ionbeam
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I have to vent.
I just rolled in from 5 days of touring MA and ME with sister-in-law and her boyfriend (a Hardley guy) that are visiting from CA. We are scheduled to leave early Sat. morning to tour NH and parts of VT. This morning I discover my rear tire is ffssssstttttt -- flat with a nail in the center of my ½ done Diablo.
Not having time to deal with it myself I called a local dealer but found that they don’t now, nor ever have repaired a street motorcycle tire :glare: They will sell me a new tire for $285 ($144 @ Southwest Moto). I called a bunch of other dealers and not a single dealer repairs tires or has ever has repaired tires but they all will sell me a new one for $245 to $330.
Ok, I do have a set of tires due at my back door from SWM this Friday; perhaps one of the dealers would put them on for me. I know that if they are one of the 25% of dealers that would even install the tires it will cost between $65 ea to $120 ea because I didn’t purchase the tires from the dealer. Now every dealer says that because I didn’t buy the tires from them they can’t fit me in to their shop for at least 2-3 weeks. That would make it too late for EOM, the reason I have new tires coming in the first place.
My brother and I are saving our pennies to buy a tire changer to get out from under this tyranny but it will probably be next spring before it happens. I’m off to see if I can find my tire plug kit, I took it out of my bike a couple of weeks ago when doing some maintenance.
Well, maybe I feel a bit better, thanks for listening. I know this is an old repeat topic but the wound is fresh and the pain current. Off to NEPRT and maybe slap a lock on it for being such a rehash of the same ol’ s#it.
I just rolled in from 5 days of touring MA and ME with sister-in-law and her boyfriend (a Hardley guy) that are visiting from CA. We are scheduled to leave early Sat. morning to tour NH and parts of VT. This morning I discover my rear tire is ffssssstttttt -- flat with a nail in the center of my ½ done Diablo.
Not having time to deal with it myself I called a local dealer but found that they don’t now, nor ever have repaired a street motorcycle tire :glare: They will sell me a new tire for $285 ($144 @ Southwest Moto). I called a bunch of other dealers and not a single dealer repairs tires or has ever has repaired tires but they all will sell me a new one for $245 to $330.
Ok, I do have a set of tires due at my back door from SWM this Friday; perhaps one of the dealers would put them on for me. I know that if they are one of the 25% of dealers that would even install the tires it will cost between $65 ea to $120 ea because I didn’t purchase the tires from the dealer. Now every dealer says that because I didn’t buy the tires from them they can’t fit me in to their shop for at least 2-3 weeks. That would make it too late for EOM, the reason I have new tires coming in the first place.
My brother and I are saving our pennies to buy a tire changer to get out from under this tyranny but it will probably be next spring before it happens. I’m off to see if I can find my tire plug kit, I took it out of my bike a couple of weeks ago when doing some maintenance.
Well, maybe I feel a bit better, thanks for listening. I know this is an old repeat topic but the wound is fresh and the pain current. Off to NEPRT and maybe slap a lock on it for being such a rehash of the same ol’ s#it.
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