Stopped at the local dealer today for a quote on new rubber.

Canadian $

Labor to R&R both wheels $257.50

Balance both wheels $20.00

2 Tubes $96.90

2 Rim Strips $11.78

Rear Dunlop 402 WWW $358.95

Front Dunlop 402 $301.95

Grand total $1047.08 Plus tax WTF


Same tires, tubes, rim strips shipped to my door $430.00, indy quoted $120.00 to R&R wheels mount and balance both wheels...guess which way I'm going

 

Wow bend over huh. I buy a lot at my local dealer but Labor is not one of them. Those guys are just too high in my opinion. Mine quoted over $600 us. Local shop was $400 AND That was with me pulling the wheels and bringing then to him off the bike.

 

Isn't that something? And yet I've got friends, not rich guys by any means that wouldn't go anywhere other than the dealer. I'm a cheap bastage. I get my tires from someone like Dennis Kirk and have a local Indy put them on. It's a no brainer for my cheap azz.

Ride Safe

Davd

 

Damn did they offer you any spit with that price????
And then they wonder why nobody brings them anything after the bikes are out of warranty.........

 

I've considered buying a tire machine for this reason. Dealer charges 60 to mount and balance a tire. Cycle gear is 40

 

OP just curious where did you source your tires etc. from?

I've looked on the Canada's Motorcycle website they seem to be pretty reasonable.

 

YIKES!

My last tire change cost me a total of $340. Bought the tires (front and rear) from Denniskirk, removed the wheels myself and paid $20/tire for mount an balance.

I too keep thinking about buying a manual tire machine, so I can just do it all myself. I can just use Dyna beads to balance.

 

I got mine at motorcycle superstore, took wheels off myself. Found a small private own repair shop, mounted them both for $50. Total for everything 325.00

 

That is were I'm getting them from, I've bought a few things from them before, always good servcie.

Dunlop 402 WWW

Front $188.66
Rear $222.24
Free shipping

 

Just finished putting new tires on my Fatboy rims and will put them on the bike this weekend. Bout $320 for stock size Dunlop 401 & 402 WWW (from Amazon), $25 for three tire irons & 2 rim protectors (from Amazon), $15 for Tyrebeads (same as Dynabeads) and $50 for front and read bearings for the wheels. A little time and effort but as opposed to what I see people paying.......just can't justify bringin it somewhere when I can do it with a bit of time and effort.