So i'm buying a set of TM front and back. I ride a decent amount of on road riding to work and camp etc.... I kinda plan on using the TMs for when I actually go for trail rides with the michigan CCC. I'm wondering if I could just change the tires out with the stocks when I plan on doin some on road stuff. Or is it a bad idea to keep changin tires out. Possible broken beads etc....

 

Try it and see how it goes. Mark the stock ones re rotation and location of valve stem so you can get them back on where they were. As long as you take your time and use lots of lube removing and installing the tires you shouldn't harm anything. Check for a balance mark on the TMs, if there is one, normally that goes at the valve stem. It might turn out that you won't want to do the swap too often. You might want to invest in another set of wheels. Then you could even run slightly different gearing for on & off road rides. Get a valve stem fishing tool. See this post:
https://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum...e3/#post435521
it's a real knuckle saver.

 

Sounds like a lot of work...LOL

 

With practice, you can get good at swapping tires using plain tools. There are some tricks that are easily forgotten. I was the tire changer guy many years ago when we would race in the sagebrush/rock deserts and then on the way home visit the sand dunes. People wanted to swap to a paddle rear tire and didn't want to puncture their tubes. I could change the tires as fast as they could dismount the wheels. Back and forth for one day at the dunes.

Paddle tires are really helpful in the sand.

 

treerat, I think you'll soon tire of swapping tires back and forth. Highbeam is correct that you can get very good and fast at changing tires, but honestly it gets a bit old if you're really doing it on a frequent basis. On bead damage during tire removal and remounting, this usually only occurs with bad technique and/or poor quality tools. Use very smooth but large tire irons while taking small, incremental bites at the bead and rim to reduce bead nicking and tearing. There are some extremely good videos on YouTube on various techniques of changing tires, especially dirt tires, that might amaze most on how easy and quickly it can be done.

 

if your good at changing tires, shouldnt be a problem, if not, buy some extra tubes. tires should be fine switching back and forth, trackmasters tend to be pretty eazy as they are soft.