Is it Dangerous?

Nov 26, I've seen some good homemade tire-changing setups created with a few dollars of materials: A discarded car wheel with a section of old garden hose sliced lengthwise and put on the wheel's rim for rubber protection, and a threaded rod in the center to clamp your motorcycle wheel to the car wheel. My store-bought tire-changing stand is another Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. Jan 22, Otherwise you would run the risk of cutting into the textile reinforcement underneath the tread.

That be bad. There is very little base underneath the tread grooves on a motorcycle tire. Maybe 2mm at most, more likely 1mm. BTW - degrees is the optimum angle for tractor tire tread lugs to develop traction in soil.