Breaking the bead with your sidestand - it works!
At least, it does with my 1150GS. And it's amazingly quick and easy. Put the bike on the centre stand, remove one wheel (either one), deploy side stand, place wheel beneath it, pull bike towards you so it's pivoting on the left leg of the centre stand, and aim the side stand foot carefully at the tyre wall, as close to the rim as you can. Bloody marvellous! My tyre fitting kit has now been reduced to just one tyre lever - with any old thing from the tool kit serving instead of a second lever.
Now, who wants to buy my redundant Pro Lev'r bead-breaking tool?? Maybe someone with one of those Jap bikes with weedy side stands?
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