Author Topic: Lifting bike for a tire change (Read 3129 times)

B12NScott · « **on:** April 11, 2006, 10:35:38 PM »

So I am new.. be gentile...So I have my bike on the Center Stand. What do you do to keep the bike from falling over when you pull both front and rear tires off to put new on. I want to get the new ones mounted and balanced tommarow. I still trying to figure out how to put a jack under it. Thanks for the help.

PS.. I do have a ATV jack I use for my DRZ, but dont want to dork up the exhaust.

Dragbike · « **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2006, 10:57:32 AM »

You might use a 1X4 board on top of a small floor jack to keep from scraching metal off of the colector pipe. The ATV jack is only good for ATV,DRZ's, and Harleys

My little shop has rafters up above and I use tie down straps to go up the the rafters then down to the handle bars(reverse as on a trailer tow) take the back tire off jack it up then take the front tire off. 90% of the dents and scraches on my bikes have happened in the shop

I don't like bikes going down!
So small floor jack peace of wood and/or straps from above!
Maybe some one will have a novel Idea and Post it here
See Ya
Brent

Red01 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2006, 11:13:10 AM »

Here's how I do it...
Put it on the centerstand and remove the rear wheel.
Jack up the front with a floor jack on the frame with a block of wood to protect the paint.
Remove the front wheel.
If the front wheel will be off for very long or the bike will be sitting unattended - and it usually is - I'll put the front axle back in and a jackstand under it in case the jack bleeds off,

Fortunately, no one else is even in my garage, so I don't have to worry about people bumping it or playing around with/on it. If I did, I'd invest in a front end stand that lifts at the steering head yoke.

Dragbike · « **Reply #3 on:** April 12, 2006, 11:17:12 AM »

Quote from: "Red01"

Here's how I do it...
If the front wheel will be off for very long or the bike will be sitting unattended - and it usually is - I'll put the front axle back in and a jackstand under it in case the jack bleeds off,
.

There ya go Thanks
Brent

B12NScott · « **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2006, 12:08:31 PM »

Thank Guys I did figure it out last night. Center Stand, used ATV jack to lift front a couple inches, Took off Front... lowered to 4x4 sitting on jack and strapped to jack, took off back. I will get my New Stradas mounted and Balanced today and I am off an running.

Good Idea about the jack stand. The jack is newer.. so it "shouldn't " bleed off.

My kids tend not to play in "Dad's Room" unless I am there.

Do you guys usually mount and Balance your own? I mounted up my Dirt tires for my DRZ and that was fun ... Not. I know I could do it, but is it worth the effort?

jfudo · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2006, 01:05:46 PM »

I just want to be the first to tell you it isn't worth it. Tube tires maybe, but breaking and resetting the bead is a real pain.

Red01 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2006, 01:17:41 PM »

IRT the mount & balance thing...

Figure on investing in equipment for breaking beads, dismounting/mounting and balancing.

Personally, I don't go thru tires often enough to go to the trouble. Maybe if I was going thru several sets of tires in a year it would be worth it, but at around one set a year, it's not worth tying up the funds or the space.

PitterB4 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2006, 02:04:18 PM »

With no center stand, I use the bottle jack/2x4 under the pan and straps from the celing method.

B12NScott · « **Reply #8 on:** April 12, 2006, 02:09:25 PM »