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Re: Re[2]: [ST] Pilot Road's (was Dunlop)



I take my mounted old tires, and my new tires to the local Cycle Gear, back
door special, $20/ pair to my bud at the store...
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From: "Keith Winter" <keith_winter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Nathan Maher" <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 11:54 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [ST] Pilot Road's (was Dunlop)


>
> Thursday, July 1, 2004, 8:23:01 AM, Nathan Maher wrote:
>
> > BTW the local dude wants $50 to mount a front and $60 for the
> > rear (wheels on bike), HOLY COW! Anyone got any bright ideas
> > how to support the front end while the wheel is off?  They do
> > wheels off the bike for $30 each.
>
> That's pretty expensive.  I live in a very small town in the
> Sierra Nevada mountains, with the nearest motorcycle dealer or
> shop (other than Harley...) about 100 miles away.  However, there
> is a car tire store in town and the guy services the M/C
> community, which is mostly off-road but there are a number of us
> street riders in the area, by mounting tires (he has the proper
> M/C tire equipment); he charges $15 per wheel to mount and
> balance, including the core charge for the old rubber. I have to
> bring the wheels to him, however, as he doesn't take them off the
> bike, but that's no big deal.  Not a bad price from a small town
> businessman, as he could gouge us and we'd probably all happily
> pay the price to avoid the 100 mile drive.
>
> -Keith
> '03 Blackbird
> '00 Sprint RS - gone
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