A couple of thoughts after changing two tires (19 and 21" motocross). 1. Center wheel shaft support flexes and a LOT of force can be put on the spoke nipples during tire removal. I now have heavily distorted spoke nipples on one wheel. 2. I've never had a tire as soft as the one in the video. And you do need some pressure in a tubed setup to simulate a Mousse; this is how you get the bottom tire bead removal to work like in the video. Otherwise, you have mashed spoke nipples.. 3. This is a great tool that is optimized for changing Bib Mousse setups during races, where you don't care if you scratch rims. Tubes are still a bit of work and usual caveats apply (care not to pinch, etc) Overall a good product that does same me some time but mostly saves wrecked hands and a sore back. I think a good stand and the right hand tools are almost as good. Finally, you do have to learn the proper technique with this just any other method.
I still want to see any you tube dirt bike tire change where they actually change a difficult tire. I want to see something with a really stout sidewall like a Motoz Rallz or Kenda Parker DT. All these videos the tires look super soft and flimsy. Also do it in cold weather when the tire is a stiff as possible
I never bought one because I kept saying it’s too much money but I broke down and bought the rabaconda with all the tire irons and it’s well worth every penny ,makes it so easy and I even installed a few mousse for some friends, just can’t say enough about how good this is built and how easy it makes changing tires, tubes and mousse, I even change a few goldwing tires
Just got mine and put on a set of michelin starcross mediums. It does make it easier but this tire in the video is either the softest tire ever made or a 19” tire for an 18” rim or a combination of both. I did it exactly how he did and it took everything I had to get the last 1/4 of tire on. 45 minutes on the front 35 for the read. I will get quicker but never better then 20 minutes. Still a good product.
lol, yep, like every tire changing video on youtube, the tire is a soft tire that's been changed 100 times so practically slides on, probably quite warm also. Mine never go on that easy, are stiff walled, and after breaking a massive sweat, throwing 6 or 7 tire irons, I finally manage to get it on and narrowly avoid ripping the bead.
I do A LOT of tire changes in our Powersports shop. If you are struggling and sweating and hearing the bead ripping, you are NOT observing the rim and tire design rule: The drop center is there for a reason! Keep the bead down in the drop center by whatever means necessary, and the tire will take easily 1/4 of the effort you are experiencing. Once you do that, a tool like the Rabaconda is just a way to save some time. If you don't, you will comment here about how it sucks.....BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.
Amen! The whole paragraph is pure gold! That's the single biggest reason for tire change struggle (second being not using some lube). We wish people would print out and hang this quote from you in their garage "The drop center is there for a reason!"
Wasn't this tire particularly soft? Otherwise good job. I was having a hell of a time doing my rear Dunlop Trailmax the other day, and I always manage to injure myself as well in some strange way.
Aside from the bead breaking arm, this doesn’t do anything that my $100 tire changing stand can do. I’m still providing all the grunt to dismount/mount the tire on the rim. On top of that, all the tire irons shown in the video must be purchased separately? It’s really not clear where the $500 value is in this picture.
I tried dismounting a Heidenau K60 Scout 140 rear with my Rabaconda by pressing it all the way down (as shown at 01:50) but the tire said no. The sidewall won't give in to the lever force despite being pressed all the way down and stays stubbornly on the lower bead. Do the same thing with a Anakee Wild: no problem comes right off. By the way, the tire used in the video must be super soft as eays as it goes. Reality is often not this nice. That said, i'm happy with my Rabaconda but stiff enduro tires can still be a bitch to mount/dismount, even with this device..
I just bought one of these. The tire this guy is using is stretched out to hell and is super soft. This thing makes it somewhat easier to change tires but do not be fooled by this video. It's a brutally physical exercise still. The irons are awesome. They are worth it.
@@JoshStreetDesign Have you heard of the Baja no pinch tool. It’s about a $100.00 - $125.00 but I think it’s worth it. You don’t use spoons to set the bead after you install the tube 👍🏻
Hi, not really recommended. The wheel rests on the wheel supports on spokes. so That's how you can spin it. If its a cast wheel, then there is nowhere to support the wheel. Yes, you can spread the supports and rest on the side of the rim, but then the bead breaker is not adequately positioned. BUT!!! We have a tire changer coming out that is especially designed for cast wheels. It's a scratch-free mounting-dismounting system.
If Rabaconda wants my purchase dollars, I'll need to see how their device manages a Heidenau K 28 on an Autumn day. You've not experienced stiff sidewalls until you've had to manage sidecar-rated tires. Every other motorcycle tire is in a race for Second Place.
Yes, as long as it has spoked wheels. It even works with 1290 or 1200GS. But you need adaptors (originals are for normal dirt bikes). Rabaconda has an ADV Kit on the website with all the possible adaptors included. Jakob from Rabaconda
@@bruce15520 we did a test yesterday with Dunlop Trailmax Mission on a BMW GS with the Street Bike Tire Changer. Worked like charm. We’ll have the video up in a week
@@RabacondaI have not but seen plenty complain about it with stiff sidewalls. Are they going to give me my money back if it doesn’t make a difference for me? I don’t need to spend $600 to struggle with a stiff ass tire. I can already do that without a machine
@@dh-flies what tires are you talking about. The ones I know about are use on Urals. If there are different 6ply tires that I can use on a Ural I would like to check them out. I don't know what other motorcycle uses a 6 ply tire.
Hi Bobby, it is easier to have the tube slightly inflated and change the tire with the same technique as you'd do with bib mousse, instead of completely letting the air out of the tube and pulling it out or sticking it in when mounting. You can see the tube valve being installed from 2:08 in the video.
450$ and it doesn't even come with tire irons ??? So basically it is part of a tire changer you still need to buy other stuff to make it work. So it's not really a tire changer untill you buy spoons.
3 mins my arse. Dunno how thick that tyre is but it sure aint the same as the ones I fitted using this. Over priced for what is essentially a bead breaker all be it a fold up one. It also po chews up the side off the tyre you you have to push so hard. Glad I was just borrowingit ill keep my money & just do it the normal way. Thanks but no thanks.
So you already dropped the pressure and broke the bead before you started filming . 👎🏻 also how soft was that tyre . Try it on a track covered in mud .
I was so mad when I mounted tyre this evening. The video is grossly misleading. Took me an hour to mount a tubed rear 18". Spent $500 to still struggle. Tyre is the video is a joke.
@@redball4093 100% agree. I have zero experience changing tyres and have no skills...yet. In timeI will improve. Ive used the baja designs no pinch tool which made the change take 15mins ( still slow). Its new equipment to me and I shouldn't have been working on my bike at 2am when tired. Lessons learned.
Went to dismount a Dunlop MX33 110/90-19. Worked NOTHING like this video. The only thing this overpriced scam is good for is breaking the bead. It does NOT push the tire over the rim, period. I went back to the tried and true method of spooning out over both sides, dropping the rim into the tire and the tire just comes off. It does nothing for mounting. I've tired contacting them but nothing. My family bought it for me at Christmas, but I was injured and didn't try it until now. So I can't return it. GARBAGE.
this product is complete shit. if you care about scratching your rims, do not get this. in the video the tire slips on easy but it took two hours to get my tire on with two guys and i scratched the shit out of my paint on my rims.
Are those tryes made of condom rubber? Ive got to hear cords snapping before a duro tyre goes on a rim
One of the best pieces of garage equipment I've ever bought. Well worth the money.
A couple of thoughts after changing two tires (19 and 21" motocross).
1. Center wheel shaft support flexes and a LOT of force can be put on the spoke nipples during tire removal. I now have heavily distorted spoke nipples on one wheel.
2. I've never had a tire as soft as the one in the video. And you do need some pressure in a tubed setup to simulate a Mousse; this is how you get the bottom tire bead removal to work like in the video. Otherwise, you have mashed spoke nipples..
3. This is a great tool that is optimized for changing Bib Mousse setups during races, where you don't care if you scratch rims. Tubes are still a bit of work and usual caveats apply (care not to pinch, etc)
Overall a good product that does same me some time but mostly saves wrecked hands and a sore back. I think a good stand and the right hand tools are almost as good. Finally, you do have to learn the proper technique with this just any other method.
I still want to see any you tube dirt bike tire change where they actually change a difficult tire. I want to see something with a really stout sidewall like a Motoz Rallz or Kenda Parker DT. All these videos the tires look super soft and flimsy. Also do it in cold weather when the tire is a stiff as possible
I never bought one because I kept saying it’s too much money but I broke down and bought the rabaconda with all the tire irons and it’s well worth every penny ,makes it so easy and I even installed a few mousse for some friends, just can’t say enough about how good this is built and how easy it makes changing tires, tubes and mousse, I even change a few goldwing tires
Just got mine and put on a set of michelin starcross mediums.
It does make it easier but this tire in the video is either the softest tire ever made or a 19” tire for an 18” rim or a combination of both. I did it exactly how he did and it took everything I had to get the last 1/4 of tire on. 45 minutes on the front 35 for the read. I will get quicker but never better then 20 minutes. Still a good product.
lol, yep, like every tire changing video on youtube, the tire is a soft tire that's been changed 100 times so practically slides on, probably quite warm also. Mine never go on that easy, are stiff walled, and after breaking a massive sweat, throwing 6 or 7 tire irons, I finally manage to get it on and narrowly avoid ripping the bead.
The Rabaconda spoons are worth every penny. Super strong and formed perfectly.
I do A LOT of tire changes in our Powersports shop. If you are struggling and sweating and hearing the bead ripping, you are NOT observing the rim and tire design rule: The drop center is there for a reason! Keep the bead down in the drop center by whatever means necessary, and the tire will take easily 1/4 of the effort you are experiencing. Once you do that, a tool like the Rabaconda is just a way to save some time. If you don't, you will comment here about how it sucks.....BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.
Amen! The whole paragraph is pure gold! That's the single biggest reason for tire change struggle (second being not using some lube). We wish people would print out and hang this quote from you in their garage "The drop center is there for a reason!"
agree 100%
I dont understand how people fuck up putting on tires so badly after watching videos
Nice! Looks easy!
Looks like $400 too.
@@dh-flies i just copied the design and built one in 3 hours with scraps of roll gage tubing and a can of krylon ,,,,,,,,big W
@@skwissgaar_skwigelf_kdz3251 How much? I want to order!! lol
Can this machine change out street bike tires?
Wasn't this tire particularly soft? Otherwise good job. I was having a hell of a time doing my rear Dunlop Trailmax the other day, and I always manage to injure myself as well in some strange way.
Aside from the bead breaking arm, this doesn’t do anything that my $100 tire changing stand can do. I’m still providing all the grunt to dismount/mount the tire on the rim. On top of that, all the tire irons shown in the video must be purchased separately? It’s really not clear where the $500 value is in this picture.
I tried dismounting a Heidenau K60 Scout 140 rear with my Rabaconda by pressing it all the way down (as shown at 01:50) but the tire said no. The sidewall won't give in to the lever force despite being pressed all the way down and stays stubbornly on the lower bead. Do the same thing with a Anakee Wild: no problem comes right off. By the way, the tire used in the video must be super soft as eays as it goes. Reality is often not this nice. That said, i'm happy with my Rabaconda but stiff enduro tires can still be a bitch to mount/dismount, even with this device..
Yeah, gotta use the tire iron to help it over the rim if very stiff tire
MX14 and MX12 probably going to be pretty tough too.
For that price, it should come with the spoons.
And someone to do the job....
I just bought one of these. The tire this guy is using is stretched out to hell and is super soft.
This thing makes it somewhat easier to change tires but do not be fooled by this video. It's a brutally physical exercise still.
The irons are awesome. They are worth it.
yeah, that tire is like a gummy bear, LOL I pinched two tubes yesterday changing a Dunlop K990. Wanted to throw the wheel through the wall, haha
@@JoshStreetDesign
Have you heard of the Baja no pinch tool. It’s about a $100.00 - $125.00 but I think it’s worth it. You don’t use spoons to set the bead after you install the tube 👍🏻
@@JS-ny8sn you have to have an axle to put the thing through for that to work this is a hub motor haha
@@JoshStreetDesign
Ahhhh, 10-4.
Would like work with Suzuki vstrom?
170/70/17? Cast Iron?
Hi, not really recommended. The wheel rests on the wheel supports on spokes. so That's how you can spin it. If its a cast wheel, then there is nowhere to support the wheel. Yes, you can spread the supports and rest on the side of the rim, but then the bead breaker is not adequately positioned. BUT!!! We have a tire changer coming out that is especially designed for cast wheels. It's a scratch-free mounting-dismounting system.
pls do a demo on rim 90/90- 21 hard moose with 2 rim locks maxxis tire all parts brand new
If Rabaconda wants my purchase dollars, I'll need to see how their device manages a Heidenau K 28 on an Autumn day.
You've not experienced stiff sidewalls until you've had to manage sidecar-rated tires. Every other motorcycle tire is in a race for Second Place.
Will this work with wider tyres like a 150/70 R18 such as on larger adventure bikes, like on a KTM 1090 R for example?
I used it to change the rear tire on my 1090. Made it really easy.
Yes, as long as it has spoked wheels. It even works with 1290 or 1200GS. But you need adaptors (originals are for normal dirt bikes). Rabaconda has an ADV Kit on the website with all the possible adaptors included. Jakob from Rabaconda
Jakob Saks fantastic! Really appreciate the reply!
it works well with very soft wall tires like they are showing here. Heaven help you if your try to do a hard sidewall tire...
Not much difference to be honest. Have you personally tried changing stiff side wall tires with a Rabaconda?
@@Rabaconda Yes I have a Rabaconda. I spent nearly 3 hours fighting with a Dnnlop Trailmax MIssion for my Yamaha T700.
@@bruce15520 we did a test yesterday with Dunlop Trailmax Mission on a BMW GS with the Street Bike Tire Changer. Worked like charm. We’ll have the video up in a week
@@RabacondaI have not but seen plenty complain about it with stiff sidewalls. Are they going to give me my money back if it doesn’t make a difference for me? I don’t need to spend $600 to struggle with a stiff ass tire. I can already do that without a machine
Do you have something for dirt -and street bike tire?
Unfortunately there is no one-does-it-alll solution
Good video.
So..good brhooter... Speak bahasa mantaaf...
Is this only for dirt bikes?
You can use it on any bike with spoked wheels (ADV, classics, etc). With alloy wheels it's more complicated, but doable.
How would this work with a 6 ply tire like for a Ural?
@@dh-flies 6 ply tire are alot stiffer than 4 ply tires. Ural doesn't lean like a regular mc since they don't have 3 wheels.
@@dh-flies what tires are you talking about. The ones I know about are use on Urals. If there are different 6ply tires that I can use on a Ural I would like to check them out. I don't know what other motorcycle uses a 6 ply tire.
@@dh-flies sorry to hear that. Would you like to explain more to me. I am open to understand what I am missing in what you are trying to explaining.
I don’t see the machine doing much of the work. Maybe if using mousse…
Maybe I am dumb but I never saw him put a tube in.
Hi Bobby, it is easier to have the tube slightly inflated and change the tire with the same technique as you'd do with bib mousse, instead of completely letting the air out of the tube and pulling it out or sticking it in when mounting. You can see the tube valve being installed from 2:08 in the video.
450$ and it doesn't even come with tire irons ??? So basically it is part of a tire changer you still need to buy other stuff to make it work. So it's not really a tire changer untill you buy spoons.
3 mins my arse. Dunno how thick that tyre is but it sure aint the same as the ones I fitted using this. Over priced for what is essentially a bead breaker all be it a fold up one. It also po chews up the side off the tyre you you have to push so hard. Glad I was just borrowingit ill keep my money & just do it the normal way. Thanks but no thanks.
Did I see 6 spoons lol ok... not over priced show piece imo
i want to see you to change an old tyre,not a new one...
Sure. There are several other videos on our UA-cam channel, some with pretty old tires
So you already dropped the pressure and broke the bead before you started filming . 👎🏻 also how soft was that tyre . Try it on a track covered in mud .
I was so mad when I mounted tyre this evening. The video is grossly misleading. Took me an hour to mount a tubed rear 18". Spent $500 to still struggle.
Tyre is the video is a joke.
Harsh criticism for one of the best pieces of equipment made for this task.
Really, it sounds like your tire changing skills are a joke.
@@redball4093 100% agree. I have zero experience changing tyres and have no skills...yet. In timeI will improve. Ive used the baja designs no pinch tool which made the change take 15mins ( still slow). Its new equipment to me and I shouldn't have been working on my bike at 2am when tired. Lessons learned.
Went to dismount a Dunlop MX33 110/90-19. Worked NOTHING like this video. The only thing this overpriced scam is good for is breaking the bead. It does NOT push the tire over the rim, period. I went back to the tried and true method of spooning out over both sides, dropping the rim into the tire and the tire just comes off. It does nothing for mounting. I've tired contacting them but nothing. My family bought it for me at Christmas, but I was injured and didn't try it until now. So I can't return it. GARBAGE.
this product is complete shit. if you care about scratching your rims, do not get this. in the video the tire slips on easy but it took two hours to get my tire on with two guys and i scratched the shit out of my paint on my rims.
Thumbs down for the annoying advert at the beginning.