Yes also called the rustic fix solution.....take it bit off....oh whats that...ah take that bit off....oh that bits moving and its not suppose to....tighten it and put back together. Done:icon_cheers:

Yip!!!..That's it!!!!!


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Quite a few good ideas there, but how do you break the seal on a tyre in order to fix a puncture? Have you some tool for this. cheers T

Hi Trev....

Just use the side stand and the weight of the moto(or more like someone else's side stand) to break the bead....

(If traveling on your own you'd put the moto up on rocks under the sump guard and use the side stand )

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If you have a center stand you don't even need a second bike. Put bike on center stand, remove wheel, use side stand to break the bead

Yip...I have both..luckily it was on the moto when it was bought :)


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NO,NO, NO, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I have been running TKC's on both my Tens since the model came out and I have made a point of changing my tyres myself as a matter of course.
..................and yes I also have had problems breaking the seal.

The problem as I see it is that on the inside of the rim is a 'hump' before the bead can slip into the rim hollow. If you try to force the bead over this small hump it tries to roll over it and makes the matter worse as the diamester of the bead is now smaller. Hope I'm making sense.

I have found out that if you use a small tyre iron and work it underneath the bead you can easily prise the bead over this small hump and then the rest of the bead will follow.

Hope this makes sense and helps.:icon_salut:

PS make sure that all of the air is out of the innertube and even remove the valve

OK...Thanks for the info...I'll be changing my own tyres before I go so I'll keep you posted...I normally take the valve core out(it's in my tool kit as above)
I do see where you're coming from though,so thanks again for the wee tip.

It will all become apparent as they say. :)



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My small compressor arrived. It comes with various methods of power cables from fixed permanently to battery to cigar power outlet. I will just pack the crocodile clips in with it.

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