Tire Options for our CB1100

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Ay! Getting bike ready for trip from Portland, OR to Spokane for early next week...and I found a nail head in rear tire. It's a 2017ex, so tire with tube (5700 miles). I'm thinking if the nail penetrated the tube that a leak would have developed, but it's inflated at 42psi and doesn't go down. I guess I should pull it out to see what happens because I'm not riding it to Spokane like it is, and if it deflates well then I guess I get to ramp it onto pickup to take somewhere, or take the tire off. That probably means that there's not enough time to get it ready for the trip. Arg. Maybe I'll go on the KLR650.

Nevermiiiiiinnnnnd! I must be getting senile. So after calling three different shops, visiting one, spending an hour on the internet looking at tires / prices,...bummed that this was happening right before a trip, and tire still has some life...etc....then I go out to pull the nail head out..... and--it's--a--rock!



I spent a good 10 minutes looking at it this morning and could have sworn it was metal--it had fairly rounded edges, very smooth surface...the worst was that I was thinking it was tubeless for awhile because my '14 standard was...oh well...so no nail, no puncture, no air escaping...I got fooled by a 1/4" round-ish rock.
Thanks 2017EX for that; I'll file for later this year when I probably will need tires n tubes.

Babbits online shows the OEM Dunlap pair ( front and rear combo ) for $348.56, and shipping to you should be free. https://www.babbittsonline.com/ Was the price quoted for mounting and balancing if you bring them your bike and they dismount the wheels, or was the price quoted if you dismount and just bring them the wheels? A new set of inner tubes to go with the new tires, through Babbits would run an extra $53.00, $25.00 front, $28.00 rear.

This particular dealer install price of $150 was for wheels / tires on bike.