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When you've got your mobile tire guy scheduled, and Bike Bandit ships you a 17" tire instead of an 18" ... 
... and it's a Pilot Road 4 instead of a Pilot Road 3 ...
... and they want photos of the wrong tire first ...
... and then they won't ship the correct one till you drop off the wrong one at the UPS station ...
I guess another summer week of NOT riding. 
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BikeBandit is owned by Vey's PowerSports in San Diego area. They just closed one of their two brick/motor motorcycle sales/service stores. Every since the "son' took over, he has ruined this business. I used to have my CB1100 maintained there until they got rid of the very knowledgeable and experienced server manager and replaced them with a bunch of 20 something girls (who were clueless and rude to both customers and service techs). Riders in the San Diego area know to avoid this place if at all possible.
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They probably ship so many 17" Pilot 4s that they're on autopilot when it comes to tires.
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(07-09-2019, 05:45 AM)bflint_imp Wrote: BikeBandit is owned by Vey's PowerSports in San Diego area. They just closed one of their two brick/motor motorcycle sales/service stores. Every since the "son' took over, he has ruined this business. I used to have my CB1100 maintained there until they got rid of the very knowledgeable and experienced server manager and replaced them with a bunch of 20 something girls (who were clueless and rude to both customers and service techs). Riders in the San Diego area know to avoid this place if at all possible.
It's called SQUEEZE, after new management takes over, very often son or family member with arogant manner 
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Me? I'd return the 17" for a refund, and in the meantime, buy the correct 18" elsewhere.
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(07-09-2019, 06:17 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: Me? I'd return the 17" for a refund, and in the meantime, buy the correct 18" elsewhere.
Well, good to know about their backstory for future purchases.
I had to Google/search several shops to find one with both the 120/70/R18 and 160/60/R18 in stock and ready to ship ... unless Bike Bandit was lying about the being in-stock part and just shipped me the wrong one as a stall tactic.
I didn't hear any fawning apologies ... just "oh our distributor made that mistake, not us" ... plus I got disconnected on hold and had to do the live chat on their website, which still had several delays. Western Powersports was the distributor on the tracking.
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I could be mistaken, but wasn't the 160/60-18 PR3 discontinued?
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(07-09-2019, 08:26 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: I could be mistaken, but wasn't the 160/60-18 PR3 discontinued?
Well, I've got one!  DOT date code says 3218, so last July?
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(07-09-2019, 07:02 AM)zbillster_imp Wrote: (07-09-2019, 06:17 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: Me? I'd return the 17" for a refund, and in the meantime, buy the correct 18" elsewhere.
Well, good to know about their backstory for future purchases.
I had to Google/search several shops to find one with both the 120/70/R18 and 160/60/R18 in stock and ready to ship ... unless Bike Bandit was lying about the being in-stock part and just shipped me the wrong one as a stall tactic.
I didn't hear any fawning apologies ... just "oh our distributor made that mistake, not us" ... plus I got disconnected on hold and had to do the live chat on their website, which still had several delays. Western Powersports was the distributor on the tracking.
Interesting. I guess they use multiple tire distributors. I ordered a 17" BT-45 for the CB750 last night and it's supposedly on the way from Rocky Tucker Distributing in Visalia. I've never had an issue ordering tires from Bike Bandit, but hearing these stories, I'm getting a bit apprehensive. I want to get the tire mounted before I leave on my next trip next week. I guess I'll find out tomorrow (fingers crossed).
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(07-09-2019, 09:49 AM)Flynrider_imp Wrote: (07-09-2019, 07:02 AM)zbillster_imp Wrote: (07-09-2019, 06:17 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: Me? I'd return the 17" for a refund, and in the meantime, buy the correct 18" elsewhere.
Well, good to know about their backstory for future purchases.
I had to Google/search several shops to find one with both the 120/70/R18 and 160/60/R18 in stock and ready to ship ... unless Bike Bandit was lying about the being in-stock part and just shipped me the wrong one as a stall tactic.
I didn't hear any fawning apologies ... just "oh our distributor made that mistake, not us" ... plus I got disconnected on hold and had to do the live chat on their website, which still had several delays. Western Powersports was the distributor on the tracking.
Interesting. I guess they use multiple tire distributors. I ordered a 17" BT-45 for the CB750 last night and it's supposedly on the way from Rocky Tucker Distributing in Visalia. I've never had an issue ordering tires from Bike Bandit, but hearing these stories, I'm getting a bit apprehensive. I want to get the tire mounted before I leave on my next trip next week. I guess I'll find out tomorrow (fingers crossed).
I've used different online sources, depending on who's got our weird sizes in stock, pricing du jour, etc.
Dennis Kirk, ChapMoto, Revzilla, Amazon, etc.
On this order, one came from Midlothian, Texas, another from Boise, Idaho. So different distributors depending on stock status. I've gotten tires the very next day in some cases.
The 4th of July holiday messed up the timing ... some distributors were closed Thursday through Monday.
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