Tyre fitting garages

I have a set of Pilot Road 4s on the way to my house and tried to find a garage to fit them on the Fireblade today. You wouldn't believe how difficult it proved to find one.

Most garages will change tyres for cars but not motorbikes, and the few that did then said they weren't able to do a balance as well.

Honda dealership wanted £66 for fit and balance which I thought was silly money, and in the end the best I found was £40 to remove current ones, for new ones and do a balance on them.

Am I being fleeced here, or is that standard price from your experience?

Cheers guys.

Martin

 

£40 sounds about right. If you buy your tyres from Leeds bike tyres, they fit them free to loose wheels.
No good if you live down South thou.

 

One of my locals just changed their policy.

Used to be tenner a loose tyre, now 30 if the tyre is customer supplied!!..... but get this, still a tenner to plug a puncture.

 

I think £40 is fair enough as you bought the tyres elsewhere.

 

Spend a little bit of money on some decent levers, a manual bead breaker and some tyre lube and do it yourself. A static balancer and some weights can be had for less than £20. I got all the gear while my son and me were racing MX and Enduro and after changing mousses flinging on tubeless tyres is an absolute breeze. I put a set of tyres on the Fireblade last year - cost me £160 from Tyre leader and I fitted them myself. My mate got the same tyres supplied and fitted by a dealer and cost was £315!! Fitting your own tyres also gives you the opportunity to check out brakes, bearings etc..

 

£30 to £40 fitting around my way if you've supplied them yourself. Pr4's/Metz/SportsS all roll in on line round £280ish a pair so I guess if you end up paying out around £310 that'll be about right

 

Where abouts are you?
You could try your local race track during a bike track day. You just gotta work out how you're gonna get the tyres there, i.e. take the wheels loose in your car, or get a mate to drive the tyres while you ride there.

 

Would never visit that place ever again in my entire lifetime

 

cost me £10 to fit a tyre to a loose wheel....they dint even charge me for the fittin of my bridgeport valves......this is in mansfield

 

My local tyre fitters charge a tenner to remove, fit, balance and dispose of old tyre, same as he charges to plug a tyre, and that's for a car or bike.

 

If they were loose wheels that's quite high, if they removed from the bike that's a good price.
I get charged £10 a tyre for a loose wheel up here in Newcastle.

 

Why not?

 

Hi I have just had my local garage fit some tyres for me on loose wheels £12 a wheel I live in the Ipswich area.

 

Paid £40 and they are sorting the old tyres for me as part of the deal.

First impression of the Pilot Road 4s is very good - even for the first ride they seem very grippy and confidence inspiring.

I went back to a 50 rear from a 55 and was amazed how much more comfy the bike felt - less weight on the wrists and more upright. Surprising considering that it's only a 5% difference.

 

They pay me to change my tyres

 

Paid £30 to a honda dealer to fit a front to my 125. So £40 is about right.

 

If your a relatively competent mechanic id certainly consider learning to DIY . With competitive deals on tyres on the Internet you end up losing all the savings paying someone to fit them for you. I realise its not gonna be for everyone but it's not rocket science.

 

Not enough care and attention that I require, when some clown puts my front wheel in my bike the wrong way round.ie abs sensor on one side of the bike and abs disc on the other and I have to have an argument with the guy as he refuses to believe what I'm telling him. I just don't like it or have any confidence in them , When the truth dawns on him that I'm right and he is Indeed wrong and goes bright red in the process and then has to remove calliper and wheel etc and do the job right . It's not good as is also not good scratching my front mudguard with his metal watch bracelet in the process , Also chipping a friend of mines wheels and touching them up with a wide of the mark colour and refusing to admit guilt. Mmm it must have been like that when u brought it in love . Dear oh dear . I best not say anymore I'm sure you get the jist