Got ma' new D205s already (was expecting them on Monday)!



Guess what I'm gonna be doing this afternoon?  

have fun with them  

how much $$$ did you spend on them?

Thanks,

$77 for the front and $94 for the rear with I think $8 a tire shipping from www.discountmotorcycletire.com

I've ordered my last few tires from them and they've always had good prices and quick shipping.

awsome, i'm gonna have to order some tires too....thanks for the link

Are you going to mount them yourself? Most shops around me will not mount a tire they do not sell. I know of one shop but it took all day to get them mounted. I usually go to MARMO to get tires for my TL.

Yeah, I have a home built tire changing rig.

Takes time and aggrivation, but its better than getting screwed by shops...

Quote from: dgyverAre you going to mount them yourself? Most shops around me will not mount a tire they do not sell. I know of one shop but it took all day to get them mounted. I usually go to MARMO to get tires for my TL.

That's pretty stupid, not mounting tires that they didn't sell.
You'd think they would at least make a buck mounting them.

QuoteThat's pretty stupid, not mounting tires that they didn't sell.
You'd think they would at least make a buck mounting them.

I think somebody said before it has something to do with liability and insurance, they can only mount tires they sell due to liability if they get sued.  Or something like that.[/quote]

Quote from: ScottWV

QuoteThat's pretty stupid, not mounting tires that they didn't sell.
You'd think they would at least make a buck mounting them.

I think somebody said before it has something to do with liability and insurance, they can only mount tires they sell due to liability if they get sued.  Or something like that.

That's what I have been told. But I really think it is so you have to buy their over priced tires.

Quote from: ScottWV

QuoteI think somebody said before it has something to do with liability and insurance, they can only mount tires they sell due to liability if they get sued.  Or something like that.

That's the stupidest thing I ever heard! Maybe I'm retarded, but that makes no sense. Every shop I've ever been to claims no responsibility for damaging a wheel, etc. while on their machine and if the tire fails, it's the manufacturer's issue. So where does the liability come in? I have 3 local shops I go to and while none of them are thrilled about mounting mail order tires since they don't make the markup, they'll mount them. But they get 20 or 30 bucks a wheel to do it.

Quote from: octaneThat's the stupidest thing I ever heard!

Whoa!  Sorry I said anything....

I don't know, that's just what I've heard.  I bought tires for my car on the 'net before, and had them mounted by a local shop w/o any problem.  So it probably varies from shop to shop...

SCENARIO:
I'm a motorcycle shop owner. Smartass brings tires in to be mounted that he bought on this newfangled   invention called the "internet". Maybe there's somethin' to these here computers. Maybe i could find better tires than what i sell for better prices than my competition. I might cost me some initially, maybe i'd have to buy a "for dummies" book or somethin' like that. Or make friends with a distributor or advertise..........

NAH!!

Quote from: JamesGYeah, I have a home built tire changing rig.

Takes time and aggrivation, but its better than getting screwed by shops...

LOL That's what I want to hear  

I'm a lucky guy. I know a tire shop where BT45's aren't expensive and they will mount it for free, even the new valve is for free!. I might save a couple of bucks by buying via internet, but the savings usually quickly dissapear when you add the shipping costs + mounting costs from the tire shop. Besides, now I'm supporting the local tire shop, without it I couldn't even mount the tires!

And a professional tire shop won't screw up your rim.

Quote from: Lars

Quote from: JamesGYeah, I have a home built tire changing rig.

Takes time and aggrivation, but its better than getting screwed by shops...

LOL That's what I want to hear  

I'm a lucky guy. I know a tire shop where BT45's aren't expensive and they will mount it for free, even the new valve is for free!. I might save a couple of bucks by buying via internet, but the savings usually quickly dissapear when you add the shipping costs + mounting costs from the tire shop. Besides, now I'm supporting the local tire shop, without it I couldn't even mount the tires!

And a professional tire shop won't screw up your rim.

Yep if you only get tires changed occassionally, paying slightly more to have your tires changed for you and cultivating a relationship with a shop is worth while. I know I would.

But when you maintain a friggin fleet of street bikes and race bikes,  the savings and actual convience of changing them yourself is considerable.

ha, One day i hope to have a "fleet" of bikes. From what I've found looking around a lot of shops won't mount tires you bring to them. But a couple i've found do. I'd say 70% wont 30% will.(very rough est.)
-ash

I agree with James on the fleet savings. The local shops around me don't mind doing it for $25 per tire to mount and $10-$15 more to balance. A manual car tire changer and motorcycle wheel adapter from Harbor Freight Tools cost me about $60. A good quality static balancing stand cost me another $130. That stuff paid for itself the first summer when I had 8 tires to mount.  Since then, I've mounted 6 more of my own, 6 more for friends, and have 4 more sitting in the garage waiting to be mounted, and 2 more bikes that still need tires.

I thought it was "the smell of napalm in the morning" Charlie don't surf and all that. And, incidently good luck with the tyres, have fun.

i work at tire & lube express so i change tires every day, but i work on cars...is there a way to use the car tire machine to mount motorcycle tires?

They operate similarly, but are different. For one thing the central shaft that holds the rim at the axle is way to big on a car changer.

But bikes require MUCH less leverage to get tires off.  My tire changing devices are a bead breaker and balancer made of 2x4s and a tire removing jig made from an old car wheel with a peice of old garden hose duct taped to the rim.

I think I spent no more than $30 on the whole thing.

James