Tire Change Pain (In the Wallet)

[Gone in 60]

I used to change car tires for a living during college, and figured how hard could motorcycle tires be? Sorta hard. I have a fairly high pain threshold for mechanical processes, but there are some that I will pay to have done. For cars, I will pay to have timing belts and air conditioning work done, but I'll tackle everything else myself. For motorcycle tires, I started on the Bonneville, which has chrome steel rims, so less prone to scratching the edges if I made a booboo. Tall, narrow tubed tires turn out to be the most challenging, so anything else I try should be a cinch.

I'm most afraid of the rims on the CB1100, but there is a no-tool method involving wrapping several large zip ties around the collapsed tire to gain room to slide off the rim. I have an unlimited supply of large zip ties at work, so that will be my method when the time comes for that bike.