How much do you pay to have tires put on? - Page 3

Cutty72 · 02-18-2009, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by HRCNICK11

I do it my self.

I'm still looking for a good balancer I just use the bike with no spacers or brake calipers at the moment. Works though.

*waits for GasMan to put in comment for dynabeads*

thirdgenlxi · 02-18-2009, 07:06 PM

$0.00 for me.... I have a tire changer and balancer, so I mount and balance all my own tires. Takes a lil longer, but I can do it at my leisure... works great!

Cutty72 · 02-18-2009, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by thirdgenlxi

$0.00 for me.... I have a tire changer and balancer, so I mount and balance all my own tires. Takes a lil longer, but I can do it at my leisure... works great!

With how often you go through tires I'm sure it's paid for itself 100 times!

What kind of tire changer do you have?

Amber Lamps · 02-18-2009, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Cutty72

*waits for GasMan to put in comment for dynabeads*

Speaking of Dyna beads...I have some pretty good reasons why I won't use Dyna beads and don't recommend their product for sport bike applications. The abrupt speed changes can cause the beads to collect in one area causing severe imbalance during heavy breaking and acceleration. Imagine coming into a corner hot and dealing with a front tire that is an ounce out of balance...

Also,as some of us have a penchant for doing long,high speed wheelies,which causes the front tire to stop spinning allowing all of the beads to "fall" to the bottom. Which would make the tire very unbalanced when you drop the front tire at 120 mph!!! Sounds like a tank slapper to me!

racedoll · 02-18-2009, 07:35 PM

I think it's about $30-$40 for both. I keep paying it as long as they keep doing the good job they are. Too many places I've been can't balance worth a shit.

Yamerhaw · 02-18-2009, 11:48 PM

well my buddy sold his tire changer, so i was gonna put them on myself after work, my boss ended up putting them on for me for $5 each, so hey thats fine with me

DLIT · 02-18-2009, 11:54 PM

Free. A local shop usually hooks certain people up. I'm one of 'em. In regards to mounting/dismounting tires.

02-18-2009, 07:06 PM	#22
thirdgenlxi They call me a ride whore Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Mills River, NC Moto: 2004 CBR 600 F4i Posts: 353	$0.00 for me.... I have a tire changer and balancer, so I mount and balance all my own tires. Takes a lil longer, but I can do it at my leisure... works great! __________________ *-Jared* Black/Red '04 CBR 600 F4i - 253,500 miles and counting Black '89 Accord LX-i sedan - 435,200 miles still going strong States visited on my F4i facebook.com/thirdgenlxi

02-18-2009, 11:48 PM	#26
Yamerhaw Country Boy Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hicktown in NC Moto: 07 R1 Posts: 797	well my buddy sold his tire changer, so i was gonna put them on myself after work, my boss ended up putting them on for me for $5 each, so hey thats fine with me __________________ “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

02-18-2009, 11:54 PM	#27
DLIT Clit Commander Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Moto: 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale S Posts: 4,189	Free. A local shop usually hooks certain people up. I'm one of 'em. In regards to mounting/dismounting tires. __________________ Dress for the crash. Not the ride.

02-18-2009, 07:35 PM	#25
racedoll AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: '04 Kawasaki ZX6RR Posts: 3,392	I think it's about $30-$40 for both. I keep paying it as long as they keep doing the good job they are. Too many places I've been can't balance worth a shit.