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From: Toosmoky on 8 Aug 2007 04:57
JL wrote:

> The guy at Skidz was very pleasant but charged me $70 to fit two tyres
> I'd just bought off him... I'd consider that quite expensive
> (Northside used to charge $40 I assume they still do).

Been going to Locke's Motorcycle Tyre Service in Townsville for 24 years
now. Fits tyres and static balances for free, removes any corrosion from
wheels while he's at it, always good service, always a flawless job.
Hugh Ryan Drive, (don't say it quickly) Garbutt, Townsville.

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From: JL on 12 Aug 2007 08:18
Toosmoky wrote:
> JL wrote:
>
>> The guy at Skidz was very pleasant but charged me $70 to fit two tyres
>> I'd just bought off him... I'd consider that quite expensive
>> (Northside used to charge $40 I assume they still do).
>
> Been going to Locke's Motorcycle Tyre Service in Townsville for 24 years
> now. Fits tyres and static balances for free, removes any corrosion from
> wheels while he's at it, always good service, always a flawless job.
> Hugh Ryan Drive, (don't say it quickly) Garbutt, Townsville.
>

Ummm by the time I got back from Townsvile I'd have to turn around and
go back for another set of tyres..

JL
(2500 each way, OK, so I'd have maybe 1000Km left on a set)
From: JL on 12 Aug 2007 08:19
GB wrote:
> JL <jlittler(a)my-deja.com> wrote in
> news:1186537089.274156.184200(a)g12g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
>> (Northside used to charge $40 I assume they still do).
>
> You've done well to get service out of Northside at any price!

Yeah I seem to be in the minority but I've never had any trouble with them

JL
From: Iain Chalmers on 12 Aug 2007 23:27
In article <46befa9e$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au>, JL <jl(a)not-here.com.au>
wrote:

> (2500 each way, OK, so I'd have maybe 1000Km left on a set)

That'd be what, six or eight months at your current tire consumption
rate, right Dad?

;-)

big

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From: Shaun Van Poecke on 17 Aug 2007 22:47

"JL" <jlittler(a)my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:1186537089.274156.184200(a)g12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 7, 9:24 pm, Zebee Johnstone <zeb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:04:00 GMT
>> Shaun Van Poecke <shaunvanpoe...(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > The bike is a 91 Honda CBR1000F
>>
>> > One for the cheapest prices on genuine Honda and some aftermarket
>> > parts?
>>
>> no idea.
>>
>>
>>
>> > One for reasonable prices and decent service on jobs I'd rather not do
>> > myself (valve adjustments, cam chain replacements etc) and maybe even
>> > the
>> > odd oil change if the price is right
>>
>> MMT in Granville have always done right by me, and they don't blink at
>> older bikes. Even ones much older than '91! (but other shops may,
>> Sydney is a new bike town)
>>
>>
>>
>> > One for tyres.
>>
>> Chivo's in Granville if you don't mind pulling your own wheels. Skidz
>> in Croydon.
>>
>> MMT Motorcycle Services
>> 4 East St Granville 2142
>> (02) 9637 0277
>>
>> Chivo's
>> 3/ 20 Crescent St Granville 2142
>> (02) 9682 5950
>>
>> Skidz Motorcycle Tyres
>> 80 -84 Parramatta Rd Croydon 2132
>> (02) 9701 0274
>
> The guy at Skidz was very pleasant but charged me $70 to fit two tyres
> I'd just bought off him... I'd consider that quite expensive
> (Northside used to charge $40 I assume they still do).
>
> JL

I gave skidz a call today, the story is that if you pull your own wheels and
take them in, fitting is free. If they have to remove the wheels themselves,
its $35/wheel. I suppose thats not particularly a bad price if you justify
it on the basis of $70/hour for shop time. my shop charges out $80/hour
(engineering) and when you think about it, it would take you more than an
hour to hock up your bike, get out tools, pull both rims, drive to the bike
shop, drop off, come back later pick them up and put them back on. It can
make tyres a more expensive proposition though. Prices i got were;

Metzeler Z6 rear 180/55 17 fitted $330
Metzeler Z6 front 120/70 17 fitted $260

total price comes up to $590. $520 if i pull the wheels off myself. At
that rate, if i get 10,000kms out of the tyres they cost me $5.90/100kms.
pretty close to the cost of fuel!

Shaun


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