I saw a wicked tire changer setup at Americade. It had a special levers for harder tires (like goldwings) you could buy seperately and a rod that helps seat the tire has a coating so it doesn't mar the rim.

It wasn't silly expensive either. Couple hundred. I had a link, but I've misplaced it. Any ideas?

Found it....

No Mar tire changer

Now to talk Tina into it :]

I bought the TireQuick last year for my VFR. It works okay.. I marred the rear wheel up from fighting w/the tire on the garage floor. By the time I realized, it was too late.

My suggestion is to get a larger carpet sample to put the wheel/tire on. And to put the tire in the sun/oven before trying to install.

The balancer works pretty well.

http://www.tireqwik.com/tireqwik/index.html

I have the Harbor Freight set up with the motorcycle wheel attachment. I did the Bird's last rear tire on it, wasn't too bad, but trying to manage rim protection at the same time sucked. I just picked up a used set of No-Mar tools off the Goldwing list.... Should make things much easier.

I got four of these:



And three of these:

what are you an octapus?

Nope. That's why I need all of those

PUSSIES! Tires machines are for cagers. 2 tire irons , 1 Aerostitch Bead Breaker, Motion Pro Bead Buddy, Napa tire soap, and balance on a well greased axle. Maybe a pair of gloves if your hands are soft.