Motorcycle Tire Rotation

[Baggsy]

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Bought a new front tire.
Local shop won't put on outside tires, but will match prices.
Got a new Front 110/80R19 Michelin Road 5 Trail, for the Suzuki, from the Honda dealer.
Decided to remove the wheel from the bike myself, since it's half the price for them to install the tire.
Bike has abs, and the sensor is on the right, so one of the "spokes" has a direction arrow.
These tires also have a direction arrow.

The bad news: They put the tire on backwards, and I didn't notice until I got home.
The good news: They fixed it in about twenty minutes from when I brought it back.

Anyways, I'll see if this tire lives up to the expectations.

 

[GreyGhost]

Bought a new front tire.
Local shop won't put on outside tires, but will match prices.
Got a new Front 110/80R19 Michelin Road 5 Trail, for the Suzuki, from the Honda dealer.
Decided to remove the wheel from the bike myself, since it's half the price for them to install the tire.
Bike has abs, and the sensor is on the right, so one of the "spokes" has a direction arrow.
These tires also have a direction arrow.

The bad news: They put the tire on backwards, and I didn't notice until I got home.
The good news: They fixed it in about twenty minutes from when I brought it back.

Anyways, I'll see if this tire lives up to the expectations.

For next time I would throw a piece of tape or marker on the rim indicating rotation direction to minimize issues (similar to doctors circling the knee they are replacing).

I laugh when tire shops get the tires backwards (and sometimes cry a little that these people are trusted with our lives). I used to work with a guy that bought raised white letter tires. They mounted them letters in so he went back. They remounted them letters out and put all the lugnuts on backwards (cone out). wtf. You had one job. It was easy. You failed horribly twice.

 

[Baggsy]

For next time I would throw a piece of tape or marker on the rim indicating rotation direction to minimize issues (similar to doctors circling the knee they are replacing).

I laugh when tire shops get the tires backwards (and sometimes cry a little that these people are trusted with our lives). I used to work with a guy that bought raised white letter tires. They mounted them letters in so he went back. They remounted them letters out and put all the lugnuts on backwards (cone out). wtf. You had one job. It was easy. You failed horribly twice.

Had a sticker with my name right under the direction arrow on the rim. Not sure if I could make it any more obvious unless I painted it white. Maybe next time I'll chalk right and left on the old tire, and tape it on the rim. They'll love that.

The other thing that they did, that I did expect, was to only fill the tire up enough to seat it, as they necessarily know which bike it's going on and what the specs are for tire pressure on that bike. Beware, lest you set out for a ride on a flat tire.

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