Valkyrie Riders Cruiser Club

my friend was coming over today to take off my front and rear wheels, put on the avon chrome and 200/60 mc tire and do the spline service

but someone broke into his car and stole his tools

Last week he said someone hit him and he was hurt and could not do the work

My bike is on the lift, bags off, right shock off

Hoping he can get here sometime this week as I leave june 10th

Called the local bike shops, if he cant do it nobody can get me done till july

I believe my friend but man I am on pins and needles

How do you do the rear without taking off the pipes on an interstate?  Do I need a 2nd jack?

Dang, OSS. I wish I was closer or you were closer. It's pretty easy to do, but really hard to explain in type. Maybe you could FaceTime (is that still a thing) with someone who could walk you through it. I've never removed the exhaust to change the rear tire. I loosen the back holding bolts beside the footpegs (passenger) and wedge something in there to hold them apart.

Evan, look into renting a Wing for the round trip. 

You're a rich attorney after all.   ;D

Gotta remove the bags and the rear brake caliper.  (I use a tie wrap to keep the caliper outta the way.) Remove the shocks.  Lower the bike unto the rear tire until the axle is above the exhaust.  You can then remove the axle.  Carefully raise the bike until the tire rolls out from under the back of the rear fender.


Dag from Norway used to have a video on how to do this, but his "Valkyrie F6C" site is down these days.  I also had Laser Pat (R.I.P.) help me the first time I removed my rear tire using this method.  That was twelve some-odd years ago. 

Feel free to message me if you feel the need...

How do you do the rear without taking off the pipes on an interstate?  Do I need a 2nd jack?

Hi Oss...

If you already have gone for taking your bags off,  you're a bunch of the way there. I take the wheel off
"the Daniel Meyer way"... sort of... anywho... besides the bags, I also take off my rear fender
section. And I remove both shocks so I can sink the bike down a little and get the axle out...

(https://hubcapsc.com/remove_wheel/sunk.jpg)

It is important (I think) to jack the bike to where there's no tension or compression
on the shocks - the rear wheel is barely touching the ground - before you remove
the shock bolts.

It is important that you have good control the speed of your jack when lowering
your bike because you wouldn't want it to come down like a sack of concrete
with the shocks off.

There might be stuff with an Interstate's top case that make taking the rear
fender section off hard to do, Ida know. If you don't take the rear fender
section off, then you have to jack your bike high enough to get the wheel out.

Some kind of thing to replace the shock (maybe even the shock, I never tried)
will be needed after you get the axle out and then need to  jack the bike up
with no shocks on it. I use a big turnbuckle...

(https://hubcapsc.com/remove_wheel/swingarmSupport.jpg)

It is so easy to get to stuff down there with the bags and rear fender section off...

(https://hubcapsc.com/remove_wheel/toreDown.jpg)

I mostly differ from "the Daniel Meyer way" in that I man-handle the
wheel and final drive less than he does. The last time I had my wheel
off, I got it back on by having the bike jacked up just the right amount
that I could push/roll the wheel/final drive back into place while the
ground (not me :-) ) was holding the weight of the wheel.

Good luck!

-Mike

Excellent explanation along with pics no-less!  :cooldude: