F6B Rear tire change

[3fan4life]

I promised a buddy that  I would help him change the rear tire on his F6B Saturday. Does anyone have any recommendations or tips 4 how to do It?  I understand that it's much easier than the 1500 valkyrie's, but I also know that people learn short cuts and better ways of doing things. So I was hoping to tap into the voice of experience that's on this forum.


Thanks in advance for your help.

[hubcapsc]

I understand that it's much easier than the 1500 valkyrie's

I think it is much harder... if you had a table with a slot for the rear wheel,
you could chock the bike on to the table, jack the rear up an inch or so on
the shock pivot and drop the wheel through the slot - the wheel comes
off with six lugnuts... that would probably be pretty easy...

Without a table you have to jack the bike up high enough the get the wheel
out from under all the stuff. People just jack them up on the headers or
on a belly pan (which is about the same thing), and that's easy I guess, but...

If you change tires with tire irons, all I can say is that low profile tires
kick my a** compared to a big old Avon Cobra like on a 1500...

-Mike

[3fan4life]

I understand that it's much easier than the 1500 valkyrie's

I think it is much harder... if you had a table with a slot for the rear wheel,
you could chock the bike on to the table, jack the rear up an inch or so on
the shock pivot and drop the wheel through the slot - the wheel comes
off with six lugnuts... that would probably be pretty easy...

Without a table you have to jack the bike up high enough the get the wheel
out from under all the stuff. People just jack them up on the headers or
on a belly pan (which is about the same thing), and that's easy I guess, but...

If you change tires with tire irons, all I can say is that low profile tires
kick my a** compared to a big old Avon Cobra like on a 1500...

-Mike

The wheel removal looks pretty easy in the YouTube videos.

I carry the rim and tire to a local motorcycle shop and pay them to change the tire.

[Jack B]

 In the manual it tells you to take the back license plate bracket off and you can slip the tire through the back.
What I do you is I drive the bike on to our wooden deck which is just a foot high and I put the bike on the center stand so the tire hangs over the deck. It comes off it a few minutes.
Others will lay the bike on it's side and then remove the tire.
I think it is a lot easier then the 1500.

[F6Dave]

I have an F6B. Removing the wheel is much easier than my Valkyrie. Remove 4 screws and the back of the rear fender pops off. The audio amp is in the way but that comes out easily. Then the wheel just rolls out the back. Some guys lay the bike on its side but I haven't tried that.

The 60 series tire is more difficult to mount. I may try the Valk's 70 series tire next time. It's easier to mount and adds a bit of ground clearance,

[Andy Cote]

I was anxious but on the Wing I tried the laydown approach.  Easy, almost as fast as NASCAR.  Well, maybe a bit longer than those guys but still pretty simple.

I have a table BTW and I think this is faster.

One friend has pit bull lift and he goes up on that and straight down and out.  Another removes the fender and amp and goes out the back.

You (or he) will find one approach that you like.

[hubcapsc]

I have an F6B. Removing the wheel is much easier than my Valkyrie. Remove 4 screws and the back of the rear fender pops off. The audio amp is in the way but that comes out easily. Then the wheel just rolls out the back.

Now you're talking  ... I have a 2014 Valkyrie with a different
subframe than a wing or f6b. I took the fender and subframe off when I
installed my Corbin bags. It is way more than "four screws" to get a
2014 Valkyrie wheel to roll out the back... I never woulda thought
you guys had that luxury...

-Mike

[3fan4life]

Follow Up:

The tire change was a breeze, it took longer to secure the bike to a jack and lift it into the air than it did to remove the wheel.

I wish that our 1500 Valkyries were that easy.

We could have done it on the back stand, but putting on a jack let us get the tire out without removing the lower part of the fender.

[hubcapsc]

secure the bike to a jack and lift it into the air

Didja jack it up on the headers or belly pan?   

-Mike