Had some Pirelli Angel GTs fitted in January and the fitting guy said something similar if not so polite!

Jesus, it took me about an hour of non stop wrangling just with the rear tyre & I crushed two of my plastic rim protectors in the process & had to chuck my t-shirt & jumper in the washing as they were soaked.
I'm now aching like a B*****d & not looking forward to the front one Ha ha.

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Buell rims have a virtually non existent well.

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92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

I've done some GSXR rims that had even less. Still, the tie-wrap method works a treat on them because my mounting bar for my No-Mar changer indeed needs the well. Tie-raps and some bead lube. Even used some large c-clamps in the past.

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Yeah, my knees are scraped to buggery trying to shove the flippin' tyre into that non existent well whilst my 18" tyre levers were bending and my muscles were straining.

£40 an hour seems very cheap, especially for an hour like that Maz.

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I have invested heavily in all the right equipment Paul, tyre machine and dynamic balancing.....getting that rear spindle out not a problem.....40 quid an hour is money well spent methinks

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92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

Yeah methinks so as well. Even more so after that tyre/spindle experience.
Having the right gear, tools & an expert on hand is where it's at for me in future & £40 an hour seems very cheap now as well.
Me also thinks I'm just really an old F****r who still thinks he's capable of doing stuff like wrestling tyres onto rims.
Ah well, realisation is difficult at the best of times, even harder when you realise you're getting old.
All the best Maz Paul.

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At one point, I was replacing tires 15 times a year because I was racing. Now I'm down to 4 times a year. It made sense to buy the right equipment to DIY. I can mount- demount a tire in under 2 minutes. Balance in a couple minutes more. When shops were charging $40 per wheel off the bike to change a tire and scratch the paint it would've cost me well over 1000 smackers. Some shops wouldn't even balance my BMW rears because it was a single sided getup. The equipment paid for itself that year.

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I hope you`ve checked the direction of the tyre

Yeah, before during & after ha ha.

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I had to turn up a big ally cone to balance the single sider wheels on my Ducati and BMW. After years of struggling with spoons and cut up bits of milk bottles as rim protectors etc I bought a NoMar Bar and it works a treat. The biggest aid I now use is a bucket of correct tyre soap, it's way better than anything else and a £10 bucket will last me a lifetime. The main problem these days is finding real lead rim weights, instead of those nasty zinc things. That's another fuck up we have to blame the Hippies for

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Leaving your tyre somewhere warm for an hour or two before fitting can be helpful too.

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Yeah, that's an idea. Thanks.

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Works great in my part of Texas. Leaving them in the sun on the driveway for an hour. Might be a little more difficult for you guys over there.posting.php?mode=quote&f=7&p=310934#

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I bought the full No-Mar package and a mount for the hitch on my SUV. It came with a tub of vegetable lube, whatever the hell that really is. Had it for 20 years and only 1/2 done. A thin bead works well and the tire never slips. And the large cones, made of the same material as the tips on the bar, came with the balancer.

They have all the weights and valves too, so I just buy from them. The chrome weights hide very well on my PMs. But I get it, the zinc weights are a little bit larger.


As for the bar, No Mar has stopped with the free replacement tips for the bar and spoons. Some of the heavier duty tires for big STs and cruisers will bend them pretty easy and I've broken a bunch of spoon tips. Lots of people round my parts like the mojo lever better and their tip seems to be heavier duty.

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2012 XR1200X - 2011 Kawasaki Z1000SX - 1999 Buell X1