Tyre levers

[mechanic]

Seriously though. KTM 990 adventure rear rim. 2 big safety humps on the rim, the worst ever to unseat!

[bowber]

The best tyre levers I ever had were Buzettin but I can't find them anywhere, they were quite short, round, flattened out into the spoon and had a nice smooth bend, I've changed some seriously hard tyres with them but someone borrowed them and I never got them back.
Since then I've used various levers but I've currently settled on a set of the Aluminum ones with a ring spanner on the end, they are a copy of of the Motion Pro ones but seem very strong and have a nice shape, I also have the Motion Pro bead breaker tyre levers and they have worked well but the shape isn't the best for a smooth tyre change.

Steve

[mark vb]

Buzettis for me, the long ones, so nice to use. When/if I get my DRZ back on the road/trail, I'll get some of the shorter ones. On the Africa Twin rim I can always seem to break the bead with my foot, with some effort, at least with the tyres I use which seem to have relatively soft walls. I tend to get very few flats, so have a bit of a refresher practice now & again on a spare wheel and old tyre. Or at new tyre time. Or most recently after finding some broken spoke ends.

[MotoCP]

Not sure what make these are but at 15” long they strap perfectly under the Africa Twin seat with a third lever (12”) in the tool compartment.
I’ve changed all my tyres with them (on the trail and in the garage) without issue.

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