Rear tire swap on the KLR 650 | Masons ADV |
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2021
- Today I'm installing a new Continental TKC 80 on the rear of the KLR 650
With the exception of the bike stand, I always practice trailside removal and installation with only the tools I carry on the bike. Bit of a struggle sometimes but good to keep up the skills ;)
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Even just the first 3 mins of this video is a gold mine of good ideas. The tether clip on the crash bar bags, the mounted axel nut pin on a cable. You're the GOAT Mason, lol.
Hi Eric, can you believe I install a MotoZ Rallz , rode it 25 kms and got a huge nail... So my father yesterday took the wheel and tire to get a new tube.... And today it was flat... I am checking everything today to see if the rim was damaged and may be puncturing the new tube
@@evenstevenmotodrone735 No doubt. It certainly happens with tire changes even at the service shops. I've known people that get their tires changed and they run into issues with leaks at the valve stems alot.
☕️ Good morning, nothing like sitting on the couch drinking coffee watching a guy working.
I'm at my desk but i totally agree. Folgers?
I've never changed a tire in the field, this is gold!
I noticed that the open toe sandals got swapped out for the down & dirty work. Wise man!
Haha, can you tell it was a spur of the moment swap?? Hahah. Cheers Pinkie
@@masonsadv It was very subtle Mason. 😁
When I was taught to change tires with tubes, after first installing the tube you partially inflated it to remove any wrinkles and help take any twisting out. Then you finished mounting the tires. I guess the purpose was the tube moved more freely. Also adding the powder is a nice touch.
Thanks for the video. Always entertaining , informative or both.
Great video. Very helpful - never changed a tire before !
Thank you, you certainly have the tools and toys to make the job easier.
Great video and a good tip to only use the tools you have usually with you. Just a tip to make things a bit easier; leave the valve stem out when initially inflating the first time to seat the tire in the rim as it allows more air to go in quicker and at higher pressure. subsequent inflations to straighten out the inner tube from potential folds just remove the air hose and attach again and insert the valve stem the final time to bring it to the required pressure.
Favourite kind of videos!
Maintenance and service!
That was mesmerizing. Thanks for sharing your tips and tricks!
I've changed many tubed motorcycle tires but never tried one of those vale stem tether guides, I now have something for my purchase list! If people intend to venture into remote places these are skills and tools you should have. The best place to practice is in your own garage! Thanks for a fine video.
I started using baja no pinch. Pretty amazing tool!
Nice job!😀
Nice to see how much abuse rims can actually take without bending - I fret about bending mine during tire changes, but seeing you do yours, I now feel much better. I also use the baby powder trick on the tube - makes things way easier! Nobody needs dry chafing.
I also tend to use tools I carry for work on my bike in the shop, but at 61 I changed enough tires with irons on the floor to last the rest of my life so I now use my NoMar. And KLR tires are easy to change, but the REINF 79 load range tire on the rear of my K1200LT is no fun to do with irons. I did that one once and bought a NoMar. 😁
Will be my first ever tyre change today. Thank you as always for your tutorials. Myself and my bike owe alot to your channel.
Nice Mal! I hope it went ok. It can be a struggle but the more you do it the more you get used to struggling haha. Wish I could say it gets easier ;)
@@masonsadv Hahayeah, l don't think I'll change professions to tyre fitter just yet.
Well i have learned will definitely remember this when i do my first tier change
Am I the only person on the planet who checks the spokes and tightens the loose ones with every tire change?you'd be surprised how much better they ride when you tighten up all the loose spokes.and I assure you there are some loose ones if you have very many miles and haven't done it.a lot of the head shake people are reporting is due to loose spokes and or improper setting on the rear shock.i can't tell you how many bikes I've owned that had the death wobble before I added a little preload to the rear shock putting a little more weight on the front end.
Getting ready to head to Big Bend National Park for a few days and wanted to get some ideas. Awesome video
Great job ! Thank you !
Your knees are tougher than mine . I carry a small tube of motel shampoo for a little lube on the beads . Makes a lot easier . Great video !
My secret trick when nicking paint is acrylic paint pens instead of the sharpy trick... Love the videos keep up the great work and adventure on klr 650 brother...
Thx for the video. Useful info and entertaining.
Seeing the valve stem cable? used to pull the valve stem of the tube through the rim was worth the watch for me. Makes that part so much easier and it was news to me.
The axle nut pin caught my attention too. Good idea.
Oh I'm going to steal that one for my own KLR
That was both entertaining and useful. At 8:00 I realized I was ready for a beer just watching you. Hahaha
I try to avoid placing the tube on the floor as it can pick up small pieces of grit that can work through the tube during use. Hanging on the handlebar or a tree limb is good practice to keep it clean. Even a clean garage floor always has some dirt on it.
I need to learn how to do my tire swaps at home, nice job.
I just threw new tires front and rear on my KLR yesterday, for a very different adventure day. Doing a closed course trackday with a bunch of other not-sportbikes tomorrow. Great breakdown of how to do the work trailside!
Nice! Hope you had fun :)
@@masonsadv It was a good time. Not my first trackday, but my first one on the KLR, and my first one in a while.
Bro great video, new KLR 1st thing trying to learn how to do this! Subscribed…
Very useful. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Good video. There seems to be as many ways of changing tires as there are bikers.
Another excellent "how to" vlog.
Your KLR has no center stand, which makes the side stand as bead breaker too big a pain.
The most worthless things I have ever bought were the BeadPro spoons and the rim protectors. Total waste of money. I did grind and polish one of my good spoons to be thinner, so I could get in the gap easier, using your method of bead breaking..
A little tube of Goop Multi Purpose Hand Cleaner makes a good tire bead lube (non-pumice). I'm not always out with my camping hygiene bag on day trips or daily rides, so soap may not be available, but a bit of Goop will get the tire on the rim and cleans up your hands pretty good after you get the tire back on, without water. Carry a little tube in my toolkit. I refill the little tube from a big tub with a basting syringe. I use that little cooking tool for a lot of things in the shop. (No, I never use it for food :-) I think the tube I use is an old graphite lube tube.
For a couple bucks, I bought a normal valve extension for my toolkit. Screw it on the valve without a core and connect it to my normal tool kit air pump. That way I don't have to mess with the core for the tube stem until it's going in to stay. Makes the tube unfold inflates and deflates a lot easier on the trail where you are trying to keep things clean. I rather unscrew a valve extension than a core. Of course, for the final inflate, you have to remove the extension and put the core in or just leave the extension in place until you get home..
11:32 I love to use a nice garlic and rosemary when tube-seasoning! 👍🏼
Very helpful! Thank You. New subscriber here
Ja ja me gusto mucho la técnica del marcador sharpie para eliminar los rayones del ring excelente..
Good job Mason, I don't know if you've tried it but I use baby powder on the tube to help it get into place, seems to work great. Thanks for sharing
I do the same Ian :) Works like a charm!
In twenty minutes or less you too can change a tire!! if your Mason ;) Well my last on took an hour with a great deal of four letter words... I never thought of smacking the tire onto rim (10:47) great tip, thanks Mason.
10:45 PERFECT TECHNIQUE!
Awesome
Nice vid, gotta get me one of those stem fishers. I am much more vocal than you when changing tires lol.
I change a tire exactly the same way, but put the tube in with some air, then the rim on.
I'm going to try using Co2 inflator on the next change. The Co2 chargers are so small. Save a lot of space.
My wheels aren't black😭😄
Thanks Dude.. I just got a KLR and it came with a new rear tire I was nervous about doing the tire change myself and because of your vid. I got this and I really like the fact ( and idea) of doing the tire change with the tools you will have with you.. Question.. are tubes better than tubless for adv riding? thanks
Cool
Hey nice video very informative..how many kms do you get out of that rear tire...PS when you did your trip last year down the old railway bed you stop in RiverValley that's in my back yard would of been nice to meet you guys ..keep up.the good work
How do you change a tube out on a dirt road or trail without a center stand or do you have one?
Hey mason, You have a really amazing idea on the lynch-pin idea i was wondering what you used as the safety wire ? is that just like picture wire and if so what did you use to crimp them together to make the loops ? EDIT: I found your vod on maint. It showed me every tool i was looking for! long haul inc for me soon in the next month or so. :))
What product are you spraying on the wall of the new tire before pushing it on the wheel?
Does the 2013 klr650 come stock with a tube in the back tire or did you add it
My back hurts already😊
Did u have to balance the tire
No bead lock on your rim?
Mason, add some commentary while you are working the spoons around the tire.
You are very calm and collected. I would have been swearing like a sailor. Now, what are you using to bring the valve stem through the hole and are you reusing the old tube?
He's using a valve stem fishing cable, less than $10 USD.
what about balance on tire
What kind of mileage you getting on the TKC80's?
Nice work Mason. Very similar to how I change my tires, except I would have inadvertently pinched the tube with the spoons at least once requiring me to order new tubes and I would have cursed a lot more ;)
Question: do you balance your rear tire? I find it quite easy to balance the rear once its mounted back into the swing arm, before I install the chain or brake, it spins quite freely, easy to spot the heavy spots.
Hey Jeff, I don't balance unless I can feel it in the test ride. So far I haven't had an issue :)
why stock exhaust ? its twice the weight of a delkevic slip on
A little lube makes removal easier also.
Hey Mason... Great video as usual! I noticed you removed the back tail and installed the plate on the back fender. Can you please elaborate more on this? Do you have a light to light the plate number or are you just taking the risk of not being entirely legal here? A short video on your changes and thought process would be really appreciated and I bet there are many out there like me... Chur and keep up the great work. :)
Good idea. I honestly thought I had done that but apparently not, lol.
Man, nice info, was the old tire also a tkc-80, what tire pressure do you run front and rear, thanks !
Yes it was. I run 24 psi as my all round pressure. Sometimes higher for long slab runs and lower for sand.
You made it look easy lol. I bent my spoons and it took me about 2 hours to change a tube in the field. What tire spoons do you have?
Theses are the motion pro spoons
Great video, as usual. Noticed you are using the Mosko Moto Pinner tool roll. If you were to do it again, would you buy the Fatty?
Loaded some Mitas E07s on the KLR during the summer. Even with a Baja No Pinch it took about 2 hours for the rear alone. Makes me second guess them if there is a trail side repair.
Stay safe.
Hey Paul. The pinner is all I need and have room for so no, but the fatty is the same build and should be just as tough.
@@masonsadv Thanks for the speedy reply. Drove through Hepworth early last month two up on my KLR after spending time on Manitoulin Is. Nice area.
I took your advice on your Mosko Moto equipment review and the Cogent full suspension and love them. So glad I followed your candor advice as they are a bit of a financial hit, but built for life.
Take care.
How is that a tubeless tire? Didn't I see you pull a tube out of that rear tire?
Where did you get the tubeless rims for the klr?
These are the OEM rims so the're tube type not tubeless.
As a 18 wheel truck driver watching the shop change my tires they also have a spray bottle to wet the tire. Question is that soap or just water ?
Soapy water. Just helps the bead seat :)
You don’t balance these?
Is that a worn out tire? How big of a trip are we taking here? I’m All done with negative bs here. you my friend have golden hands and brain. That’s for sure
Ha, no, not worn out but the trips get muddy so I'll take all the tread i can get :)
What is the cool tool you are using for pulling the valve stem through ?
Yeah that made it worth the whole video...I need like 6 of those things....
Valve stem puller. Makes life much easier ;) www.rockymountainatvmc.com/Sales/3235/Masons-ADV-Top-Picks?ref=1037&
I can't seat 1/4 of my front tkc 80 on my 90's klr650 Tengai....
Break the bead back down, spray with soapy water and air up until it goes. Makes you grit your teeth sometimes but it will go.
Sorry I'm a bit late to the party here, but I had a question about your axle wrenches. It looks like there are two sizes (19 and 27, I presume) and you have a piece of pipe that you can use to "connect" them together for more leverage. I have been looking for something similar for my kit, but haven't come up with anything. Did you buy yours as a set, or did you find them piecemeal?
The little axle nut wrenches that come with the factory tool kit have a flat pipe sort of thing for extra leverage and I guess you could put the 2 wrenches in both ends of that pipe for even more leverage. At least that was what came on my 2012 KLR. Hope this helps.
@@rickrogers2649 Thanks Rich. My bike was missing the factory tool kit so I didn't know those came with it. I have since watched Mason's toolkit videos where he mentions the axle wrenches and ordered a factory toolkit from eBay. Now I just need to tackle a warped front rotor and new inner tubes and I can be back on the road.
They sell plastic rims guards. If ever you wont want to scratch the rim. Mine are not steel rims, there aluminum
No balancing?
Not on the big nobbies unless I feel something in the test ride. Never had an issue at "KLR" speeds :)
Lube? Or even just some water?
10:17 Soapy water.
Just scored me an 890 rally baptism of fire if you’re looking for a fourth!!! Lol
That would take me a month
Nobody cares about your bike as much as you do, not even the so-called professionals. Learn to do it yourself. Cheers! 🍻
"I've procrastinated as long as i possibly can." heh...........
............amateur. :)