A buddy of mine with a BMW R1200RT and a KLR has the very same changer and he goes through a lot of tires. I have an ancient Coats 220 manual changer which was state of the art in bike shops three decades ago. Works for me.

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I have a 14" car wheel, padded with a length of split heater hose. So far, it's worked on everything from 15" cruiser tires to the 21" front on my KLR.

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2002 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom, Dark Metallic Space Blue
1983 Suzuki GS850G, Cosmic Blue
2005 KLR650, Aztec Red - Turd II, the ReTurdening

THANK YOU bwringer

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Did your buddy's changer come with some sort of rim protection on the rim clamps and mount/demount bar? Did he have to add something? Do the rim clamps have some sort of lip to actually hold on to the rim?

That's the main thing that worries me about that changer. All we have is one photo, and from what you can see in the photo it does not seem to have these features. It would be OK on steel truck wheels where you don't care about the paint, but not the best idea on painted or powder-coated alloy wheels.

I know some folks with N-Mar or Cycle Hill changers also get one of these improved mount/demount bars:
No-scufftiretool

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2002 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom, Dark Metallic Space Blue
1983 Suzuki GS850G, Cosmic Blue
2005 KLR650, Aztec Red - Turd II, the ReTurdening