Changing the Front tyre on the Sprint ST.

Number of images: 9
Created on: Sunday 28 November 2004
Time to change the tyre on the ST. The original BT56 has now don 8.5k.
The tyre I decided to fit is the Michelin Roadtec Z6 that was fitted to
the ZXR750 for a short while (the last Le-Mans trip) before putting the
Corsa's back on.

The first thing you have to is raise the front wheel off the ground. With the bike on the Center Stand I use a Harris front paddock stand as shown. The bike still sits on the center stand but the front wheel is nice and high. It compresses the front forks slightly	Remove the front calipers, remembering to protect the wheel rim.	I use, in this case a tent peg to hole the caliper away from the wheel/fairing. It's better and easier then bungies.	Wedge a piece of wood under the wheel to support it while you remove the spindle.
The remains of the Motrax Slime Super Duty Tyre Sealer.	The trick to inserting the front  wheel is to insert it from the front. Get it to the correct height with block of wood and just roll it in with the speedo drive and spacer in place.	Nice and easy does it.	Speedo drive in place.
Photo showing Slime coverage inside tyre.