Re: [ST] New Tires

["Steven Kohlscheen" <trumpst@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think some of you are forgetting that if it's a Sprint ST rear wheel they 
won't be able to balance it without the right spacer for that wheel to be 
mounted on the ballancer.  So that would prevent you from walking into just 
any dealer to have a rear tire changed.  Why would a dealer take the chance 
of just mounting a tire than send you on your way without having the tire 
balanced?  Talk about liability issue!

Steven "Dirty Dawg" Kohlscheen

>Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 06:36:49 -0400
>From: "Garry Simmons" <garrysimmons@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: 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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