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Long ago, I saw a short movie about the Honda factory. The tire mounter was a man and his feet. He mounted tires all day with the wheel on the ground. About that same time, there was a contest at a 3-day motorcycle show in DC. You had to remove the tire and tube, put a different tire and tube on, connect a hand pump and pump 25 times - it was timed. The only available tools were two small tire irons. I was the last person to complete and won the $100 savings bond. At the time, I fixed copiers for a living - the people who worked in motorcycle shops were not amused! I still mount tires the same way but the tires that are made to be tubeless (the Avons we use) are much harder to mount than the old Dunlops so I use three longer tire irons.

[QUOTE="marshg246, post: 644192, member: 7855"] Long ago, I saw a short movie about the Honda factory. The tire mounter was a man and his feet. He mounted tires all day with the wheel on the ground. About that same time, there was a contest at a 3-day motorcycle show in DC. You had to remove the tire and tube, put a different tire and tube on, connect a hand pump and pump 25 times - it was timed. The only available tools were two small tire irons. I was the last person to complete and won the $100 savings bond. At the time, I fixed copiers for a living - the people who worked in motorcycle shops were not amused! I still mount tires the same way but the tires that are made to be tubeless (the Avons we use) are much harder to mount than the old Dunlops so I use three longer tire irons. [/QUOTE]