Changing your own tires / tubes with hand tools?
 

Never done it myself, but probably a trade I need to take up if I ever destroy a tire on the trail.

Recommended equipment?

How about balancing?

I've never done it myself, but do a search for scudman on youtube. He has quite a few vids up there on do it yourself.

I do it all the time.

Here's a really good writeup - http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50717

I'll take them the to the shop that has proper equipment any day to be replaced over messing up my painted rims with a ghetto method.

find a friend who has a no mar

I just do it when I go to the track. I know the tire guy at the Dunlap trailer and he does them for free.

I have one but am a little out of the way for him :lol:

I'm assuming the tires on the Wr are tubed? I wish I could remember the name of it, but there's a product out that looks like a tire tube, but it's not a complete circle. It allows you to change your tube without pulling the tire off of the bike. The two sealed ends butt up against each other and complete the circle..

That's all fine and dandy if you're riding a trailered sportbike. If you're out in the woods by yourself like Triple here has been and you get a flat it isn't like you can call AAA.

btw - I carry both tubes, a patch kit, and two short tire irons with me at all times. When I'm at home I cheat and have one long tire iron at my disposal, but I've never really had a problem just using the little ones out in the woods.

You don't do a lot of DS riding, huh? :lol: