SuzukiSavage.com - 125.00 for a rear tire?

Ramsforever Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 68	125.00 for a rear tire? 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
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marshall13 Senior Member Offline the first step is to admit your ignorance Posts: 301 Fort Lauderdale FL Gender:	Re: 125.00 for a rear tire? Reply #1 - 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....
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Duane Senior Member Offline Creatively Maladjusted Posts: 335 Terra Plane Gender:	Re: 125.00 for a rear tire? Reply #2 - 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.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28889 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 125.00 for a rear tire? Reply #3 - 05/27/09 at 13:17:20 from the mileage I'd say metzler then the money is justified Installed? Probably not if Metzler.
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Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Reply #4 - 05/27/09 at 13:19:40

Duane wrote 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.

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....

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Stimpy - FSO Serious Thumper Offline SuzukisSavage Int'l Division Posts: 1203 Germany - formerly SD, SoCal Gender:	Re: 125.00 for a rear tire? Reply #5 - 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!) ...installed it myself with a bit of patience, a door frame, a car jack and soap. Don't forget to replace your inner tube!!
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BurnPgh Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1732	Re: 125.00 for a rear tire? Reply #6 - 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.
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AngloSaxon Full Member Offline I'd rather have one big one than four small ones. Posts: 141 Framingham MA Gender:	Re: 125.00 for a rear tire? Reply #7 - 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.
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Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Reply #8 - 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.

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Ramsforever Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 68	Re: 125.00 for a rear tire? Reply #9 - 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. :'(
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Re: 125.00 for a rear tire?
Reply #10 - 05/29/09 at 11:56:04

Ramsforever wrote 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. :'(

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

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Reply #11 - 05/29/09 at 12:02:03

BurnPgh wrote 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.

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.
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