Ok if you do it yourself then what do you use? Not thinking anyone who has their own garage as thats sort of cheating lol I ask as I paid £25 to have wets put on for my Silverstone TD just over a week ago. It was worth every penny for the fun I had on track But coming home I was amazed how much they want to change the wheels. and all I wanted was my road tyres put on and keep the wets. So no getting ride of the old wheels Pro tyre who I have used wanted £15 a wheel!!! my local place that do my service ( and happy with) wanted £16.5 per wheel!!!! Managed to find a local bike place I have used in the past to do it for £20 cash. I was happy with that But still thinking of getting a few things so I can do it myself So how much are you charged to change the wheels ?
I take my wheels loose to Barry & Wilkinson on Poulton Road now since my free fitting ended with the great fire at pitstop motor spares. I admit I've used the tyre garage for years for the car, most surprised when he only charged me £10 for the front and rear including new valves and balancing. Which took nearly an hour to do. £5 a wheel. Bargain
my local ATAS charged £24 a pair of loose wheels, at track though they wanted £45 a pair to put on wets, crazy price
i do mine myself,and take great pleasure in the 150ish quid outlay has saved me 1000's with the amount of tyres i've changed over the last 7 yrs. theres lots of different methods to do them your self,but ideally you'll need. a tyre changer/bead breaker soap brush weights balancer levers rim protecters valve core remover all the sundries can be found on ebay,you can even buy pack bundles. i'll find a link to the bead breaker, butr as i said,some people will manage with homemade tools,just depends how handy you are,have a look on TDR theres quite a lot of info on there,including a step by step video guids of how to do it,although it's quite a rough method.
portable tyre changer with pry bar & bead breaker same as sealey top quality | eBaymine is something similar to this,but a bit better,cant find mne now,although it was while ago when i bought it
£0 I have an ABBA bead breaker, a tyre bar (the plastic coated one with wheels), and a home made balancer. I buy the weights & valves off ebay when i run out. The exception to this rule is when I had the PR4's fitted as it was free. Handy for the track bike though.
paid £15 last time for both wheels tyre change and balance (loose wheels) at our locally owned do it all type centre.
