenfield535gt.com/maintenance/
Except that I recently had a puncture in the real wheel of the new Continental GT. Now, having had motorcycles for longer than I care to remember I've had lots of tyres off lots of rims and fixed a few punctures in my time. That is except when I've had a big modern bikes with tubeless tyres and I must say I always took these, the wheel and tire complete, to a tyre fitting service. The Continental GT is actually a tubeless modern tyre a Pirelli Sport Demon with a tube and it, because of the spoked wheel. And I must say I found it exceptionally difficult to get the new inner tube in and that's because the bead on a tubeless modern tyre is a much more substantial thing than the old type tyres. That coupled with the alloy rims (which are extremely easy to mark and need rim protectors) saw me off to a tyre fitting service. I did feel a slight sense of defeat I must say but equally it was extremely easy and cheap. £13 including a new inner tube. The bike does come with a spare inner tube but as you'll see in the picture on the webpage it was cracked and I didn't use it. If you are interested in Hitchcock's fork gaiters for the GT then they are there too - on the web page.
www.royalenfield535gt.com/maintenance/