03-31-2016, 10:58 PM
(03-31-2016, 03:31 PM)kmoney_imp Wrote:(03-31-2016, 02:00 PM)DaSwami_imp Wrote: Are you guys changing out your own tires? Would love to order online but local dealers cop an attitude and charge way more for mounting and balance if you bring tires in rather than if you bought the tires "there".
I've never really got why dealers and brick and mortar stores don't just do free installation (or at least free installation if you bring them the wheel removed from the bike) as an enticement for you to buy tires from them. All the dealers around here charge the same $30 or so if even if you buy direct from them at a premium over online sites -- then they complain that no one supports their local motorcycle store.
Bent Bike in Seattle does this. You bring in the wheels loose and buy tires from them they provide free mounting and balancing.
Last time I went with an online order and installed the tires myself at a non-profit Washington State Motorcycle Association garage. They charged $20 each tire for you to use the NoMar tire changer and balance machines. They were also there to show you how to do it yourself and actually changed the first tire.