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I was washing my bike yesterday after work and decided to check tire pressures at the same time (I do regularly anyways, really!). Front was good, but the back was sitting at around 20psi. Checked the tire and found a metal something well embedded in the tread (I guess my mind wasn't playing tricks on the ride home when the handling felt like mush on the freeway). I was going to take it to the stealership after work today and see if they can/will patch it, or replace it if necessary.

I was just curious what you think I should expect to pay at the stealership to a) patch the tire; or b) replace it. I would do it myself, but I've never pulled/patched a bike tire before and with my vacation coming up I would rather just have it done right than dick around with it the way I usually do on repairs.

I know that you should have them patch the inside of it if they do that because I wouldnt trust a plug in a rear tire.

The stealership wanted to charge me $70 to just put a rear tire on!

megaloxana wrote:The stealership wanted to charge me $70 to just put a rear tire on!

well there is a reason they're called a stealership!

just out of curiousity, how much work would be involved in doing it myself? Is it even possible to without a fancy mounting machine?

tommyj27 wrote:

megaloxana wrote:The stealership wanted to charge me $70 to just put a rear tire on!

well there is a reason they're called a stealership!

just out of curiousity, how much work would be involved in doing it myself? Is it even possible to without a fancy mounting machine?

I doubt it. Those tires are pretty stiff. Definatly not worth the headache...prolly end up fudging your rim up, i know i would.

called the stealership, they don't patch, only replace. of course they don't have the O.E. size in stock. I can't remember what size is on my bike, I know it's a battle-ax, either a 140 or 150. Where does everyone here get tires from?

its not that hard to replace your tires, i just did mine monday, it took me about 5 minutes once i got it off my bike, but i had to take it in to get it balanced

manveru wrote:its not that hard to replace your tires, i just did mine monday, it took me about 5 minutes once i got it off my bike, but i had to take it in to get it balanced

How exactly did you go about doing this?

here's a video a buddy of mine made. it's a "how to" about changing your own tires. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 6315225781

shift wrote:here's a video a buddy of mine made. it's a "how to" about changing your own tires. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 6315225781

Nice video.. I know I would have explored other methods of bead breakage before resorting to that wooden contraption.

If you have a Cycle Gear in the area, they charge around $20 to change the tire out. Just bring in what you bought somewhere else or buy what they have.

Now you can put a BT-016 or BT-014 150/60/18 on the back!

i called a couple of the local stealerships and the cheapest I found was about two bills for a new tire and mount, plus they have to order it in. hopefully they can get it in by the weekend, I'm supposed to do a charity ride on Saturday.

Good video the only thing I disagree about is lining the heavy spot of the tire up with the valve stem, the valve stem isn't always the heaviest spot on my 400 it was about 90 degrees away from the valve stem(one of the spokes).

Grrr. Stealership doesn't have their shit together and didn't get the tire ordered, not to mention that they wouldn't be able to get it in until next week anyways. I'm sick of this tire BS, makes me really want to do the YZF swingarm swap or upgrade completely.

tommyj27 wrote:or upgrade completely.

what exactly do you mean by that?