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Anyone own or used one of these?
Wonder since they tout it for dirt bike wheels, if it was sturdy enough for 40lb triple wheels?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181794432521

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How many tires do you plan to change Steve? Kind of like owning a snow blower in Toronto imo, handy for the couple times you use it every year and always in the way the rest of the time.
I use a 5 gallon bucket to get it off the ground, an old tube around the lip keeps it from squirming around.

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Never used one of those Steve. But I have to say that even though the heavier duty manual tire changers cost several hundred, they are worth the extra cost because they can save you time and elbow grease when trying to remove or install stiff sidewall tires, AND they are great to hold your rims when removing and installing wheel bearings.

Do you recall I posted this one awhile back when I first picked this up off Craigs? It included the wheel balancer too, and cost around $500 (tipped seller $5 for meeting me halfway). (Normally with the extras, it would actually cost more). Again, it may seem costly up front, but if you have more than a couple of bikes requiring both tire changes and bearing replacement, it really does pay for itself in time saved and energy spent.



http://www.wikco.biz/mc110.200.htm

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Steve has been working on the same bike project for 7 years... I'm just giving him the gears a bit.

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I go through phases where I change several tires a year. I'm getting back into dirt bikes and they're a real PITA doing on the floor. Even with my Breezer tool.

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I sold the 5 year H1 project a long time ago Bubba, so there.
I have a good 8-10 wheels here not counting the ones on rollers or other bikes.
Most of them, I plan to take the tires off to reduce weight for shipping.
It would be nice to be able to change my own tires now that I have started tearing the 400 apart.
(NO it wont be a multi year journey)
I buy parts bikes all the time so it would get used a fair amount.
Darrin, I see ones like you have there for around 200 or less.
no balancing stuff, but the main stand, MC wheel attachment and bead breaker.
Reviews for the one I showed were pretty good.
I would lag bolt it to a solid base or floor to start.

Thanks for the thoughts guys.

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I use one of these mounted on an old steel table base bolted to the driveway. The rubber coating doesn't hold up, I am going to cut that crap off and use some rubber hose.

http://pitposse.com/popotichbebr.html

Cheaper here...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorcycle-Tire ... 74&vxp=mtr

I also bought on of these, and it is a gotta to have:

http://www.mojotiretools.com/mojoweb.htm
About $200 in this stuff, plus other assorted bars, irons etc. I have collected over the years.

The best part is you get to stand up. Man was meant to stand upright!

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Don

This one looks to be a cut above the Harbour Fright one and within my budget.
And I may just pull the trigger.
Read back through a few hundred feedbacks to find all the ones on that item and they were all very positive.
Found none in his negative feedback list, so that's a plus as well.
Has the protective tips already, so no needs for special blocks.
Comes with the long pry bar, tire iron where the HF one does not.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/330793191938

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Says it is for 4" to 16" tires, what were you gonna put on it? Looks a tad flimsy to me.

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Don

Steve is that big enough? Says only to 16.5"