BMW Battersea

[Rhino]

Just spent the the day trying to get thro to battersea for a quote on a new rear for the 1200! £80 odd +vat for the tyre so thats just over the ton not bad I thought till the guy happily goes oh and its about an hour to fit so thats another £60 + vat to fit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lucky I am in derby at the weekend so will be off down to see John at Motorcycle Tyre sales

 

[100WattWarlock]

http://www.fwr.co.uk

 

[turbine_2]

Ah, Battersea BMW, such memories, most of them bad.....

 

[Fanum]

In general, tyres are never a good buy from a main dealer........specialised tyre fitters are nearly always better value.

It always surprises me that people moan about it when it's a well known thing....let's be fair here, it's not a Park Lane issue, it's a main dealer thing.

 

[Pussyhorse]

Yeah, all the dealers I've came across will charge you labour rate for fitting if you ride the bike in. Quite a few will do free fitting on loose wheels though.

 

[Rhino]

true main dealers aren't the best choice for tyres but what seeing as I have seen people quote sawbridge as charging £35 to fit and the fact that it took several atempts to actually get thro to them in the first place I felt it more a battersea thing than a general dealership issue. Thannks 100wattwarlock for the link to fwr. But I am getting it done in derby now £100 + tenner to fit

 

[newGeeSer]

Sones tyres

Sones in Croydon is excellent. Just turn up with the bike. Cheapest prices I have found in South London. Fitting is free on loose wheels or he will charge you a tenner if he has to take it off for you. He even offered the use of his tools for me to take the wheel off myself so I could save myself a tenner! Top bloke. 020 8684 9516.

 

[crampie]

Yeah, all the dealers I've came across will charge you labour rate for fitting if you ride the bike in. Quite a few will do free fitting on loose wheels though.

We would not get any tyre business if we charged standard Labour rates for fitting, we offer tyres as an 'additional service' and charge just £15 plus vat (each) to fit (as long as we've supplied the tyres!). That of course includes making sure any fastenings (wheel/caliper bolts) are re-tightened up to the correct torque settings and we do a bleed test if you've ABS.

Cheers