Tire mounting lubricant

So I wanted to know what type of paste or lube do you guys use during mounting. I am wanting a paste or lube that will not make the tire spin on the rim. I've heard of Euro paste but cannot find the correct kind for a race tire.

 

The stuff from nomar. Mix it to liquid for removal. Use as paste for mounting

 

If your worried about spinning mount them dry...

 

What he said. Of course some are easier to do that way, Pirelli for example mounts easily.

If you have to use some lube to mount, make sure you at least clean the wheels thoroughly to remove all the old tire lube before mounting the fresh tires.

 

RU glyde from NAPA. It dries tacky, not slick. I use the No Mar paste since i bougth a jar of it years ago. It works fine but I dislike that it's so thick I have to apply it by hand or a rag. The RU gylde you can use a brush.

 

Ruglyde, I use a spray bottle.

 

Baby powder works too.

 

I use magnum super slick. I pay less than $10 a gallon.

 

The stuff works awesome. Actually tried it based off the beeb's recommendation. Never had a tire slip on a rim either.

 

If anyone would know a thing or 2 about mounting tires and what works and what doesn't, Stick would know.

 

I use a biodegradable dish detergent, mixed with water in a spray bottle. Dries clean, I have never had a slippery dinner dish.

 

Windex

 

Windex is ok for lube but stays in the bead and makes them still slip...

 

Windex, it's not a wart your trying to get rid of.

 

I've used it for years on over 100 tire changes and never had a problem on any 600 or 1000 with tire slip
This is for my bikes and friends. I assume your sample size is larger given you are in the business and you may have seen instances of that.

 

I don't know how many of the racers on here use the Dunlops we use in MotoAmerica, but we use no lubricant and actually use hairspray on the bead for rims that do not have anti slip coating or knurling on the bead surface. On the big bikes, spinning a tire 180 degrees in a race is fairly common and the resulting chassis behavior is unsettling at best. We spin the fronts as well. It's a troubling scenario. My advice for Dunlops would be to mount them dry.

 

is that something you guys do as a team, in your own pit or do you request the Dunlop tire vendor mount them that way? I know Ive seen them (RTS) mark the rim/tire for spinning.

 

What RM said. Spinning a tire in the race sucks!

 

I use this as well without any issues.

 

We ask Dunlop to mount them that way. That do it for other teams as well. We need to get the rims coated with the grippy stuff next season. It's a big enough problem to cause us to lose time.