Say No To Spend Tyre Changing - Chris Birch

I am often called a cheapskate, and it's got some accuracy - I do hate wasting money, especially when I can figure out a way to do it cheaper (or free) myself.
So I thought I would show you how you can do tyre changes on an adventure bike for little to no dollars spent. This will free up money to spend on good tyres you can swap out depending on your ride, or petrol money, or save for a new bike!
Enjoy!

#saynotoslow #adventurebike #tyrechange #ktm #adv

[ultimatist]

Using the kickstand to save money on a tire breaker is THE REASON I need a second bike!

[Angry-Lynx]

I love this. Any idiot can throw money at problem. Doing stuff on budget takes skill and creativity, u learn AND save money. All pluses ;

[AdvMM]

I'm Italian. Seeing your levers made in Italy brings memories of my father workshop and all his vintage tools from a lifetime spent in a factory. Stuff made in Italy between the 60s and the 80s was good quality.

[ZebSmithulon]

Great video. Lube and keeping the bead in the drop center are the two reasons why everyone has a hard time with tires at first.

[richardscott]

I discovered an easy method for popping the bead off. An appropriately sized C-clamp will pop it off nicely. I also use a plastic milk crate to keep the brake rotor off the concrete. Thanks Mr. Birch, I enjoyed your riding instructional videos a lot as well.

[Liam]

You're right about your training video series. The best $50 I ever spent

[Michael_Shay]

I appreciate the emphasis on keeping the bead in the well of the rim. I was trying to teach myself how to change a tire and tube before solo'ing the IDBDR on my DR650. After like 3 hours I just could not get the tire off the rim. So I reached out to my local adv community, and within 5 minutes a guy sent me his address and I took the wheel over to him, and he showed me how to do it and not keeping the bead in that well with my knees was the only thing I was doing wrong.

[Jimo]

Couple things I’ve learned to make it easier on myself is to wear knee pads and also leave the tire out in the sun for a while to make it more pliable

[ralphralph]

Hilarious, and helpful! It's worth the wait just to see Chris hand pumping to pop it!! Brilliant and miserly resourcefulness!

[Diggler]

Chris, you are bloody legend. I learnt something new today which makes me happy. Thank you.

[Ivanitcthanus]

I have watched many tire changing videos and this one is one of the best.

[richardkeeley]

Thanks Chris. It's best to do tire changes or repairs with manual hand tools. Practice in the garage and you will have the confidence and skills to do the same if something should happen in the field. :)

[HenryTheGerman]

Great techniques and perfectly explained and demonstrated ! Many thanks @ChrisBirchNZ.

[alexcovaci]

Thank you Chris for this video, really good instuctions. First time trying to change my own tires I managed to bend the ABS ring on the manual tyre changing station, the ideea of getting the new tire under the wheel is brilliant!
If you plan on making a part 2, I'm eager to see you change a front 21' with tube inside.

[srinidhijagannath]

This video was so much fun to watch! Keep making more ones like this!

[ridingluna]

You always make things look sooo easy to do !!! Thanks Chris, i hope one day you swing by to Baja California Sur to give us some dual sport / enduro coaching :) There are many of us waiting to happend !!! :)

[PPGGORILLA]

Tire changes on the trail give me anxiety because I've struggled with them even when my bike is in the workshop. My adv bike also has tubes that add an extra bit of trouble. I've pinched a few taking off and putting back on. Thanks for the tips, especially the side stand bead breaker!

[MotoVibes]

Best explanation I have ever seen. The ratchet strap trick at the end is golden. I changed my first set of Mitas E-07+ (not the best tire for the first time 😂) I was struggling with getting the tire onto the rim especially on the 21“ front but I managed to get both tires on but had to throw in the towel on the rear as I could not get it to pop onto the bead. I may give this another try again now - thank you very much 👍

[jonbaker]

For years I only used the tools I carry with me on the bike to mount new tires. Then I got old and bought a rabaconda for $450. Likely saved me money from not having to go the the Emergency room with a heart attack. All good stuff. And nice to see that even Chris Birch suffers when mounting a tire. Oh and that was a used tire you mounted much easier than a brand new extremely stiff one. Like a Tusk 2 track, saved $200 on that tire each time vs a Motoz tire. Enough to pay for the Rabaconda for the garage.

[tigercoward]

This might be the best video on the internet!

If not, it is the best tire changing video for sure.

Thanks

Dave "Tiger" Coward 🇨🇦