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| My dealer told me for $680 he would put the factory Dunlop's on, this includes mounting. Does this sound right to you guy's? it seems high to me but I havn't kept the same bike long enough to put tires on, the last bike I had to put tires on was my 92 CBR 600 and that was in 95.... |
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Cruiser
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| I was quoted $550.00 for complete change out. |
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Visionary
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| Do a search this topic comes up a lot. |
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Tourer
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East TN | My dealer quoted me $417 mounted and balanced! For both front and rear... |
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Tourer
Posts: 460
| Your getting robbed. I had to replace my back tire at 8,600 miles and the dealer charged me $370.00 for parts and labor. Big Boy Toys here in Utah will put the rear tire on for 220.00 plus 75.00 labor. Next time I'm taking all my business to them in the future. DON'T GO TO THE DEALER TO GET ANYTHING REPAIRED , THEY WILL HOSE YOU FOR SURE. |
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Visionary
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Jasper, MO | He's charging you about $350 labor. I realize that shop rates are different in different parts of the country, but that seems a bit excessive for a 2 hour job. The tire change on a Vision is pretty easy if the shop has a lift table. I would consider anything under $480 to be a good deal, and anything over $550 to be a ripoff. The tires themselves can be had for $330 or less for the pair from many sources.
I paid $500 at my dealer for the tires, mounted and balanced, and I watched the tech carefully check my belt for any damage and carefully re-align and tension the belt. He also checked my wheel bearings, and my brake pads and suspension linkages while under there, which was included in the $500 service bill. I thought it was a fair charge for all that was done.
Ronnie
Edited by rdbudd 2010-09-29 10:37 AM
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | for criminy sakes, no one is robbing anyone. Shop around to find the cost to your liking. Learn to pull your own wheels and take them to any reputable m/c shop to change your tires and save you a few buck.
You can call me stupid if you like, but if the price is within what I expect to pay, it's okay, even if you got a "better deal". Some folks don't have the same luxury as another with local low cost shops but they still need to get the job done. (beep)! |
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Visionary
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| I am in minnesota and a rear dunlop 3 is $259.95 and the dealer gets $85 a hour shop time. I have my own lift so he doesn't get more then $35 for mount and balance and that includes getting rid of the old tire. |
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Tourer
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Fargo, ND |
FWIW and you have that 'interest'...look into the Harbor Freight tire equipment. The out of pocket cost for the equipment is pretty reasonable and the satisfaction of doing your own work certainly is a plus!
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Iron Butt
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Northeast Ohio | I have to tell you, price aside, if you can do it yourself, do it. I had tires changed at dealer and ended up changing them out for Dunlops. Upon disassembly, I found that they put the spacers in wrong. If you must take it to the dealership, check your spacers (we have 3 different sizes) and make sure they put them in right. Fortunately I only had about 500 miles on it this way. Not sure what would have happened if I had let it go for 15000 or so miles.
I got my E3s for $300ish from BikeBandit.com with 10% AMA discount. I took the wheels and tires to a Ducati dealership and they mounted them for $40. Total time to do all this was about 2 hours. That being said, $450-$500 is reasonable. My dealer told me that he couldn't buy the tires for what I was getting them for. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | Holy cow SB, that is unacceptable in anybody's book, putting in the spacer wrong by the shop. No way, no way, I would let them know and never so much as trust them to sell me a spark plug. I've seen some stupid things done, but that one takes the cake. I guess that is why I took to doing my own work early on, at least I know who to blame for stupidity.
Edited by varyder 2010-09-29 9:29 PM
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Tourer
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Beer Collins, Colorado (there is no fort) | The Harbor Freight tire changer & MC tire adapter need a few mods to make them work well but it can be done. I suggest if you want to roll your own going with the No-Mar or at least using their MoJo bar with a modified HF changer. My rig bolts down to inserts out on the corner of the patio and I can get my wheels done on my own schedule and that is worth a lot to me-Brian
http://www.nomartirechanger.com/pages/review
http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/36984-harbor-fre...
http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/47328-adding-moj...
Edited by ByteN2it 2010-09-29 9:51 PM
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Iron Butt
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Northeast Ohio | Chris, the wife wanted me to call the owner. I didn't want to get the mechanic in trouble. I will have a talk with him when I see him this weekend at the demo ride. |
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Iron Butt
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Southeast Iowa | To answer the original question I paid $500 for 2 new OEM's mounted and balanced.
Change your own if you enjoy it or if it saves you money. In my case I rather ride it than work on it.......and by the time I add all the cost (tires, shipping, mounting/balancing, tire disposal, running around) I can't save enough to waste my time. Now if it cost me $680 set that would be a different story. I think I would ask your dealer for a more reasonable quote or shop around. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 802
| $309 for a set of Bridgestones delivered from motorcycle superstore.
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Cruiser
Posts: 244
Lindale, TX | Tyler Tx Victory dealer quoted approx. $450 OEM Dunlaps installed. I'm at 11,500 and still have enough rear tread to wait.
Edited by Easttexasrider 2010-10-03 9:06 PM
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Vision tire price?????