Motion Pro 08-0519 BeadPro Tire Bead Breaker and Lever Tool Set

These things are fantastic! Cant not imagine changing a tire without them.

I gave this product a 3 star because they do the job, but you have to put more effort into it because the bars are too short for getting any good leverage. My opinion is these need to be twice the size in length or at a minimum 50 percent longer. For $50 you would think you would get a bit better product out to the consumer.

Perfekt produkt.

Pricey

Stop reading and just buy them. They do exactly what they are advertised to do. The construction of these tools looks to have had a lot of thought put into it. They are strong and light. I put a tremendous amount of force on them while dismounting my VStroms rear tire and at no time did I feel at risk from them slipping or breaking. The inner bead area on the tire wasnt so much as scratched and as the headline says, this was my first time ever working on my bike. They were plenty long to get the leverage I needed to do the job, but not so long as to get in the way. Also the compact size of these will make it easy to store them on my bike for roadside emergencies. I was really impressed how well the bead break function worked. I wrapped the spoon end with a rag to protect my hands and began working the tool. I chose spots about 4 apart on my rim and just continued to press a little, spot by spot, with a little Windex for lubes, until 1/3 of the way around the bead started slipping down in to the tire. Flipped the tire over and repeated the process. The spoon part did well on gripping the bead and this is where a longer tool might have been an issue. I was able to get the end of tool lower than the bead because the tool was short enough to miss the hub. I also strongly recommend the Motion Pro rim protectors. I used them as a part of this process and had I not, my powder coated mags would have chewed up pretty bed.

Despite having only these to change tires and never doing it before they got the job done! Easy and intuitive to use!

They are nice quality and do not scratch your rims if you are very careful. The main problem I have is that they are incredibly difficult to use to remove any moderately stiff tire. If you have softer sport or offroad tires these will probably work perfectly but if you have sport touring or touring tires they are not long enough to give you the proper leverage and you will find yourself struggling. If they didnt get marred from using them I would definitely return them and get a set of considerably longer irons

Though I have not put these to use yet, just being the tools needed to change a tire on the road/trail seem to be ideal, Just waiting for a tire to change!!!

The fingers are not quite long enough to get the tire off the bead on my bike. I have a Adventure Tourer with spoked rims, and with this Tire Bead Breaker it still takes a lot of effort to break the bead as the fingers do not open wide enough.

These are lightweight but sturdy and came in incredibly handy when I picked up a nail and had to repair a tire. Great purchase.