snaggletooth
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First off, thanks to all for the help. Your excellent ideas got my Busa up and running again. I just paid about $180 for a new tire, mounted and balanced. It would have been a lot more if I brought the bike in and not just the tire and rim.
Without your help I couldn't of aforded to this tire change right now. Not to mention the added price I could have paid for a good sport bike stand and spindles. I will eventually get the stand set and spindles but that will be a little further down the road. I plan to have them before my front tire needs a change.
I used the "rod through the swing arm pivot axle method" that was sudjested to hold the rear tire/rim off of the ground. My friend gave me a badly bent rod from his portable basketball hoop stand and asked me if I could straighten it for him. It is hardened steel and was bent so bad that I knew I couldn't get it as straight as he needed. I also knew that I could get it straight enough for my needs.
I happily took the rod from him and told him that I would give it my best shot. Even with a hot torch and lots of vice work and hammering It never got good enough for his use but it was fine for my use.
First I lossend the axle nut to avoid excess pressure on the rod while it held the bike off of the ground(thank's Herc). Then I put the rod through the swing arm axle and possitioned my jackstand close by each end of the rod.
With the kickstand down, I used a floor jack placed under the axle nut (right side)and held the bike for safety while my son slowly jacked it up. Once it was lifted a few inches higher I placed the jackstand under the rod and lowered the jack. I was unable to lift it at the bottom of the right spool mount because the caliper was in the way.
On the left side I placed the jack under the spool mount to lift it. Again, I placed the jackstand under the rod after it was a little higher than the right side. I continued to switch back and forth untill my jack stands were as high as they would go.
At this time I was concerned that the ass end was lifted enough to get the rim off with a flat tire but may not be high enough to put the rim back on with a new inflated tire. To be on the safe side I continued the left then right lifting and put wood bocks under the jackstands to get it a little higher off of the ground.
You guy's were right, the bike was super stable using this method! Here are some pic's of how I did it. In the picture it doesn't look that safe lifting with the floor jack under the axle nut but it felt very solid. I would do it this way again in a heart beat but by then I'll have a set of super cool sport bike lifting stands.
I also included a pic of what tires I like to use. My comute is 120 miles round trip. I square off soft sicky tires super quick. I have found these tires to be the best balance of milage vs traction for my needs.
Thanks again, S/T.
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Without your help I couldn't of aforded to this tire change right now. Not to mention the added price I could have paid for a good sport bike stand and spindles. I will eventually get the stand set and spindles but that will be a little further down the road. I plan to have them before my front tire needs a change.
I used the "rod through the swing arm pivot axle method" that was sudjested to hold the rear tire/rim off of the ground. My friend gave me a badly bent rod from his portable basketball hoop stand and asked me if I could straighten it for him. It is hardened steel and was bent so bad that I knew I couldn't get it as straight as he needed. I also knew that I could get it straight enough for my needs.
First I lossend the axle nut to avoid excess pressure on the rod while it held the bike off of the ground(thank's Herc). Then I put the rod through the swing arm axle and possitioned my jackstand close by each end of the rod.
With the kickstand down, I used a floor jack placed under the axle nut (right side)and held the bike for safety while my son slowly jacked it up. Once it was lifted a few inches higher I placed the jackstand under the rod and lowered the jack. I was unable to lift it at the bottom of the right spool mount because the caliper was in the way.
On the left side I placed the jack under the spool mount to lift it. Again, I placed the jackstand under the rod after it was a little higher than the right side. I continued to switch back and forth untill my jack stands were as high as they would go.
At this time I was concerned that the ass end was lifted enough to get the rim off with a flat tire but may not be high enough to put the rim back on with a new inflated tire. To be on the safe side I continued the left then right lifting and put wood bocks under the jackstands to get it a little higher off of the ground.
You guy's were right, the bike was super stable using this method! Here are some pic's of how I did it. In the picture it doesn't look that safe lifting with the floor jack under the axle nut but it felt very solid. I would do it this way again in a heart beat but by then I'll have a set of super cool sport bike lifting stands.
I also included a pic of what tires I like to use. My comute is 120 miles round trip. I square off soft sicky tires super quick. I have found these tires to be the best balance of milage vs traction for my needs.
Thanks again, S/T.
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