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| | Motorcycle Tire Changing |
 | | Use the hooked tip of the tire iron to grab the bead and lever it over the rim of the wheel, using the rim-protector-covered rim as the fulcrum. |
 | | You shouldn't have too much trouble getting the tire to this point (though sometimes it helps to have two people.) Since you did such a good job of soaping up the lower bead, you should mostly be able to push that side down over the top of the rim. |
 | | Tire repair failures that are merely inconvenient on a car tire ("oh, look, it's flat again") can cause severe and fatal accidents on motorcycles ("oh, look, he's dead.") Therefore, this information is provided only to illustrate how the author performed the procedure, and NOT as instructions on how to perform it yourself. |
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