I thought it was about time I fitted my new tyres today, but where do I start? Found this on YouTube and (whilst this guy is a bit of a tosser) thought it would be a good start:
And it was - thanks Turbo, and BTW "Tosser" is not a bad thing here in OZ, it's a term of endearment,
Rear WheelI wasn't too impressed with the idea in denting the right exhaust to allow to aid the axle bolt removal, or taking a notch out of the heat shield to aid access to the rear brake caliper retaining bolt. All I needed to do was remove the exhaust retaining bolts on both sides and raise the right exhaust, and lower the left exhaust by around 10 to 15mm.
I also needed to remove the tow hitch. This involved removing 10 bolts of various shapes and sizes, but two of these were exhaust bolts anyway. First time I've done all this and it took around two hours, I reckon next time this will be less than an hour.
Front WheelThis was pretty straight forward, and took only around 10 minutes.
Old Tyre Removal and New Tyre FittingThis is the easy part, as wheels with old tyres I took to a local tyre dealer to fit the new tyres. I've done this before and have no problems as one of his fitters is a biker. He knows how to fit and respect motorcycle tyre and wheels. He only charges $20 per wheel. I see this as a win / win situation.