Inserting a New Motorcycle Tire on the Wheel

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Drew Neilon from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in Little River. I work at Beach Customs and today I'm going to show you how to change and maintain a tire for Expert Village. Alright, now after we've changed the tire, I'm going to replace the tire and the rim back onto the bike. This is a really important part of the project. We want to make sure the tire goes on straight, everything's lined up right, the chain's tight and the right amount of torque on the axle bolt itself. So the first step is putting the tire back into the swing arm. Alright what I'm doing is making sure the rotor is facing me and the sprocket is facing the opposite side of the bike. So I'm going to put this in here. Now the tire's inside of the fender. I'm going to lower the bike down to a certain point and put the brake caliper on. So right now I'm going to lower the bike. You want to make sure that the chain is around the sprocket. So now I'm going to lower the bike. I'm holding the wheel in the center of the fender. Alright this is the brake caliper. What I'm going to do is push the tire back as far as I can so I can place this inside the swing arm itself. Then I'll move the tire forward, getting the brake caliper lined up where I can push it back onto the rotor itself. It takes it a little bit, but it's pretty simple. I didn't change the pads so it's going to be pretty easy to go back on the rotor. If you have a little problem with the caliper going onto the rotor, what I get out is just a flathead screwdriver. I place it between the two pads and open up the pads a little. That might take a little effort, but it's pretty easy. So what I'm going to do right now is just attach the brake caliper bracket onto the swing arm itself and then I'm going to lower the bike back down into position. Alright this is a very important part. What I'm doing is, the spacer that I had pulled out earlier during the project, I pulled it out. These spacers have to go in the exact same location as it was when the tire and the axle came out of the hub. So I'm going to replace this spacer right here. As I'm doing that, I'm going to crank down the bike a little bit lower."