tire changer

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 5:39am
where can i buy a nice cheap portable tire changer to take to the races?
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mxer930 5/18/2008 5:52pm
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i mean a real tire changer
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Robert 5/18/2008 5:55pm
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One of the round steel ring things like Dunlop uses at races? or the stand kind?

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mxer930 5/18/2008 5:55pm
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come on i know of one but i dont know the website its WPR or something like that
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worm 5/18/2008 7:10pm
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i had one of those and seriously hated it
went back to doing them on the tailgate after two trys

but my buddy mounted his to the floor in his garage and loves it
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fcr 5/18/2008 8:42pm
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I love the MRP. If you tack it to a plywood square it makes it a little more stable, but I don't think it is necessary.
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Void Main 5/18/2008 9:51pm
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The MRP is nice but a 5 gallon bucket works nearly as good.
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WhKnuckle 5/18/2008 10:17pm
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I have the MRP, it's great. Still hard to mount a Maxxis tire, but not nearly as hard as wrestling it on the floor.
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beamer 5/19/2008 5:29am
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After watching that Transworld video about tire changing, I went out and got some scrap steel and manufactured something very similar myself. Round base, 30" of 2" square tubing for the upright, and about 18" of 1" round tubing for the top. Welded it all up, spay painted it black and it works pretty darn good for about $15. I'd post a pic of it but I still havn't figured out how do do that yet.
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MotoRacer53 5/19/2008 5:42am
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i built one for a school project a while back as well, sort of works ok, you can spin it around and lock it in place



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tuz371 5/19/2008 6:03am
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If you do a lot of tire, especially different sized ones, the No-Mar looks like it could save you a lot of time and extra curse words.

$595 for this doesn't look too bad compared to the $150 retail for the MRP.

http://www.nomartirechanger.com



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mxracer32 5/19/2008 7:37am
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worm wrote:
i had one of those and seriously hated it went back to doing them on the tailgate after two trys but my buddy mounted his to...
i had one of those and seriously hated it
went back to doing them on the tailgate after two trys

but my buddy mounted his to the floor in his garage and loves it
x2; i guess ive been doing it that way for so long that its just easier then trying to use one of these.
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Lightning78 5/19/2008 7:45am
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Harbor Freight has or had one for around 150 I rally don't know how good it is but it was fully functional and should save some knee's and knuckles

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NetMXer 5/19/2008 8:15am
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Lightning78 wrote:
Harbor Freight has or had one for around 150 I rally don't know how good it is but it was fully functional and should save some...
Harbor Freight has or had one for around 150 I rally don't know how good it is but it was fully functional and should save some knee's and knuckles
I bought the Harbor Freight one a few years back and it was more like $50 or $60. It's a good tire changer if you need to change more than just motorcycle tires but if you're just going to do bike tires, I'd recommend something like the MRP. I don't even use any of the Harbor Freight attachments when change my tires anymore. Just use it as a stand and use normal tire irons.
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Lightning78 5/19/2008 9:04am
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OK for some reason I thought it was more expensive, good to hear its cheap tho. It wasn't any good at changing bike tires? How was the reliability? Harbor Freight is the King of Cheap one time use tools
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kcadrenalin 5/19/2008 9:13am
5/19/2008 9:13am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 7:00pm
Just ask Lucky to do it for you.



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