• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

tire swap stands....

Motosportz said:
I am going to have to do a video. I bought one of those crazy tools for installing when I did the group buy. I have changed my routine to put the tube int he tire and install it all together with the tool and it is amazing how quick and EZ I can change a hard to install 19" rear tire. A few techniques and process understandings and putting tires on is fun and EZ. I just do mine on the bench, no tire stand.
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yup. tube in first. teensy bit of air to hold its shape. pops the stem right thru. if its a stubborn one ill tie a bit of floss on the stem to yank it through. my bench aint super huge and it reserved for delicate work.

interesting- bet there's a zillion way to skin this cat.
 
Motosportz said:
I am going to have to do a video. I bought one of those crazy tools for installing when I did the group buy. I have changed my routine to put the tube int he tire and install it all together with the tool and it is amazing how quick and EZ I can change a hard to install 19" rear tire. A few techniques and process understandings and putting tires on is fun and EZ. I just do mine on the bench, no tire stand.
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HAHa, don't remind me. I thought I was in on the buy and when I returned from a weekend of riding the order had been placed and a done deal..:eek:
 
Xcuvator said:
HAHa, don't remind me. I thought I was in on the buy and when I returned from a weekend of riding the order had been placed and a done deal..:eek:
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I know several people that want in on another group buy. Someone just needs to start one.

Right after I bought it and before I used it I was second guessing myself. I had a good process and can change tires pretty EZ and successfully and all this does is install but MAN it make it EZ if you do it right.
 
pvduke said:
i dont lube knobbies. maybe some spit if im in a pinch. i want the tire to bond to that bead and stay stuck no matter how wet it gets. powder the tube, install the tire. done. foamies i use c-clamps etc...those are kind of a bear sometimes.
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I always use a lubricant, usually something like BelRay 6in1. It seems to magically disappear after a short time and has no effect on the rubber.
 
I run Tubliss for the most part, and I have to say I love the sheet metal bead tool they come with. It makes it easy to get the rim inside tire with the beads outside the rim. Then it goes on the stand and I use the Estonian Tire Contraption (ETC for short). I do it this way for traditional tubes, too.

I haven't thought of using the ETC like Kelly does--starting with both beads on top of the rim. I'll have to try that next time I'm doing a traditional tube. It wouldn't work with the Tubliss since the insert would interfere with the first bead crossing over to the far side of the rim.
 
Dirtdame said:
I always use a lubricant, usually something like BelRay 6in1. It seems to magically disappear after a short time and has no effect on the rubber.
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WD40 works just like that as well. Infact you have to get in on there pretty quick before it all evaporates. I like the WD40 Big Blast as it spays a lot onver a big area. Blow it all over the bead and slap that sucker on. NEVEr had an issue with the tire moving and beads far EZer.

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dfeckel said:
I haven't thought of using the ETC like Kelly does--starting with both beads on top of the rim. I'll have to try that next time I'm doing a traditional tube. It wouldn't work with the Tubliss since the insert would interfere with the first bead crossing over to the far side of the rim.
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super EZ. Just have to futz with the rim loc a little. Simple.
 
Aside from a semi fancy bead breaker, my tire changing station is low budget. I have a small steel barrel with the top lip lined with heater hose. The barrel is partially filled with concrete for stability. To protect the rim from scratches and gouging, I use plastic strips cut from juice bottles and place them between the rim and tire iron. I also use Ruglyde rubber lube, available from my local NAPA store. This setup works well on street tires as well as dirt. Not a scratch on the forged Marchesini wheels on one of my bikes.
 
oh snap. why didnt i get one of these sooner. it aint a ton faster but, i didnt even being to break a sweat. zip-tied some 5/8" poly tubing, guessed at the height, set the wheel up there with the spacers in, 1/4 turn after wing nut touched the spacer and it didnt even budge. what a joy. no lubes, mess and no back pain. holy smokes. thought at first ok this thing should fold pretty quick. pffft...didnt need 1/4 the engery i did using the bucket/barrel method, way more control. comon summer, gona change me a mess 'o scooter tires. dont ferget ta check yer sprocket bolts and pull/lube them chain adjusters people!!!

this lil stand gets 5 stars.

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i did not know that! it's a decent donut for the price, fer darn sure.

sats "HOLESHOT" on the side too...i like that. :D

tic-tock motoz shipment? *tap tap tap.....*
 
The first time I tried that group buy tool I almost posted on here to sell it. I hated it. Once you get it figured out, and your technique down, it's freaking genius... Putting on a new tire is so freaking simple... I can mount a tire almost effortlessly with 2 rim locks in about 5 minutes... With 1 rim lock, I bet I could do it in a couple of minutes...
 
Blakelpd5 said:
The first time I tried that group buy tool I almost posted on here to sell it. I hated it. Once you get it figured out, and your technique down, it's freaking genius... Putting on a new tire is so freaking simple... I can mount a tire almost effortlessly with 2 rim locks in about 5 minutes... With 1 rim lock, I bet I could do it in a couple of minutes...
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Are you putting the tube in the tire before you mount it? Works fantastic and no fighting to get the tube and stem in.
 
No, I tried that way, and don't like it. Maybe next time I'm that way you can show me your bag of tricks...
 
Blakelpd5 said:
No, I tried that way, and don't like it. Maybe next time I'm that way you can show me your bag of tricks...
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Works best if you move your rim lock to same side of rim like a KTM. You'll need to drill another hole for it on a Husky rim. This makes it easy to capture rim lock, after slipping the valve stem through. I've done it this way for 13 years. Ride on the road at speed, between trail sections no problems with wheel vibration.
 
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