RE: [ST] Not a tire thread!

["Heyer, Matthew A." <mheyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just got my tires changed and here's what I found.  

1. One dealer charged $117 for both tires to be changes (I bring the bike
in, they remove the old tires and install the new ones).  They said it was
based on a labor rate, so they didn't care if I bought the tires from them
or bought them somewhere else and brought them.

2. Another dealer charged $40 for the front and $60 for the rear (same thing
- - I bring the bike in, they remove the old tires and install the new ones).
However, this was the price only if I bought the tires from them.  If I
didn't, it was ~$70 for the front and ~$90 for the rear.  This dealer also
had the price listed as $20 or $25 for front or rear, if I bought the tire
from them and just brought in the wheels.

Hope that helps.

Matt Heyer
'01 BRG Sprint ST


- -----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Mouser [mailto:srmouser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:44 PM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ST] Not a tire thread!


Hi All,

I've been reading the list for months with interest and I've been 
content to lurk and learn. Now I have two questions that are tire 
related but hopefully won't start another dreaded tire thread.

I've had my '02 BRG ST for a few months now and I have right at 4k 
miles on it. I love it BTW. To my great dismay, with only 4k miles I 
already need to replace the stock tires. The rear is basically bald and 
the front is pretty badly worn. I live in SoCal right near Angeles 
Crest Hwy and do a bit of what might be loosely called "sport riding" 
on that stretch of road... but I'm no knee dragger. Is my experience 
out of the realm of "normal" for the stock Bridgestones?

That question really is just a curiosity because even if the answer is 
"no" there's nothing I can really do about it. However... I have 
another question. I called my local dealer who will remain nameless for 
now... and of course their price for a new set of tires was way higher 
than what I could order them for online... so I checked into the price 
for having them mount a set that I bring in. They want $120 just to 
mount and balance etc. I'm not set up to remove the wheels and bring 
them in so I was gonna bring the bike in and have them do it (more 
labor for them I know). My other bike is a Sportster and I've had 
several sets of tires mounted on it and even the infamously overpriced 
Harley Stealers never charged me nearly that much! So my question is 
obvious... should I pay $120 to have a set of tires mounted... is this 
the going rate for our bikes?

To help avoid the dreaded tire thread... I've already read with 
interest what tires people are running on our bikes and have made my 
decision on what I'm ordering. This isn't a request for opinions on 
tires... or tyres either.

Thanks in advance.

Shawn
Los Angeles
'02 BRG ST


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