I did it! I put the new tire inside the rim. Facing the right way and with tube inside :cool:
I tell you on the rear GZ tire it is much easier than the AVON 13 inch scooter tire I put on last year.
It didn't take too much effort either!
And if you go tubeless its even more simple and easy. But I'll explain how I just did it in 15min. by myself.
Tools: 2 tire irons and dish soap or tire lube, if I was buying tire irons again, its worth it to get the best ones you can afford or willing to pay. Mine were 15 bucks for the pair made in china.
1. Take your tireless/tubeless rim put in your tube in the hole and hand tighten.
2. Take dish soap I didn't dilute it, and spread it on the both sides of the metal rims and both sides of the new tire. This is the key to making it easier.
3. Lay the rim with tube around it on top the new tire and get one end inside. I might have done it reversed but you get the idea. I had tried it both ways. Keep the tube outside so you don't pinch it or damage. Use tire irons to push the first half of tire to inside tire.
4. With the side with excess tire on top, use tire irons to start getting the last part of the tire on the rim.
5. Be careful the soap is slippery: Stand on the top of the tire side wall to keep at least half the tire on the tire then work more of it.
6. With the last 270 degrees left, go in the middle of the last part of tire left to get on the rim and lever it in. Takes some force but it should go in. Get someone to help you if needed.
7. With valvecore out of tire, fill tire to set the bead and release. On tubeless it can be a pain to get a seal all the way around. I used some slime to get a better seal as a last resort on that scooter tire.
8. Put the valve core back in and inflate the tire to make sure its good.
9. I'm using RIDE ON in my tires so I won't need to get balanced.
10. Put back on bike
Hope I explained this well enough. I think anybody can do this with enough leverage.