V7 rear tire change

[Dirk_S]

Surprised to see so much discussion about rear wheel R & R on a V7. I do not have a center stand. I just jack the bike up high enough for the rear wheel to clear the fender.
I have jacked the bike up with it upright, and I have even left it on the side stand and jacked up the bike at an angle while still supported by the side stand. I can easily remove the wheel in 10 minutes, and installation is about the same. I have never glued the Cush drive rubber pieces into the wheel.

I am aware that having been a tech for many years, I may find this easier than the average DIY’er. But still, this is not a difficult job.

I’ve done it with the bike on the kick stand and the other side propped under a SnapJack or my homemade prop made out of an aluminum crutch. The angle helps keep the cush rubbers from wanting to pop out so easily, but arms can fatigue as one is trying to shimmy the wheel into place upward. Still, it’s the method I use when I don’t have the center stand on my bike, which I sometimes remove for my off-pavement trips.

[DoubleGuzzi]

Over the years I have carried less and less ..

No insulting insulating tape nor cable/zip ties? 

[Moparnut72]

When I began riding some 60 years ago there was a common expression that if you can't fix it you have no business riding it. Mechanical gremlins were a lot more common back then than they are now. Modern bikes are not very conducive to roadside or home repair for the average rider. Today's bike are almost as reliable as the refrigerator in your kitchen.  As far as tube type tires go I have only had few flat all but two were from pinching when mounting them and I don't how many 100's of thousands of miles that includes.
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[red stripeguz]

I have 2 MGs, '23 V7 Special with tubes and a Norge without tubes. I've gotten 2 nails on the Norge and plugged them, one on side of street, 1 in garage. Knock on wood, only flat I've gotten on V7 was from pinched tube and it was in garage when it happened. If I ever get a flat on the V7 on the street, I have a cellphone and towing coverage to get the bike somewhere I can replace the tube

[malik]

I've had 11 flat tyres on the road on my 2 V7's. Wire wheels & tube on both.  Admittedly that's over 400,000 km. One front, the rest on the rear. 2 of those were pinched tubes when I weakened & allowed a motorcycle shop to mount them - one was pinched in mounting, the other mistakenly put in an oversize tube, which folded, creased & blew 2,000 km from home. So now I always replace my own.
Back in the day in the '70s & '80s here in Oz, weekends were sacred - no Sunday trading by law & all shops closed promptly at 5pm Friday & didn't openly till 9am Monday. I'm riding from Sydney to Queensland on a Friday afternoon & get a flat tyre - standard OEM tools under the seat, no spares & no shop open until Monday. Learned the lesson - ALWAYS carry a spare tube & the tools to change a tyre at the side of the road.
I've never got around to sealing up the rims & going tubeless - the fixes with mushrooms or wicks are only temporary & limit the speeds you can ride safely & I'd have to change the tyre eventually anyway. My toolbar for all sorts of contemplated roadside repairs is only about 5kg in a 10x10x4 inch bag. No big deal for relative piece of mind, and replacing a tube is only around 2 hours out of the journey. And you've a story to tell.

[Kev m]

I've had 11 flat tyres on the road on my 2 V7's. Wire wheels & tube on both.  Admittedly that's over 400,000 km.

      

[mhershon]

I've been sitting here at my keyboard paralyzed after reading Malik's post. Nine rear wheel flat tires with tubes. Malik, you're a far better man than I am. I'd have sold the bike(s) or quit the sport.