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From: Nev.. on 18 Aug 2007 03:11
Shaun Van Poecke wrote:

> 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

I decided to be a tightarse and bought a pair of Shinko tyres for my
bike a couple of months ago, total cost $260 fitted on loose wheels..
No better or worse gripwise than any other set of sports touring
compound tyres I've tried. I doubt I'll go back to paying double for
the "brand name" tyres. $70 an hour labour rate is fine, but replacing
a set of tyres is only a 20 minute job for an experienced fitter.

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX
From: Zebee Johnstone on 18 Aug 2007 07:58
In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:32 +1000
Nev.. <idiot(a)mindless.com> wrote:
>
> I decided to be a tightarse and bought a pair of Shinko tyres for my
> bike a couple of months ago, total cost $260 fitted on loose wheels..
> No better or worse gripwise than any other set of sports touring
> compound tyres I've tried. I doubt I'll go back to paying double for
> the "brand name" tyres. $70 an hour labour rate is fine, but replacing
> a set of tyres is only a 20 minute job for an experienced fitter.

I used to get Shinko tyres all the time, but at some point they seemed
to be sized wrongly. The "correct" size for my bike was too large.
Guzzis are very sensitive to tyre size, so the bike felt wrong, BT45s
were much better.

Zebee
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