Got my bike inspected today and the tires are getting close to needing replacement. 4300 miles on my Road Smarts. They want $500 installed for Pilot Road Smarts or Avon Storms. That’s everything including tax but dam when I put tires on in June of 2009 the total was $350. Have prices gone up that much? I could buy tires online for less but then they charge an EXTRA $20 per tire to install then. :'(
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Local Dealers Must Be Nuts (Tires)
- Thread starter jailcop
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I was going to say that PR3's were running around $325 or so lately. That would leave $175 for labor to remove wheels & tires, rebalanced and reinstall. Including the tax. If labor is $65 per hour, that would be $130 for say, 2 hours labor. Leaving about say $45 for tax. Is it really that far out of line. Maybe, maybe not! I know it takes me probably a couple of hours to change two tires on the bikes. So maybe their price might be high. But I'm really not so sure it's that outrageous! :-\
This is exactly why I bought the tools and learned how to change my own tires many years ago. I think I have about $150 invested in tools, and I can't even count how many sets of tires I've changed with them over the years. It was well worth the investment.
If I were to do it over, I think I spring for a better tire changer though, like the Cycle Hill or No Mar. The Harbor Freight unit works (with some modification), but it can be a little clunky to use sometimes.
The MoJo bar and Marc Parnes balancer are lifesavers.
http://www.pbase.com/fredharmon/tirechange
If I were to do it over, I think I spring for a better tire changer though, like the Cycle Hill or No Mar. The Harbor Freight unit works (with some modification), but it can be a little clunky to use sometimes.
The MoJo bar and Marc Parnes balancer are lifesavers.
http://www.pbase.com/fredharmon/tirechange
Colin said:
I only remove the leftside muffler by using a specially modified socket on the right side castle nut. Nice! (Those Bob's will get ya!) I took a 1/2" drive 1 1/16" socket (approx 1.625" height) and ground in down to approx 1.2" in height and with a breaker bar I can get the socket on the castle nut without pulling the right side muffler. I just worked the socket down with a bench grinder (damn it'll get hot! ) Take your time! 8)
Colin said:really :-\Cap'n Bob said:
even with the fact you need to remove both mufflers?
I have not timed it but I would say a close call either way
Not on a C14. I never had to remove the can on the C14 rear. Pretty much just the caliper, abs sensor and axle bolt. Not much if anything else. So in that case, like I said. The rear is easier. Now the C10 can be a different circumstance!
ScottPhill
Training Wheels
I paid around $350 last month for the tools to change my own tires and $157 for a set of Shinko's. It wasn't too hard to do and it worked out fine because my new (to me) DR650 needs new shoes too. That'll be another $70 worth of Shinko's (front & rear!)
