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Originally Posted by
marques
Then while i was putting the dunlop 605 tyre on, i ripped the bead on it.
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Been there mate! Ripped the bead putting a new K60 on the rear in the summer
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It'd been a while since I changed a tyre and afterwards realised I'd forgotten a key technique when putting the tyre back on and that had caused me to knacker the bead (that and I should have realised something was wrong when it was getting tough!) - the reason I didn't stop before ripping the bead was I was so close to getting it over the rim and had read they were hard to put on
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I had forgotten to keep pressure with my knee/foot on the opposite side making sure the bead was being pushed towards the centre of the rim.
I had to buy another K60 and fit it. This time it went on fine.
Well, at least I learnt a valuable lesson and it only cost me 80 quid!
