can you fit a scooter tyre on the same machine you would a car tyre?

Hi all I'm getting a new tyre for my scooter on friday I am just wondering if you can fit it with the same machine you would use for a car and does it need balanced


just asking because a local shop want 20 quid to fit my tyre
thats with me supplying the tyre!

cheers

 

Hey mate, relatively confident fitting car tyres and we have the machines at college! just never done a scooter tyre!
will check youtube, cheers!

 

Some car wheels (minilites etc) come in sizes down to 10" though. I havent seen it done but i reckon mostly its cos the fitters dont want to rather than cant

 

I'm sure that why motor bike tyres can't be done on a tyre machine, they use massive forces to fit and remove, on a ped you should be able to do it on the side of the road, as most older scooters had a separate inner tube, it doesn't take much to remove a ped tyre, like mr trentham say's,get some tyre levers, or take the wheel into college, see what you tutor say's.

 

cheers! getting the tyre Friday morning then just gonna do it at college with tyre irons! didn't think it could be done on a machine but does not hurt to ask cheers!

 

Happy to help ( 5iver in the box on the way out please)

 

haha wishful thinking! contents of my pocket consist of halfords trade card and a nut and bolt!

 

And I raise you a at 37p and three sugar free polo's( well I do have to look after me figure)

 

Well the piece of lint I've just found isn't going to get me any where is it now shame I had big plans!

 

There are machines that do bike tyres out there.. If its a manual machine where youre controlling the pressure and it can be adjusted down to 10" i dont fully see where damage would come in?

 

I honestly did't know if a college tyre machine would allow for car/motorbike/scooter variety. Tyre irons are a good cheap way of saving money. Once you get them, they are yours to keep.

 

It's all in the wrist

mr is what they call you when your getting sectioned

 

Hold up! are we still on the same subject here ;p

 

Ooh cheeky...

you calling me a w4nker

 

i take mine to ATS and they don them no probs for £5 and national tyres fit them aswell its not the size of the rim thats the problem on them machines its the thickness if there really thin then they cant and moped tyre should be fine but my mates lad cant get his rs50 tyres done cos there really thin

 

no I was talking about your spanner rotation technique! Promise