I agree with 09kawi. After 2 hours of pissed off cussing I changed the rear tire twice after I pinched the tube the first try. Watch the videos once, then again, and then one more time. They help a lot and the presenter does it with ease.

 

Bah, why carry all those extra tools. A pair of pliers should be all you need.

xr 650 tire change - YouTube

 

Lol. But this guy is not easy on the disc brake, I would fear that it's no longer true after this operation...

 

That dude is a tire-changing stud.
and he only weighs somthin' like 120#. Disk brake should be just fine. Deej, and many of the rest of us, should probably be careful standing on the rim (sorry Deej, your nemesis posed originally, couldn't help myself ). Keep your weight on the tire, I suppose .

 

Does anyone carry chain breaker and tools as such? I don't have anything for a busted chain, but how common a problem is it these days with a decent chain?

 

Here is what I carry on my trips. I carry a motion pro light weight chain tool. some links and about a twelve link length of chain.





I use this tool kit to all do the work on my bike in the shop, so I know I can do anything but torque the head down, but if you are into that you are pretty well walking anyway.
My tire repair kit sits on top of the Trailtec race light and everything else goes in the Giant Loop. I carry regular thickness spare tubes one 18 one 21 in the GLB as well.

 

Thats a well used kit redpillar, I like it. Those Motionpro tool are nice, problem is in Australia our distributors double the US price.

Just had another thought in the shed this morning. I really only want to carry the nut size for one side of each axle. Easy with the front, but sometimes I do need to hold the 22mm on the rear axle.

So my idea uses the original 22mm we got in our kits. Cut the handle off completely, leaving only a small 1/4 inch 'tab'. When working on the 27mm side slide the tool over the 22mm axle bolt and as it turns the tab will jam up against the front of the chain adjustment block and hold.

I have seen billet ones that wrap around the top of the swingarm that gave me the idea. Will try this afternoon. Beats using locking pliers.

 

Normalup good idea with the 22mm shorty wrench idea, let us know how it works.

And I lik ehow XR guy in the vids above uses his pliers as two levers.

Ideas like these are great!!!!


Anyone carry a tube patch kit instead of a whole tube?? Ive been patching tubes on my bicycles for 35 years, should work on a moto, right?
~Steve

 

With a few guys recently I ripped the front valve stem. The spare tube a mate was carrying was cracked and we tried to patch it with one of these kits with frustrating results. In the end I cut a patch out of the tube, cut a hole in the middle and pushed the torn valve stem through it. We used Kwik Grip too bond it and it held for 80km home. The only problem with quick grip is you MUST wait 20mins for both surfaces to dry before bonding. However the rubber was so thick around the valve I think this product could have just stuck the two torn faces back together.

I personally think its the cheap glues that let those kits down.

 

I'll bump this thread w/ pics of my kit so far. Need to add a couple master links, some extra chain, and a breaker.








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