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Message started by Ramsforever on 05/27/09 at 12:53:03

Title: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Post by Ramsforever on 05/27/09 at 12:53:03

Am I getting stiffed? Or is that about right?

I have 15,000 on the one I have, and I am seeing cords.

Thanks in advance.

2007 S40

Title: Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Post by marshall13 on 05/27/09 at 13:04:18

depends on the skin, and if that price is installed...sounds about right for a decent tire installed, or a good one cash and carry.... but excessive if it's a "joes of cleveland tire company" retread....

Title: Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Post by Duane on 05/27/09 at 13:07:30

15K I'm getting close to 8K on mine and was thinking the back tire looked like it could be replaced. What is a "normal" distance on a bike tire. I asume mine are still the stock ones since my bike only has 8K on it.

Title: Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Post by verslagen1 on 05/27/09 at 13:17:20

from the mileage I'd say metzler then the money is justified

Installed?
Probably not if Metzler.

Title: Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Post by marshall13 on 05/27/09 at 13:19:40

6A5B4F404B2E0 wrote:

what's the "normal" distance a human can throw a rock? it all depends on conditions... road surface, temperatures of air and road, and how you ride make tons of difference... they dont last near as long as a car tire, though... 8k sounds about right... soft compound gives good road bite, but short life....

Title: Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Post by Stimpy on 05/27/09 at 21:50:09

Paid $39.99 for my rear KENDA Challenger and I LOVE IT
rolled over 3,000mi and still looks like new (corners great too!)

http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2007%5C10%5C21%5Cbikepics-1062017-full.jpg

...installed it myself with a bit of patience, a door frame, a car jack
and soap. Don't forget to replace your inner tube!!
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/4463/p1050122.jpg

Title: Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Post by BurnPgh on 05/27/09 at 23:47:21

Got some brand new cheng shin tires about 2k mi ago. They were cheapies and all reviews pinned their useful life at around 5k mi but at 2k i see very little wear front or rear. $35-50 per...or something very near that neighborhood. Im satisfied.

Title: Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Post by AngloSaxon on 05/28/09 at 06:26:14

I live in MA and paid $206.00 total for front and back Dunlop 404. That included mounting both tires too. Remember, don't go cheap on your tires, they are what connect you to the road, which I kinda think is important.

Title: Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Post by Oldfeller on 05/28/09 at 09:41:34

Really now, ya really gotta love a $34.99 rear tire that lasts between 15 and 20 thousand miles.

There are some like that out there on the list you know -- more than 5 or 6 at this point in time.

But then again, when you generally get five + years of use out of a tire some of us actually think you can afford to get a $79 "improved" sports version.

Title: Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Post by Ramsforever on 05/29/09 at 11:51:50

Here is the low down;

Dunlop K555

$125.00

I tried to make it to the dealer but the tire popped. Had a friend haul it to the dealer.

89.00 Labor/and inner tube !!!

I will never go there again!

Total (bent over with no vasoline) 215.00 for a fu&%*ing tire replacement. :'(

Title: Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Post by marshall13 on 05/29/09 at 11:56:04

5A69657B6E677A6D7E6D7A080 wrote:

hope the service advisor whispered "sweet nothings" in your ear....

Title: Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Post by srinath on 05/29/09 at 12:02:03

6255524E704748200 wrote:

Oh that cheng shin will outlast most anything else ...
On my virago 1100 the same rear size as the savage, I managed 10K miles on the current cheng shin and it may have another 2500 I can squeeze out ...
On a savage, 15K easy, 20 K probable, 25K possible.

I have some small rules when buying cheng shin ...
Cheng shin rear tires almost all of them get their grip from tread pattern, not tire warming up and sticking. So I try to run the tire that has the most aggressive tread on the sides. Marquis was the model that fits that perfectly.
The front I really really avoid marquis - its hard as a rock and its easy to lock up. I run a hi-max front. That is the metzeler copy. Hi max is OK for the rear, but front, never run marquis. My maxim X is now on dunlop front, hi max rear.

Kenda and some others I could try in the future, but for a cruiser, nothing like a chengshin marquis rear and i-max front.
Cool.
Srinath.