Ok I have never changed a tire before on my Yamaha Vstar 650. It‘s the rear wheel and I really don‘t have any knowledge on this bike at all seeings how it‘s my first one. I am doing a lot research now but sometimes this Yahoo answers helps with specific questions: The first, how do I know if my rear tire on my bike has a tube? I was told it did by a tire dealer over the phone.But the main question is, do I also need to change the tube when I change the tire????? It‘s worn down and i‘m going to attempt to change it myself seeings how I am broke and can‘t afford to have it done for me. I really would love to not have to purchase a tube but if its mandatory then obviously I don‘t have a choice
Whether it's tubed or not don't pratt about with worn tyres and get it them changed asap. Why? The contact patch is small and if the tread is minimal your an accident looking for some where to happen! And apart from the damage to the bike you TOO are going to be damaged, so sort it b 4 it's too late.
If you have spoked wheels, your tire has a tube in it. BMW is the only bike that has a spoked rim that uses tubeless tires, though not all BMW spoked rims are tubeless. If you are changing the tire, put a new tube in too. If the tube is not leaking, you can reuse it if you wish, but tubes are generally considered worn out when the tire it's in wears out. You can also look at the valve stem. Tubes have a valve stem that just sits in the hole and isn't captured by the hole in the rim. As for how to change a tire, go on youtube and took up videos on how to change a motorcycle tire. Most motorcycle shops, especially independent ones, don't charge all that much to change out your tire if you bring them the rim off the bike. A few might even do the swap for free if you buy the tire from them.
the first step is to make you tire total flat and obviously take it off the bike, when you want to see if it does have a tube or not then when the tire is flat try to push the air valve in if it pushes in then its got a tube if it doesn't even if the tire is flat then it's tubeless. when you got the tire off and totally let all the air out the best way to do this is unscrew the valve and take it out, it's pretty hard to explain how to do this by writing but i will try my best. when you've got everything done you want to take the first side of the tire off try to do this by pushing in one side to the middle of the rim and then if you haven't got any proper tools use a lever or something to lever out the tire from the opposite side. i don't know how much this will help but just take it slowly and use common sense, that's the way i learned how to take tires off. all the best :-)
