| Author | Message | ||
     03bolt |
I just called my local dealership to find out how much it would cost me to have tires put on and they told me like $97 per wheel. I think that is a little outrageous. Maybe I am all wet here guys please let me know if this is reasonable or not. | ||
| Jasonblue |
If you take the whole bike in you are going to pay. I suggest you take the wheels off yourself and then have someone change the tires. I had a new rear put on a couple months ago, cost around 20 bucks. edited by jasonblue on July 16, 2004 | ||
| 420at145mph |
even with the tires on the bike it shouldnt be more than 30-40 a tire but taking the tires off is pretty easy with the manual | ||
| Jasonblue |
30-40 a tire is what HD quoted me with the wheels OFF. | ||
| Jaredkuper |
Cost me 60-75. HD said it made no difference if I brought in only the wheel or the whole bike. Wish I could find a place to do it for less than 40. | ||
| Socoken |
i just paid 45 after tax for a rear put on the bike. | ||
| Tatsu |
Hmmm 362.00 for a set of Sportec M1s. That includes mounting. so 362-193(R)-155(ft)= 14 bucks.. but that taxes... so let me see 109.00 (R)+ 90.00 (ft) from performance cycle) 199.00 total + 78 shipping 2 day air.. (meaning 4 days) 277.00 which means mounting was about 92.00.. so 46.00 per tire basically. Semper Fi Tatsu | ||
| 420at145mph |
daaaaamn u got jewd the tires arnt that hard to mount urself just pull the wheel n tire off slap the new one on and get it balacend | ||
| Glitch |
If I take the wheels off the bike CycleGear down the street will mount and balance them for $12 each. | ||
| Unibear12r |
Shop around, my HD shop said they will change tires for free if wheels off and you buy the tires there. On bike price is 60 per tire. | ||
| Jmartz |
I change tires myself with some rim edge protectors and a few other tools from Competition Accessories (including the balancer). Sure you can have it done relatively inexpensively but risk to your rims is always a possibility of you give them to someone else. I once complained to a shop about all the rim damage they had put on my wheels and even took them to small claims court. The judge agreed with them that the "damage" constituted "normal wear and tare". Since then I do them myself. I have $2,000 gold Marchesini Magnesium wheels and I want "abnormal" low wear and tare on those. | ||
| Buelluk |
I had mine retired on both ends during the 2500 mile service - got charged $60 labor for that part of the bill - Woodstock HD/ Buell in Kingston NY | ||
| Rockbiter1 |
just to balance my front wheel on my FXD is 1/2 hour at shop rate....so $35. Of course, Pep Boys balances wheels all day long at $10 each...too bad they don't do bikes | ||
| Lovematt |
God dang...I am so lucky compared to you guys. Bits and Pieces in San Luis Obispo, CA doesn't charge anything for mounting if you buy the tire from them and bring in the wheel yourself! Gotta thank them lucky stars I guess...I know those guys at Bits care about their customers. | ||
| Starter |
I do mine myself with a G-clamp, tyre levers and rim protectors and the guy downstaires has a balancer cause he changes tyres often on his race bike. Using the protectors there is no way you could mark the rim. I once had a tyre changed at a shop, they put it on backwards , took it back and laughed at their stupidity and to spite me they cleaned the paint off the edge of the rim for me. | ||
| Java |
Evidently that price is pretty common at an HD dealer. My local dealer wanted $90 labor to do the rear on my Blast. I called around a little, and thats pretty much what all 4 of the local HD dealers wanted. I took it to a Suzuki dealer, and they did it for $25. | ||
| 2k4xb12 |
Remember that there's nothing incredibly special about mounting tires on our wheels. The only thing that could be considered tricky is removing and reinstalling the wheels. The inside out front rotor is a bit tricky to slip past, and the need to loosen the axle and remove the idler in the rear -- let alone the plastic stuff, might be a bit tricky for those not familiar with the process. I was faced with the HD dealer's outrageous price gouging - er - structuring when I swapped tires recently. They too tried to separate about $70 per wheel from me. Had I taken the wheels off for them, it would have brought it down to a less painful $70 for both. Luckily, I have a Suzuki dealer close to home (much closer than my HD dealer), who happens to not only work on all makes of bikes, but actually has a tech there with lots of Buell experience. When I brought the tires and wheels to them to swap, it cost me a total of $28 out the door for BOTH tires. That included balancing and a spit-shine as well. Okay, well they didn't use spit, but you know what I mean... Anyway, the point is that you don't need to be held hostage by the dealer. Check around! | ||
| Reepicheep |
I (and others here) have had a rotor (normal one, on the cyclone) bent by a tire installer though. And some of the installer tools (i.e. balancer) will have trouble with the width of a rear with the pulley still attached. So going pure low bid might be foolish economy if they tear up a rim, fail to balance the tire, or bend a rotor. That being said, the people that bent my rotor were at a Harley dealership. I was pissing away money on the job (and knew it) to try and keep them in the Buell business. It didn't work. They installed two sliced tires in a row (somehow did not notice on install) and managed to badly bend my rotor (which they denied). It was a fiasco for all involved, cost me a bundle, and the dealer still dropped Buell. (good riddance) |
