Is the price right?

[Techbiker]

I've got some new tires ordered Pilot Road 2), and was checking around to see what it would cost to get the tires mounted and balanced.
A friend of my wife's, told me that he could do it for $30 a tire if I take them off the bike. He a machine and proper tools to do the job.

Is this reasonable $ ?

For me money important and if I can save a buck, I need too.

Is this something that I should try and do myself? I don't have any of the, 'Proper tools', but I can always improvise.

Any comments welcome,
Thanks.

 

[TruWrecks]

At $30 a tire you could pay for a Harbor Freight motorcycle/car changer and bead breaker at the cost of 4 tires. Bolt it to a stout 4x4x3/4 in plywood and you have a very good tire changing station.

 

[MPH 200]

Richard - Cycle Gear is cheaper than that w/ the wheels off, & if they scratch them they will fix it. I have the Harbor Freight machine, but am waiting on a new dismount bar. I only do my race tires.

 

[RACER_X]

cycle gear does it for $15/tire, off the bike.

dunno if they'll do tires you bring in.....

 

[Kassofcmb]

Plus They balance them at a real shop!

 

[outlawbusa]

Agree~!~ Real expensive at $30 a tire~!~

 

[BA BUSA]

Better deals out there than $30 a tire

 

[RACER_X]

IMO get the best price you can on tires (incl shipping) then see how close local retailers can come. you're gonna be on the bike a while, better to try and build some sort of relationship then walkin in cold.

 

[TruWrecks]

Plus They balance them at a real shop!

I balance every single tire I change to the point of no wiggle or wobble that can be perceived by the human eye or gravity. I have not had one problem or complaint from any tire mounting I have done. Street and track both. Over 150 MPH and smooth as the surface I was riding on.

 

[TruWrecks]

cycle gear does it for $15/tire, off the bike.

dunno if they'll do tires you bring in.....

Correct. The Cycle Gear price is for tires purchased from their store only. Last time I asked them it was $35+tax for a walk-in with wheels off.

 

[BlueHaya]

The last set I carried in to a local dealer cost me just under $89 out the door.

That was my last straw....I bought a HF changer and ordered a no-mar bar and will do them myself now on. I also bought a balancing bar of FleaBay.

What I have saved in tire changes on that machine, it has paid for itself already....friends use it also.

 

[Tufbusa]

I think you all would be better off to buy from a local shop and build a relationship with them. Some dealerships will mount tires they sell for free. It may cost you a few more bucks but you'll have a warm body to deal with when there is a problem. Keeping your money in your local community at times like these is vital to your local economy.

Something to consider!

 

[djsin]

i have a tire and wheel machine 1400$
in my pole barn.....but I do know they charge 25-40$ a tire around here as all my friends keep begging me to do there's for them
my only issue is the pole barn is 4 miles from my house

 

[TruWrecks]

I think you all would be better off to buy from a local shop and build a relationship with them. Some dealerships will mount tires they sell for free. It may cost you a few more bucks but you'll have a warm body to deal with when there is a problem. Keeping your money in your local community at times like these is vital to your local economy.

Something to consider!

Right now I'm considering eating for the next couple of weeks. I'll keep my non-professional, never-balanced-that-has-never-had-a-complaint, tire changing equipment. Thank you very much.

 

[jetsetter]

Right now I'm considering eating for the next couple of weeks. I'll keep my non-professional, never-balanced-that-has-never-had-a-complaint, tire changing equipment. Thank you very much.

+1.

I need to keep all the money in my pocket I can. My way of helping out the local guy is giving him a chance to get close to the deals I can find else where. When he blows me off and tries to get an obscene price, I walk.