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NEW TIRES!!!! GOT A QUESTION
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Thanks-Jason
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The tires on for my kz550 LTD. There Dunlop EliteII tires, same size as OEM.
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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....
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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.
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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:
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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!
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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.
321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.
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