Mitas E07+ Tire Change - How hard it really is?
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- In this video I am going to have my first attempt and see how hard it really is to change a Mitas E07+ motorcycle tire manually.
At the end of this video I am going to give you my honest option if it is worth to do it yourself or not.
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Great vid mate but missed the important stuff us Noobs need to see such as getting the tyre totally off and on. I did it myself for the exact reasons you stated a month ago only using the tools i would have on the track with the same E07 tyre you used. Great to see i was not the only one that had trouble. Although I did the front and back E07's in 2.5 hours! (I don't think my mates will wait for me!). Thanks for the vid.
Thanks Andrew. I will do a video in the future on how to remove the tyre off the bike and off the rim. Take care
I hate changing the Mitas you did.
So hard sidewalls. But they're great tires when fitted.
Good job, and when you're out in the woods, you know you can fix a puncture yourself.
@@janra8653 Yes they have. A trick that I learned through the years changing them is that if you are doing at home you can use a heated gun to warm them up. That makes fitting much easier. 👍
Kudos for pulling this off! I've been trying to remove the rear tyre since Sunday with no luck. Used hardware are 2 spoons from Eastbound, and for 'software' a lot of lube and soap as suggested, and no, I don't have a heated gun (but it is 34C/93F out here for compensation). With the 2 spoons I managed to break the bead and get just a few centimeters of the tyre over the rim, but as a result the tension in other parts of the tyre is now so tight I'm not even able to get the spoon underneath the edge of the tyre. I have a feeling the edge of the tyre moved to the center of the rim, also making it hard to get too. All of the soap and lube making everything slippery isn't helpful. I'm out of options......other than finding someone with the right tools :)
@@SKLSNAPS hey sorry to hear you having issues getting the tyre off the rim.
It can be a really pain if the tyre is too old as the flexibility of the rubber is pretty much gone. Also it depends on the type tyre as well. Mitas E07+ enduro for example has a really tick side wall making it a really pain to remove or put it one.
My suggestion is put the wheel on a piece of wood so the rotor does not touch the ground and kneel on the tyre and using your knee to put pressure on the tyre as you work your way with the levers. Don’t try to put the lever too far apart from the one that is already inside of the tyre because you won’t have much leverage to insert it. When you have the second lever in, use your knee to hold the tyre down as you remove it from the tyre. Then again insert the lever close to be next one and slide it a bit. Hope this makes sense. The main thing here is to move the lever in small amounts while holding the tyre down with your knees.
Hope this can help
All the best
@@SKLSNAPS just another point, star from the brake disk side. This will allow you to use the disk to put the lever under it to hold in place. 👍
@@44degreesmotorcycleadventures Thnx for the encouragement and suggestions, much appreciated! I think you're right, and I'm stupid not to think of the option the tyre (indeed a Trail Enduro +) is just worn out and has no flexibility left. I don't work with wood but use a stiff road tyre underneath so I can work my way around it. Usually when a tyre is off the bead and you put pressure on one side of the tyre, the other side lifts up to the edge of the rim. As soon as you stop the pressure the other side comes down again leaving the gap it creates between the tyre and the rim when its of the bead. To emphasise your point the tyre reached its end of life; it didn't come down and leave a gap which made me think it connected to the bead again, and I actually took the spoons and bead breaker to check, but it was still off the bead.
I always take small amounts and even stood with two feet on the tyre to create extra room for the spoon to get behind the edge of the tyre, but the tyre wouldn't have it due to the lack of flexibility.
As soon as I have it off the rim this whole process will repeat itself, because the new tyre is the same :).....lucky me......
@@44degreesmotorcycleadventures Always my starting point and certainly in this case with the stiff sidewalls
Well done, good persistence and a good opportunity to learn.
Thanks.
I made the mistake of buying this tire. Good luck changing it on the road.
@@kalpetkoff Well I can see your point. It’s not the easiest tire to replace but on the other hand it’s a great tire. This is my third one now and I really like it. I have changed all the three of them myself and after a while you get the hang of it. Now I never had to do one on the road on bad weather or freezing cold which I guess you will have a point but again in such circumstances. Any tire would be a pain in the arse to replace. 👍
@@44degreesmotorcycleadventures I'm about to install a set of these on my T7. I hope, I will not have to change a flat on the road. Thanks for the video!
@@KalPetkoffJangoz Welcome and good luck 👍
@@44degreesmotorcycleadventures I just installed my set of Mitas E07+, and I have to admit they are great tires. Much better than the Pirelli Scorpion Rally ST.
@@KalPetkoffJangoz great job
Next time put the tube in the new tyre and inflate a bit the push the vavle through the rim ,and push the first bead in place may need a rubber hammer . Deflate the tube and lever on the tyre . You need to raise the rim not the tyre off the ground . It needs to fallover the rim instead of being level
Thanks. After a few tyre changes now I got the hang of it. Yeah inflating it makes a lot easier plus heating up the tyre make a breeze to install. 🤘
Nice work bro... I found ur Chanel by accident, cause there is not much content with the transalp 700! I guess i bought the wrong bike 🙈😅
Im heading to irland from germany probably mid May, and if ure round it would be My pleasure to meet up somewhere and talk bout Our bikes and have some Coffee 🛵💨 Greetz Eddie
Hi Eddie. Yes sure! If you down on South of Ireland give me a shout. I am in southwest Kerry best place for bike ride in Ireland. Hope the weather is good when you down here. But be prepared for the rain👍
I will 100%! Thx... And Yeah, heard bout the rain 🙈 not Sure, if May is a good season to Come to irland with the bike 🤷😎
Btw i have the healy Pass and the Priesters leap on top of My list. i saw its in ur area 😎
@@freakyr1intothesunny401 Cool Healy's pass and priests leap are really good. You should also check out Connor's pass in Dingle Caha pass in Kerry cork border, Ballaghsheen and Ballaghbeama pass these takes you to kenmare and Killarney through the mountains. Black valley. Give yourself a great deal of time when you are in Kerry and cork as these counties have the best mountain passes and county roads in the country 👍
Wow, Sounds Like an Adventure 🤸💨 thank you very much, i will let u know once im heading to irland 👍🙏
Thank you for sharing! Could you tell me what type of air pump that is?
This is the one.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016MA2KHC/ref=pe_2515581_431334481_fb_remail_prodpg
Success...its probably something we should all be able to do and I have done it and it does save money but this is really one for the bike shop machine I think...three hours and back and knee ache just isn't worth it.
Well I must say that I agree. I think anyone should be able to at least know the basics to change a tire though. 👌
You’ve convinced me not to try this.
Where can buy kit for tires? how have you?
Sorry buddy not sure I am following you? What kit are you talking about?
@@44degreesmotorcycleadventures
Where can I buy this special tire removal tool?
@@Baiker333 I bought mine in Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Motion-Pro-08-0519-BeadPro-Breaker/dp/B008OXIYM6/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?adgrpid=137394450670&gclid=CjwKCAjwq5-WBhB7EiwAl-HEknnDExM6VbNKqAGkjasYJBQxnj0XpKbm74cUC2dO5MNebFySGNzOHhoC-tYQAvD_BwE&hvadid=583088760856&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=20483&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9233532999116603957&hvtargid=kwd-295110282660&hydadcr=9269_1723195&keywords=beadpro+tire+bead+breaker&qid=1657307084&sr=8-3
Maybe yo can find it cheaper where you are. Good luck!
That historic iron being a part of this whole process makes it a "tire iron" I guess.
Now you just have to spend another 3 hours for the front! 😂
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Why did You do ? Its work for service with special tools, waste of time.
Hey JC thanks for your comment. It is not a work that require special tools. One can do that using the same principals which I have used in this video. Of course in a garage using a machine is much more simple and require less time. Waste of time... Do not think so! Why I did?.. in the video I explained why - the reason is that I don't want to get stuck on the middle of nowhere with a flat tyre and not having a clue on how to change it. Would I do it on regular basis? Of course not. I would take to a garage! But at least I know I can do it if "push comes to shove" ,😁