Popping the bead

[bart]

I watched Toby Summers do it to his rear(and front) motard wheel with a garden spade... Place it near the bead and a quick sharp stamp on it and it popped straight away

Might try that next time. Be a bugger if you want to re-use the tyre though.

[Motu]

White T shirt, shorts and white shoes - you need to engage yourself more fully in the task at hand. Even that bit of wood is unstained. I see an office worker playing at motorcycles....

[Kornholio]

Might try that next time. Be a bugger if you want to re-use the tyre though.

It doesnt cut the tyre at all... obviously dont have a sharp spade, and with the 'right' technique.. piece of piss... Office workers may not have the knack tho

[schrodingers cat]

CRC may bugger the rubber ...

CRC or WD40 will soften the rubber but not necessarily buggar it. Search online for tyre softening brews. Auto Tranny Fluid and CRC/WD are the main componants

[Shewolf]

ditto, haven't unpacked it yet - and after seeing the GS1200 bead breaker on their centre stand I want one! Think the DR would be heavy enough?

Lots of WD40.
I lifted the back of the builders van off the ground using the technique in the vid.

Now I've got a Torpedo7 tyre stand/bead breaker.
Haven't used it on the DR rear yet though.

[pete376403]

this works well (at home - might be a bit of an issue out on the trails)

[BMWST?]

popped round to help Eddie this afternoon.All comments above have some aspect of the truth in this case.The bloody tyre was virtually glued to the rim.
There was virtually no give in the tyre at all.

90 kg on the heel of my boot barely moved it

The gspd tilted over on its sidestand didnt do it although it seemed it nearly cut the tyre in two.

So we tried the carjack under the towbar cos there isnt enough room under the car(we did chock the wheels first).The first time we had bottomed the jack on the ground and ran out of travel and the tyre still didnt pop of.The second(third counting the gs attempt) we used a block of wood to space the jack back a bit so we could get more push before the jack ran out of travel.

Worst thing is when it did pop off it made hardly a sound

Putting the new one was easy in comparison,pretty roadie type tyre though,Eddie used his new tyre tool thingy worked not to bad

[Hugo Nougo]

Great to see the tyre didn't win, for future reference I have a portable device (not motorcycle portable) for bead-breaking in TeMarua if anyone needs it.

[Box'a'bits]

Good to see you finally got it. That's how I do it on Gus. Shudder to think what it would be like to fix a flat on the trail if the bead sticks like it has a few time here. But as Andy noted, the tyres move better if there is a bit of temp in them (for instance not long after you discover you've a flat .

[Shewolf]

was that an E09 on the back? cos they're wider slightly aren't they? Mine was a right bast to get off too

[Eddieb]

Yeah that tyre was well stuck on, BMWST's pic shows how far the tyre had to be compressed to break the bead. I have a E39 5 series BMW which are a pretty heavy car, the cars rear suspension was topped out and the tyres just resting on the ground before the bead broke. Bugger trying to do an E-09 in the field unless the bead breaks before you stop.

All done now though, the rim with the E-07 fitted back on the blue bike. The E-09 removed off George's rim and replaced with a V-Rubber thing I had in the back of the garage, wheel was refitted along with new rear brake pads plus the rear shock moved to the lowered position and the forks dropped through the clamps a bit.

[Eddieb]

was that an E09 on the back? cos they're wider slightly aren't they? Mine was a right bast to get off too

It was a 140 E-09 too so wider than stock sizing.

[NordieBoy]

Good to see you finally got it. That's how I do it on Gus. Shudder to think what it would be like to fix a flat on the trail if the bead sticks like it has a few time here. But as Andy noted, the tyres move better if there is a bit of temp in them (for instance not long after you discover you've a flat .

As I've posted before, I rode home 30km with a flat rear and spent 45 mins breaking the bead. Ended up with heaps of WD40, centre stand of DR, standing on footpeg above tyre, pushing up on shed rafter...

That same tyre, I broke the bead in jandles another time.

[FJRider]

That same tyre, I broke the bead in jandles another time.

It begs the question ... if after all the trouble the first time ... what made you want to try it in jandle's ... ???

[BMWST?]

It begs the question ... if after all the trouble the first time ... what made you want to try it in jandle's ... ???

he said jandles not jandals FJ,sheesh who would try it jandals