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Re: [ST] New Tires



> When you are saying ...I bought new tires... who is actually installing
> them? Your bike store or yourself? I bought a new rear tire and had to
> return it with a loss because nobody would install for me. At the end it
got
> really complicated: dealer wanted $75.- to take the rear wheel off and
> reinstall it. It would have cost me another $25.- for the tire place to
> change and balance the tire. So I said enough of this and luckily worked
out
> a deal with the dealer: $200.- for a BT 014 installed or I go somewhere
> else. Why does it have to be so complicated?

It doesn't. Take the wheel off yourself and you should be able to find a
bike shop (any shop) that will mount and balance for $25. I guess I'm lucky,
the YahaZuki dealer five minutes from my house charges $25/wheel, as does
the Triumph dealer a half hour away. The best deal (for me) is the
non-dealer, accessories only guy that's 40 minutes away that does it for TEN
BUCKS A WHEEL, if you buy the tires from him (at mail order prices).

Garry




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