price of tyre changing ????????

[gsjay]

right looks like im picking up some tyres this weekend and would like to know of a good price to have them fitted i did pop in one place and thay wanted £20 a wheel if you ask me thats a little to steep
or any one local do it with a tyre iron for a bacon sandwich and cup of tea

 

[Steptoe]

right looks like im picking up some tyres this weekend and would like to know of a good price to have them fitted i did pop in one place and thay wanted £20 a wheel if you ask me thats a little to steep
or any one local do it with a tyre iron for a bacon sandwich and cup of tea

Buy your own tyre iron and never have to depend on anyone ever again

 

[gsjay]

thing is ive seen um do car tyres and looks like its a skill looks like i would start then wont be able to do it then be stuck with out a bike and at mo its the only form of transport i have so be right in the poo poo

 

[cookie]

i use two places round here. one charges a tenner, the other ten, five or nowt depending how the mood takes them. that is for loose wheels.

twenty is too much. maybe ok for ride in, ride out

 

[wessie]

I paid Mike at Cardiff Motorrad a tenner to swap my worn Avon for a part worn Tourance that had been lurking in the back of the garage for a while. Fitted to a loose wheel.

 

[Dellis]

As Steppers says buy some levers and learn how to do it yourself. Well worth the effort and will save you plenty of wonga on both tyre prices and fitting.

Dave

 

[Tarka]

I change my own tubed tyres but not tubeless.

Check what they`re actually charging you for.

£20 a wheel is steep for simply changing the tyre on a loose wheel,but average price for wheel removal and tyre change.

Where I go the tyre changing is free on loose wheels if you bought the tyres at that place...or £5 a tyre if they were bought elsewhere.

 

[Bronco Billy]

Cant believe how many spoons I bent changing my last set of tyres !

 

[Wreford Miles]

buy tire irons... use plenty of lube...it's theraputic

 

[GS_Mad]

No Joke, I paid £50 a wheel at my local BMW dealer. That was ride in / out.

I first asked at my local Honda dealer and they charged about 20 quid but said they could not balance a BMW wheel - something to do with the design would not fit their machine.

 

[cookie]

many places can't balance a rear, they can't fit it on their balancer machines, needs an adaptor.



....but fifty fecking quid??

 

[motobiker]

No Joke, I paid £50 a wheel at my local BMW dealer. That was ride in / out.

I would bet they charged a full hours (Even though it took less) labour and then slapped VAT on the whole amount - typical.

I would try doing it myself... but would like to watch someone do it first.

Perhaps a kind Tosser would do either a photo step by step - or even better a video - uploaded onto youtube and available for all to see and marvel at.

just a thought.


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[TheWarlock]

Some of the older Haynes bike manuals had a step-by-step tyre changing guide, including photos, at the back. I can't remember if they still do, but I would guess not. If you have an old manual lying around, check it, or get your hands on a mates copy. It's not difficult, just takes time and care, protect rims etc.

 

[cookie]

i know it's possible, but like tarka, i would not change tubeless tyres myself. tubed are no prob, but i usually get it done professionally anyway.

there are exceptions though

 

[NakedRider]

Why doesn't everyone want to change the tubeless? Is it because the side walls are thicker?

 

[ktmmark]

I do them £20 the pair loose inc ballance front & rear,let people ride down & remove own wheels(supply tools), or it's another £20 for me to do it but you are a good way away from ashbourne

 

[Stewart H]

A tyre place in Wrexham (Autokit) charged me £6 to fit a front tourance to a loose wheel, and another £6 to balance it, not bad, I have levers and a compressor but really for £12 it was not worth the effort, I had started to change it myself and had already succeeded in breaking the bead (large vice) Stewart

 

[mike wright]

About a fiver a loose wheel I reckon........... A monkey could do the job with the correct tools!......I used to be a tyre fitter many years ago and its not exactly hard to change a motorcycle tyre.... Takes longer putting the correct pressure in it that changing it!