please dont put any stupid answers, not in the mood for it. I got a tire and i need to put it on the rear of a 2005 gsx-r 600. I really dont feel like taking it to a shop. Are there any easy do it yourself at home tricks to get it off?
I get the feeling that many of the responders have never changed a tubless tire. Unless you have the proper tools for breaking down the tire, forget it because you'll never get the bead broke loose. Nearly all rear tubeless rims have an automotive style safety bead, a small raised ridge set back maybe 3/8 from the wheel shoulder. It's there so that if you have a flat, the tire stays on the wheel rather than coming loose and wallowing around on the rim. Have a flat at speed and it's the rear one that will dump you in a ditch faster than a flat on the front. I once had a sudden blow out from something that cut an inch long hole in the tread. I slowly rode the full dress bike nearly a mile on a field road to get back to my house. While the rear did wallow around some, the tire never came off of the rim. To break the bead on a safety rim, you need a $50 Harbor Freight bead breaker or a hand held one shaped like a very large, dull chisel. The latter is hard to use, the former easy. Tubeless tire dimensions are no different than tube style, it's the rims that are different. Tubeless are easier because you don't have a tube to stuff in there and possibably pinch. However, if the tire has been stored on its side with other tires stored on top, the sidewalls can be mashed together and you'll never get the the beads to mate up to the wheel enough to take air. You then must use the old starting fluid and torch striker to ignite the starting fluid enough to explode, popping the wire onto the rim. You need to be careful because if you go pounding on a mag wheel, you can bust them and then you have junk. You also have to be careful when laying the wheel down or working on it because you can slightly warp the brake disc.
Just wanted to add to all the other correct answers. Take the wheel off the bike yourself and take the wheel into a dealer to do the tire removal and install / balance for all the reasons already mentioned. Where I am a dealer will change a tire if off the bike for $30.00 ($20.00 if you by a tire from them) If you bring the bike in with the wheel on they charge about $90.00
The short answer is: No. Every trick I know requires a special tool, shop equipment, or a shop set-up (improvisation). If I were you I would listen to the tooldad answer, changing motorcycle tire is usually NOT described as a fun task. A part from getting your hands dirty, there are any number of ways to damage the tire, the rim, or both. And you still need to get the completed assembly balanced, preferably spin balanced. These days, even when I know how to do it, I prefer to pay the shop techs to do it for me. Good luck.
maybe all it needs is the muffler changed. your better off to take it to a muffler shop and have them to fix it. they have the bending machine and all the pipe and muffler.
