Jesse H
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Just trade the bike before it is time to change the tires. Easy peasy!
You say that, but this and my low mileage, is why i haven't bought new tires for a motorcycle in nearly 8 years.
Just trade the bike before it is time to change the tires. Easy peasy!
Just trade the bike before it is time to change the tires. Easy peasy!
It harder to get the bike lifted and remove the wheel than to change the tire. I use the base of a harbor freight changer someone gave me for the bead breaker. Before that, I used the kickstand of another motorcycle to break the bead. Still using the same levers I have carried on the bike for 20 years.Do you take the tire in or the whole bike? If you can pull the wheel it's worth learning how to use a set of spoons.
Not for all of us. I can do it and do most of the time, because of distance to dealer. But it's ALWAYS a fight and not enjoyable. And I have decent setup tools and tire stand , just not my cup of tea.It harder to get the bike lifted and remove the wheel than to change the tire.
Smaller the diameter - harder i gets to roll over beadA client has two groms and is bringing me all the wheels this week.
Let's see how I feel after installing those little buggers.
I might just roll over to Cycle Gear...
I understand your frustration but I'll bet it should be directed at lawyers. Cos are under intense legal threat these days. And now you have a better option also!Necro post I know, but I had an experience with Cycle Gear yesterday regarding tire changes that fits this thread. About a year ago, maybe a little more, I purchased a new tire from them and them install it on my XT250. Yesterday, I went to that same location to have the same tire moved to a new rim I purchased for the bike. They refused to do it citing company policy regarding mounting used tires. They sent me to an indie that is actually a little closer to my house, who mounted it $10 cheaper than Cycle Gear charges. I had been buying my tires from them because it was just more convenient, and they charge less to mount their tires versus a tire purchased elsewhere.
To politely put it, I was not enthusiastic about the wasted trip there at 4pm with Friday afternoon traffic, only to be turned away. The Indie did the change out in about 15 minutes while I waited. Cycle Gear lost my tire business over this policy. I just ordered a rear tire for the same bike, and it is not coming from CG. I save a trivial amount (~$4.00) over CG by ordering it from Amazon, and I’ll have that same Indie install it for $25 instead of the $35 CG was charging.
Look forward to it!If someone wants to bring a tubeless tire over to my place that needs changing and wants to hold a phone and record it, I will gladly walk through what I do with my little Harbor Freight changer. At this point I'm at hundreds of tires changes on that thing and with bikes like my Tenere, I can put the bike up on stands, pull the wheels, mount/balance new tires, and have the bike back together and off the lift in about an hour and ten minutes. The changing the tire part is the easiest part of the entire thing.
Now small wheels... those are a whoopin...
They won’t mount small tires. Tried to have new tires mounted for my PCX. They replied the 14” wheels are too small for their equipment to handleA client has two groms and is bringing me all the wheels this week.
Let's see how I feel after installing those little buggers.
I might just roll over to Cycle Gear...
the roadside trash cans are not wide enough to fit them in, and most of the good highway dump off points are already covered with tires. So who has the solution? I just wrap mine now in black plastic garbage bags and put them in my garbage can, one a week as needed. No complaints yet...If you buy tires in Texas you will pay a 3 dollar disposal fee , I'm still looking for the state disposal site to give them my tires , I really don't like having to dump them on the state highways .
How did it go?A client has two groms and is bringing me all the wheels this week.
Let's see how I feel after installing those little buggers.
I might just roll over to Cycle Gear...
That, of course, would be highly illegal as well as irresponsible rider behavior. A better solution would be to find a neighbor that nobody likes, & toss them over his fence.If you buy tires in Texas you will pay a 3 dollar disposal fee , I'm still looking for the state disposal site to give them my tires , I really don't like having to dump them on the state highways .
That, of course, would be highly illegal as well as irresponsible rider behavior. A better solution would be to find a neighbor that nobody likes, & toss them over his fence.