Time for new tires...honestly, how hard is it. I've changed hundreds of bicycle tires but never a motorcycle.
Is it worth it to have someone else do it for 22.50 a tire (off the bike)?
I currently don't have a lift...so I'd have to make something...

I do my own as a point of pride, but that may change as it really isn't worth the sweat & barked knuckles.

Actually, fighting the valve stem on the tube is the part I hate the most ....

not hard my a$$. It's very very doable. Its good to know how to do it yourself if you ever get a flat somewhere. Its also very very worth having someone else do it unless you are specifically looking to gain the skill. You'll sweat and swear and pinch your fingers and it'll take forever. Take it somewhere and it'll be mounted and balanced in 10-15 minutes.

It's around $5 per tire here. Sorry guys - I'm done with crowbars!  

I change my own... at the last shop I worked at. I just go in and use the machines.

I changed the 21" Avon front on the Panhead a couple weeks ago, in the driveway. And holed a brand new front tube. Avons are super soft, the rim was burr free, and I still hosed it up. And the Panhead now needs a new front wheel... Don't ask...

I'll pay someone to do them if I don't feel like fooling with it. Which reminds me, I need to get the new Dunlops put on (scored a new rear Qualifier for $36 a couple months ago), my IRC front is junk and Cheng Shin rear has become hockey puck hard.

Don't buy Chinese tires!

I just changed my back tire myself and saved $40. It took me two hours and I have 652 sore muscles, 3 bruises and 4 scraped knuckles. It's more of a pride thing than a money saving thing.  It took 4 days for my middle aged body to heal, and  I kept my 17mm wrench in my back pocket for those 4 days just to let everyone know what a stud I am.

To get the old tire off:

- Leave the new tire in the sun to warm up while you remove the old tire.

- use two 10 inch spoons and one 18 inch tire iron. The 18 inch is optional, but it makes the job much easier. I used a large cable cuff to hold the spoons down to the spokes to free up both hands to pry.

- I used a C-Clamp to break the bead on the old tire - this is not ideal, as it takes a while and it could destroy the side-walls of the tire. This tire was dry-rot and had a gash in the shoulder so I didn't care what happened to it.

- Lots of Windex to keep the tire lubed.

To put the new tire on:

- Getting the 1st bead over the rim is 90% finesse and 10% Windex. The loudest 4-letter words eak out as the rim moves when I try to push/pry/punch the bead down.

- It took me 30 minutes to get the valve stem in. This happens after the  1st bead is over the rim. Use some gloves with the fingertips cut off.

- Getting the other bead stretched over the rim require leverage, muscle and patience(and Windex). It goes over an inch at a time. I used a bar clamp to keep the bead from slipping off while I pried it on from the  other way.

It took 2 hours because I did it by my self. If I had some help, I bet we'd be done in 1 hour and 58 minutes.
All while changing the tire, I kept thinking of Old Fellers paper on using a 40k mile thread automobile tire in the back. The idea of not doing this for another 20-40k miles sounds pretty good.

Thanks guys, pride not withstanding I'm taking it to the pros...
Bicycle tires...easy
Motorcycle tires...I'm old