does Moose still make those foam inserts for front tires? The ones that require no air? I always wandered about those.

How bout slime? Never used it but you'd think it would have to work to some degree. Oh, and never forget "fix a flat"
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I think you're referring to a 'Mousse' tube.

 

Gerrynolan, what do you mean by get the tire into the groove at the center of the rim....? I have never changed a motorcycle tire and had to pay WAY too much to get a rear flat fixed at 400 miles on my new KLX. I have changed bike tires a million times as kid and I would take one side of the bead off the rim, slip out the old tube. put in the stem and new tube and put the tire back on, with the last piece of the tire bead being difficult to snap over the rim. Does this differ to motorcycle tires?

Sorry for the dumb question but if I but the right tools,I can change my own.

Thanks for the help.

 

The dish of the rim is the middle.

 

Get 3 tire blades. There is a video on the net that really shows some valuable tricks. The summary in these are, if it seems hard to do, your doing it wrong.

 

The videos were somewhere here:
http://motocross.transworld.net/category/videos/

 

If the tire was off the rim and you were behind the bike, The very center line of the rim is where the groove is. This is where the tire should "slide" into as you are working the bead on the other side.

 

These are the ones I learned from. Really good instructions:

http://motocross.transworld.net/2008...anging-part-1/
http://motocross.transworld.net/2008...anging-part-2/
http://motocross.transworld.net/2008...anging-part-3/

I have two pairs of the long Motion Pro tire irons (not the spoons) and a Bead Buddy. If I had it to do all over again I'd get 3 of the short ones.

 

I actually have 4 irons. Two long and two short ones. Here is a little trick I learned while changing one of my tires. Use the sprocket to hold the tools while you get another grip. Unless you have a 3rd hand. Also this Moose tire changer is awesome for holding the wheel, I mounted it to a piece of plywood. Here are a few pics. I have the two 16 inch and two of the 8n inch spoons.

 

The tire changer came with a video too.