Tire installation at cycle gear

Check to see if you have tread. The middle of the tire sees the most contact with the road and usually wears out first.

We can measure your tread depth for you or you can check your wear indicators. If you mix and match brands, even if the tires are brand new, you still have the same issue. A speed wobble, also called a tank slapper or motorcycle headshake refers to when your handlebars oscillate rapidly from side to side. A speed wobble typically starts when the front wheel elevates from the ground when you accelerate, do a wheelie, or run into a pothole.

Balancing also contributes to ride comfort: Imbalanced tires will wobble or hop up and down, which causes vibration. If the problem is in the rear the tremor will be noticeable in the seat or floor. Most of the time, a wheel will also have a dot—either a drilled dot or a sticker to indicate its low point. If you have these marks, you should align the red dot with the mark on the wheel.

By doing this, you minimize the vibration caused by the high point of the tire. There is no hard and fast rule that dictates when you should balance your tires.

If you go to a shop to have your tires repaired or replaced, the mechanics should rebalance them once the work is done. You are getting a new set of tires put on your motorcycle. Weights from your last rebalance come off the tire. ATV tires and other off-road tires have stronger beads than on-road tires. Squeeze any cut to look inside for objects such as slivers of glass.

Visually inspect inside of tire casing for nails, glass or debris. Wipe inside of casing with a rag, and then carefully feel inside with fingers. Schrader valve core removed for cleaning and inspection with VC-1 The Presta valve is common on mid and higher priced road and mountain bikes. Presta valve with Schrader adapter sleeve.

Directional arrows printed on the sidewalls indicate rotation of wheel. Not all tires have direction orientation. Inflate tube enough for tube to just hold its shape. Install tube inside tire. Install with tube valve adjacent to air pressure recommendations written on tire sidewall. Aligning pressure recommendations with valve stem will ensure they are easy to find when inflating tire Lower tire and valve into rim valve hole and align valve so it is pointing straight toward hub.

A crooked valve can lead to a flat tire later. Install one bead at a time. Work tire bead onto rim with hands. If tire bead will not seat using hand, use tire lever as a last resort. Use caution when using tire levers to avoid pinching inner tube. Engage tire lever using same orientation as removing bead.

Work tube over rim sidewall and into rim cavity. Install second bead onto rim. Use care if using a tire lever. Inspect both sides of tire for bead seating and for any sign of the inner tube sticking out. Reinstall if necessary. Inflate to low pressure and inspect bead again on both sides. Look for small molding line above bead. This line should run consistently above rim. Adjust if necessary. This bead seat line is bulging upward from improper tire seating.

Deflate immediately and reseat tire. This bead seat line dips down in one spot. Some extra inflation can help, but use care not to blow the tire off the rim. Do not use grease or oil. Inflate to full pressure and check with pressure gauge. It may be necessary to press downward above the valve in order to engage the pump head. For fully threaded valve shafts, reinstall the locking nut, if any. After 5 or 6 tire changes, they haven't scratched my wheels once.

Click to expand They did good by me. Assuming you are also buying the tire from CG then go for it. They were unable to balance the tires on my 12gs and k12s FWIW. Should be OK on an older RT. Hotboot Forum Supporter. The Plano location sold me and mounted my recently. They use the stick-on weights instead of the clamp on type. No biggie, good price and clean work. Take the tire in, ask for Aaron. No experience with Bedford's work. Don't be worried about possible nicks, ANY person who changes tires runs the chance of a booboo.

I'll only buy from them if I have to have a tire on Sunday or Monday. Cycle Werks has a better price and faster service. Ugh, I hate CycleWerkz, those guys are idiots They are also crooks when it comes to selling their bikes Squidward was looking at Even to me as a less experienced moto-person I could clearly see it had been down before. I will never darken their doorway again. L0weed said:. I don't know, but I will be riding with his father this weekend hill country!!

It appears that allot of people miss him, when I was in the other day and asked for him the guy behind the counter rolled his eyes.

Job is done Cycle Gear in Bedford.