06-17-2017, 06:27 AM
Replaced my front tire today with a new BT54 that I found on eBay for $50 from a liquidating dealer. The BT54 that I removed had traveled about 5,500 miles and was getting down to the wear bars, though the profile was still intact (no cupping or scalloping).
I used a sissor jack under the engine to lift the front of the bike off the ground. There was sufficient clearance between the headers to fit the jack and a piece of 2x4.
I was amazed how easily the calipers came off. On my BMW's, you really need to wrestle with the calipers, back and forth, before you gain enough clearance from the rim to remove them, but on the CB, they slipped right off. Easy peasy.
I didn't have a 17mm male hex tool to remove the axle, but I discovered that the butt end of my Honda oil filter wrench has a 17mm nut which fits perfectly into the axle. Using the cup as a hand wheel, it was easy to twist the axle out of the forks.
I torqued everything down per the service manual specs and was done in no time. All in all, this was a very easy job.
I used a sissor jack under the engine to lift the front of the bike off the ground. There was sufficient clearance between the headers to fit the jack and a piece of 2x4.
I was amazed how easily the calipers came off. On my BMW's, you really need to wrestle with the calipers, back and forth, before you gain enough clearance from the rim to remove them, but on the CB, they slipped right off. Easy peasy.
I didn't have a 17mm male hex tool to remove the axle, but I discovered that the butt end of my Honda oil filter wrench has a 17mm nut which fits perfectly into the axle. Using the cup as a hand wheel, it was easy to twist the axle out of the forks.
I torqued everything down per the service manual specs and was done in no time. All in all, this was a very easy job.