lemur Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Now I gotta put something on the rear so I have a spare bike again 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineaway Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 Walk into any tire shop, motorcycle shop, semi truck tire shop, race shop at any track. They all use some sort of mounting lube. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemur Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 9 hours ago, lineaway said: Walk into any tire shop, motorcycle shop, semi truck tire shop, race shop at any track. They all use some sort of mounting lube. LOL. Tubeless tires yes, the only place a tube tire bead runs tight is at the rim lock plus cars and trucks have a thing called a safety rim but his chrome steel rims lack that feature it will mount with low pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 Tubed Trials tyres usually go on and off so easily using hand levers I don't usually bother with lube but if I was using a machine to fit one, I would use lube to make the sliding part move nicely. I do use lube when changing knobby tyres with hand levers because they have such a stiff construction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyjazz Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 Thanks for your input Feetupfun! hope all's well with you, sir!.. i had someone else put the new tires on that TY250 you helped me so much with a few years back ..but i'm going to do this Honda one myself...just need to get more confident with these things..won't hurt to have some windex/soap at the ready anyway...just waiting on a few parts and i'll report back! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineaway Posted June 15 Report Share Posted June 15 https://www.redlinestands.com/catalog/shop-equipment-c-327/tire-change-equipment-c-327_331/tire-changers-c-327_331_248/discontinued-coats-220-manual-tire-changer-p-1865 I had this manual changer for over thirty years. Lubed every tire I ever installed. All trials tires I could usually mount just by hand. Street tires were just as easy. Some of those rock hard knobbies were still the worse. Wish I still had it, but I quit working on bikes for the most part. Just my own. With all my grand kids growing up, it's still would of been usefull! . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 On 6/15/2025 at 8:42 AM, johnnyjazz said: Thanks for your input Feetupfun! hope all's well with you, sir!.. i had someone else put the new tires on that TY250 you helped me so much with a few years back ..but i'm going to do this Honda one myself...just need to get more confident with these things..won't hurt to have some windex/soap at the ready anyway...just waiting on a few parts and i'll report back! other options include WD40 and dishwashing liquid solution 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemur Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 I use hand sanitizer to put handlebar grips on lol maybe that will work for whatever the heck it is you are trying to make slippery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemur Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 (edited) OMG people his tube type steel rim isn't even a safety rim, you know those tools called a bead break? <- he does not need one because the tire will never bead. You know the big Bang that a tire makes at the tire shop when the tire mounts the bead <- his tube tire on plain ol steel rim will never make that noise unless he has a blowout, because there is no bead to seat 😐 stop making it more complicated, the Only way that tire won't slide right into place Dry is if he pinches the tube between the tire and rim when he is mounting it. Edited June 16 by lemur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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