Thanks for this, I had a rearTractionator that I couldn't get on despite much swearing. Used 4 zip ties and went on no problem. Thanks for taking the time to record this demo.
Just wanted you to know your info here is still relevant and helped me with a BMW 1200GS rear tire mount that I had been struggling with for weeks. Yours was the finest demo for this job that I found on UA-cam,. 3 zip ties / plenty of lube / bead buddy and 2 tire irons - job done! Thank You Sir.
Thank you! This was a great help. A couple of things, I managed to get by with three 540 x 9mm zip ties, and a bead buddy. It was warm, and I was able to cinch them up by standing on the sidewalls. Once that happened, it popped over. Also, I actually forgot to lube the bead, but it popped over😂 Tractionator Adv on a DR650 rim
An aluminum 6" C-clamp is a great bead breaker and can crush the tire for the ziptie. A small ratchet strap works instead of a ziptie and will crush the tire just by ratcheting it tight.
Incredibly useful video. I have the bread braker tool and it just plain works. Leave your tires in the sun for a while to heat up and soften them if they are stiff.
Hello Dave. I managed to get the old tire off my Fat Boy rear aluminum wheel without scaring or scratching the wheel. The new Dunlop 402 is so incredibly stiff my 150 lb body cannot get the first bead to pop into the wheel, even with gobs of Dawn dish soap on the bead and rim. Believe I may have to invest in some sort of tooling. Yours is the best video I have watched on this subject. Stay well. Bob
I use Harbor Freight 24" zip ties. Motoz Tractionator ADV on my r1200GSAW. I use 8 zip ties (they're DIRT cheap) and squeeze the whole tire. Both beads joined together all around. WD40 on the rim and tire bead, & the tire pops on super easy. This looks way more complicated. Notice how easy the first bead slides over the rim when mounted conventionally? Simply attach the second bead to the first and it follows right over. Been doing this for years now.
Great video David. Thanks for taking the time and the doing the detailed explanation. As you said, you are constantly learning something. I wish I would have had this info years ago.
Fabulous, thanks for sharing - that step-by-step process is exactly what I needed (just destroyed a Motoz Tractionator because I tried to force it over the rim without being in the well...)
There's a difference between simply getting the tire on the rim, VS seating the bead. This video was about getting the tire on the rim (only). Once it's on the rim you need to get both tire beads into contact with the rim, all the way around, on both sides. Until you do the tire won't inflate. First rule is to make sure both tire beads are well lubed. Then you need to spread both beads. Usually this is done with a blast of high pressure air from a shop compressor. If a shop compressor isn't handy you can use your other tire as a high pressure air tank, then connect it to the other tire with a device called the DonorHose. The rush of air from one tire to the other will usually push the beads in place and you'll get an airtight seal. THEN use a CyclePump to build pressure until the beads POP. If you lubed things properly that should happen at 25-30 psi. Or, you can mechanically spread the tire sidewalls against the rim with BeadSpreader. It's a ratchet strap that forces the beads against the rim Both items are on the BestRest website. PS. If you have tubed tires all you need to do is inflate the tube and it pushed the beads into place.
@@HidalgoRides they are definitely sitting in the rim correctly and seem to be holding air (tubeless conversion) but I was hoping for that satisfying pop that never happenned.
Normally you can remove & install tires via zip ties with no tire irons or any tools required. This goes for tubed or tubeless tires. Some guys cheat and warm the tire with a heat gun. Or ay least lay the tire on black asphalt in the sun to warm and soften the tire. Use more than 2 zip ties makes it easier. You need to learm how to do this.
Most riders struggle with tire mounting and/or fixing a flat on a bike with tubed tires. That's because they don't understand the process and/or understand the dynamics of rim diameter and bead diameter. If you watch another one of my videos called "Tire Mounting 101" you'll see exactly how they interrelate. Knowledge is power. . For the rider with tubed tires who gets a flat in the middle of nowhere, it's difficult to find an outlet to plug in a heat gun. And according to Murphy's Law, it'll be cold and rainy so there won't be any sun to heat the tire. I'm close friends with Murphy.
Thanks for this, I had a rearTractionator that I couldn't get on despite much swearing. Used 4 zip ties and went on no problem. Thanks for taking the time to record this demo.
Just wanted you to know your info here is still relevant and helped me with a BMW 1200GS rear tire mount that I had been struggling with for weeks. Yours was the finest demo for this job that I found on UA-cam,. 3 zip ties / plenty of lube / bead buddy and 2 tire irons - job done! Thank You Sir.
Thank you! This was a great help. A couple of things, I managed to get by with three 540 x 9mm zip ties, and a bead buddy. It was warm, and I was able to cinch them up by standing on the sidewalls. Once that happened, it popped over. Also, I actually forgot to lube the bead, but it popped over😂 Tractionator Adv on a DR650 rim
An aluminum 6" C-clamp is a great bead breaker and can crush the tire for the ziptie. A small ratchet strap works instead of a ziptie and will crush the tire just by ratcheting it tight.
Incredibly useful video. I have the bread braker tool and it just plain works. Leave your tires in the sun for a while to heat up and soften them if they are stiff.
Right on David, that's a very cool trick to mounting these adventure tires.
Thank you Sir!!
Did what you said...technique not muscle...it worked and surprisingly easy.
Hello Dave. I managed to get the old tire off my Fat Boy rear aluminum wheel without scaring or scratching the wheel. The new Dunlop 402 is so incredibly stiff my 150 lb body cannot get the first bead to pop into the wheel, even with gobs of Dawn dish soap on the bead and rim. Believe I may have to invest in some sort of tooling. Yours is the best video I have watched on this subject. Stay well. Bob
I use Harbor Freight 24" zip ties. Motoz Tractionator ADV on my r1200GSAW. I use 8 zip ties (they're DIRT cheap) and squeeze the whole tire. Both beads joined together all around. WD40 on the rim and tire bead, & the tire pops on super easy. This looks way more complicated.
Notice how easy the first bead slides over the rim when mounted conventionally? Simply attach the second bead to the first and it follows right over. Been doing this for years now.
"Mr Bestrest is very sensitive about his weight..." too funny! YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST! Thanks for the post👍
Great video David. Thanks for taking the time and the doing the detailed explanation. As you said, you are constantly learning something. I wish I would have had this info years ago.
Fabulous, thanks for sharing - that step-by-step process is exactly what I needed (just destroyed a Motoz Tractionator because I tried to force it over the rim without being in the well...)
Excellent video, I am ordering those zip ties now.
terrific demo
Thanks. Share it with others!
Thank you four sharing your tops
Tipps sorry
Great info! Thanks for taking the time to post.
very good video thank you
What if it looks like the bead is seated and it holds air yet there was no satisfying "pop"? Is the bead not seated correctly yet?
There's a difference between simply getting the tire on the rim, VS seating the bead. This video was about getting the tire on the rim (only).
Once it's on the rim you need to get both tire beads into contact with the rim, all the way around, on both sides. Until you do the tire won't inflate.
First rule is to make sure both tire beads are well lubed. Then you need to spread both beads. Usually this is done with a blast of high pressure air from a shop compressor.
If a shop compressor isn't handy you can use your other tire as a high pressure air tank, then connect it to the other tire with a device called the DonorHose. The rush of air from one tire to the other will usually push the beads in place and you'll get an airtight seal. THEN use a CyclePump to build pressure until the beads POP. If you lubed things properly that should happen at 25-30 psi.
Or, you can mechanically spread the tire sidewalls against the rim with BeadSpreader. It's a ratchet strap that forces the beads against the rim
Both items are on the BestRest website.
PS. If you have tubed tires all you need to do is inflate the tube and it pushed the beads into place.
@@HidalgoRides they are definitely sitting in the rim correctly and seem to be holding air (tubeless conversion) but I was hoping for that satisfying pop that never happenned.
Excellent video
What length are you using in this video? It appears to possibly be the 22" but you also offer a 40".
22" works great.
Just use a c clamp then add the ties
Excellent.
Normally you can remove & install tires via zip ties with no tire irons or any tools required.
This goes for tubed or tubeless tires.
Some guys cheat and warm the tire with a heat gun. Or ay least lay the tire on black asphalt in the sun to warm and soften the tire.
Use more than 2 zip ties makes it easier.
You need to learm how to do this.
Most riders struggle with tire mounting and/or fixing a flat on a bike with tubed tires. That's because they don't understand the process and/or understand the dynamics of rim diameter and bead diameter. If you watch another one of my videos called "Tire Mounting 101" you'll see exactly how they interrelate. Knowledge is power.
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For the rider with tubed tires who gets a flat in the middle of nowhere, it's difficult to find an outlet to plug in a heat gun. And according to Murphy's Law, it'll be cold and rainy so there won't be any sun to heat the tire. I'm close friends with Murphy.