If you have a troublesome wheel, tire balance beads self adjust pretty well.
Tires often have an alignment mark to suggest where to best orient the tire relative to the valve stem (lightest spot on the tire)
... I've seen lots of them installed wrong professionally :|
I've used Good Wheel Motors at Finch and Keele...17 Tangiers Rd, North York, ON M3J 2B1...before. Took the tires and wheels off the bike. Was $20 a tire to mount....but that was a few years ago.
Used Rosey Toes as well.
It's doesn't take a ton of equipment. But if you only go through one set a year or every few years, it's not worth the effort.
My first few years riding, I put over 30,000km a year...so was regularly changing them.
yeah i'm sure I want to recommend that place. you will not find a single shop in Toronto that someone doesn't have a problem with.
i've been dealing with Ted for over a decade, used to take my bike to him before I had my own garage and did most of my own work, he came and picked me up once when my bike was broken down on the side of the road years ago, great guy.
yeah i'm sure I want to recommend that place. you will not find a single shop in Toronto that someone doesn't have a problem with.
i've been dealing with Ted for over a decade, used to take my bike to him before I had my own garage and did most of my own work, he came and picked me up once when my bike was broken down on the side of the road years ago, great guy.
Ted is quite a character. He's done my tires 5 or 6 times and never a scratch. $20 each for carry in with Pete's sourced tires.
Would I leave my bike with him for a few days for a valve clearance/shim adjustment and then 4 carb sync...........? No, IMHO shop is a mess and looks/is pretty unprofessional.
Ted is quite a character. He's done my tires 5 or 6 times and never a scratch. $20 each for carry in with Pete's sourced tires.
Would I leave my bike with him for a few days for a valve clearance/shim adjustment and then 4 carb sync...........? No, IMHO shop is a mess and looks/is pretty unprofessional.
I agree, but OP wasn't asking for someone to shim his valves of adjust his carbs, Ted is the man for simple straight forward stuff like tires, oil change, brakes, chain replacement etc
FWIW I just left one of my bikes with Ted for about a month to have the carb cleaned - it's not a showroom princess by any means but it's a 1982 in near-mint condition. Dropped it off late January and picked it up last week - looks the same as the day I left it with him. Your mileage may vary, but I've also dealt with Ted for over a decade and not one single complaint.
Highly recommend Speedworx in Markham.
They have good prices on tires and installations as a package.
I have bought tires from them at roughly the same prices that online vendors charge and it supports a local business. They are also nice, professional people to deal with, which to me is worth the most!
They may be able to store the tires for you or whenever you need a tire change, just strap your new one to your bike and they can swap them out very quickly - book an appt first as always.
I second that -- the owner owns Racer5, his mechanics are all race guys and they really know their stuff. You can't drop in there without an appointment, but if you do make an appointment and show up on time they have you in an out with new tires quite quickly.
They changed my tires last year, install was $90 for the pair. I bought the RoadPilot4GT from them at the the same price as Fortnine, I brought tires for my buddy's ST1300 because they didn't stock that sice -- same cost, $90 for install.
Don't forget to drool over the 2 beautiful Ducati S1000 Monopostos in the showroom - bring $25K and they might part with one of them!
You won't save much by removing your tires, a bike mechanic will have them on and off inside a few minutes. The time is spent changing over the rubber and balancing. More importantly a bike mechanic will get tires and your chain back on true and safe -- something I would worry about if you're not used to changing motorcycle wheels.
If you like taking wheels on and off, then spend on a basic tire changer and balancer. They are less than $100each - that's about the price changing tires twice.
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