Tire Project By brucewayne (Read 1,702 times)

[alleyoop]

AH SO, well you did it Good job

[brucewayne]

Nope. not done yet (half done) are you reading my posts? gonna get a new tire due to the beads not sticking (needed a new one anyway) then ill be done,. thanks for the compliment thou

[brucewayne]

This tire project is quickly becoming a tire AND exhaust project, might as well since i have my muffler off, rite.....the new exhaust header came in the mail today, painted the header with a metallic gold color (this time i made sure it is a high temp paint, lol) also painted the muffler clamps: gloss black, they were corrosive. I once saw a Ducati with metallic gold headers & i thought it looked awesome

[tsnap]

When attempting to mount tires, after sliding the tire on halfway, it is important to keep the inner edge of the tire tight against the center of the rim, which allows more space and play to slide the rest of the tire on.Large , Dull screwdrivers or tire irons help this process.

Also, use the grease on the tire edge and rim edge as it will not only make putting the tire on easier, but will help the tire to seat the bead during infaltion, and seal it tight against the rim. You should shake the rim away from you, while loosely holding the tire. This will cause one side of the tire to slide onto one side of the rim. Then, (you can set the rim on a coffee can to do this so that side does not get pushed off the collar of the rim) gently squeeze the outer tread of the tire, forcing the other bead onto the rim. Then hit it with a blast of air. The blast of air will force the tire out against the rim faster than air can escape around the minor leaks along the bead.

On a worn tire, you can tie a piece of nylon rope around the circumference of the tire, then insert a screwdriver in the rope and twist it, like a tourniquit, to expand the bead.

Soap evaporates, therefore negating this function, since the grease does not evaporate.

[tsnap]

a 6 inch c clamp can also be used to hold the itre in place while using the tire tools to slip the opposite bead on.

[brucewayne]

hey guys
have'nt been on the forums since monday due to the FLU, i rarely get sick, last time i had the Flu was 3 yrs ago.
Anyway, still waiting for my second tire from 'motorcycle superstore' which there was a delay on the shipping, the new and painted (metallic gold) header is already on, looks awesome! will be posting pics soon once i take off the EGR stuff which i havent done yet. Most likely from the looks of it, the scoot should be done by next week before saturday, will be posting alot of pics so stay tuned scoot fans.

[brucewayne]

havent been on the internet for like a week, employment issues. Anyway, i finally did it. Here is something better than pics, a video:

[brucewayne]

i went ahead and also painted the muffler rear tip with the same gold paint, it was corrosive, will post a pic later today

[poppawelee]

brucewayne thanks so much for following up on you thread and sharing progress. wish more folks in more forums would do the same, others could learn by them that way. and big thanks to alleyoop about the new tire valve stem install mention: exactly what I was looking to know.