Does anyone buy tires online?

AH#104 wrote:

 > Mike Smith axed:
 >
  >>I would like a recommendation of an
  >>online source for tires if anyone has one.
 >
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.accwhse.com</font" target="_blank">http://www.accwhse.com</font</a>>
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.motorcyclemart.com</font" target="_blank">http://www.motorcyclemart.com</font</a>>
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.tiresunlimited.com</font" target="_blank">http://www.tiresunlimited.com</font</a>>
 >

I found the best price for Metezlers at:

RonAyersMotorsports.com

He has other brands and it's only $8 for shipping and no tax if you
don't live in North Carolina.

I have bought plenty of tires from <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.accwhse.com" target="_blank">http://www.accwhse.com</a> They had the
best prices until this last order ($8 difference in price and $$
difference on shipping ($8 verses $23). They had what I wanted, and easy
to deal with.

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"Mike Smith" <mike_z DeleteThis @excite.com> wrote in message
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 > I would like a recommendation of an online source for
tires if anyone
 > has one.
 >
 > TIA
 >
 > Mike

you can save a few $$$'s online.
however,
I did that once and I had a hell of a time getting the local
stealer to mount it.
they had a policy saying that the tire had to be bought
through them.
after signing a "hold harmless waver", they finally
installed the tire but said they wouldn't do it next time.

g'luck
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'Key' wrote:

 > "Mike Smith" <mike_z.DeleteThis@excite.com> wrote in message
 > news:dfnb50pjg4lo94giv93sjci1fpfme0aa0u@4ax.com...
  > > I would like a recommendation of an online source for
 > tires if anyone
  > > has one.
  > >
  > > TIA
  > >
  > > Mike
 >
 > you can save a few $$$'s online.
 > however,
 > I did that once and I had a hell of a time getting the local
 > stealer to mount it.
 > they had a policy saying that the tire had to be bought
 > through them.
 > after signing a "hold harmless waver", they finally
 > installed the tire but said they wouldn't do it next time.
 >
 > g'luck
 > --
 > "Key"

I'll spare you the "my dealer is worse than your dealer" stories. We
mount our own tires now. Initial investment of less than $200 for a
balancer and all of us use it. Considering there are 10 of us buying 2
tires each year and the cost of mounting is $50 per tire.... It took
close to an hour to mount the first tube tire but we have it down to
about 30 minutes now.

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"AH#104" <ah104 DeleteThis @yourhatatt.net> wrote

 > Mike Smith axed:
  > > I would like a recommendation of an
  > >online source for tires if anyone has one.
  > >
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.accwhse.com</font" target="_blank">http://www.accwhse.com</font</a>>
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.motorcyclemart.com</font" target="_blank">http://www.motorcyclemart.com</font</a>>
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.tiresunlimited.com</font" target="_blank">http://www.tiresunlimited.com</font</a>>


I buy my Coker Wide Whites for my Heritage directly from Coker, and I get a
*way* better price than my local Indy quoted me. I pay about half of what my
Indy charges when I buy direct.

I bought my last Dunlop D-402 BW from J&P for $100, with a "no shipping
charge special" promotion. I went with a Black Wall because it was the rear
tire and you can't see a white wall anyway. When I replace my front, I'll go
with a BW on it too. I like the look of a BW over the WW on a Dresser.

I mount and balance my own tires but next time I'll have a Indy MC tire
dealer in San Jose do it for me. He charges 20 bucks to M&B a customer's
tire. It's *well* worth 20 bucks to me, to have someone else mount the tire
on the mag. Last time I did it I gouged up the mag pretty bad and had to do
some pretty drastic "clean-up" work to it.

I balance my tires using the OEM axle C-clamped onto two jackstands. Spin
the tire, mark the *light* spot (the top of the tire, at 12 o'clock), spin
it counter to the first time and mark it, repeat until I get enough marks to
show two "groups" of marks. Add weight directly between the two groups of
marks and re-spin it.

I've always balanced my own tires that way and I have better success than
when I have had a professional "spin balance" job done on a high dollar spin
balancer machine.

It's the old, "If ya want somethin' done right, do it yerself" deal.


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"'Key'" <Key.TakeThisOut@Ya.net> wrote:

 > you can save a few $$$'s online.
 > however,
 > I did that once and I had a hell of a time getting the local
 > stealer to mount it.

Wow, imagine that.... you sit there and call the guy a thief and then you
wonder why you had a hell of a time getting him to mount a tire for you?

What really baffles me is, if you think the guy is such a crook, why did you
take your work to him in the first place???


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Preacher wrote:

 > "'Key'" <Key.TakeThisOut@Ya.net> wrote:
 >
  > > you can save a few $$$'s online.
  > > however,
  > > I did that once and I had a hell of a time getting the local
  > > stealer to mount it.
 >
 > Wow, imagine that.... you sit there and call the guy a thief and then you
 > wonder why you had a hell of a time getting him to mount a tire for you?
 >
 > What really baffles me is, if you think the guy is such a crook, why did you
 > take your work to him in the first place???
 >
 > Preacher

My problem was that the local dealer wouldn't work on my '90 FLSTC as it was
"too old". He wouldn't even sell/mount tires for me!

I thank him now as I have done far more to my bike myself than I ever would have
if I had to pay somebody.

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"Tailgunner" <tailgunner RemoveThis @byte.nbrigham.com> wrote in message
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 >
 >
 > 'Key' wrote:
 >
  > > "Mike Smith" <mike_z RemoveThis @excite.com> wrote in message
  > > news:dfnb50pjg4lo94giv93sjci1fpfme0aa0u@4ax.com...
   > > > I would like a recommendation of an online source for
  > > tires if anyone
   > > > has one.
   > > >
   > > > TIA
   > > >
   > > > Mike
  > >
  > > you can save a few $$$'s online.
  > > however,
  > > I did that once and I had a hell of a time getting the
local
  > > stealer to mount it.
  > > they had a policy saying that the tire had to be bought
  > > through them.
  > > after signing a "hold harmless waver", they finally
  > > installed the tire but said they wouldn't do it next
time.
  > >
  > > g'luck
  > > --
  > > "Key"
 >
 > I'll spare you the "my dealer is worse than your dealer"
stories. We
 > mount our own tires now. Initial investment of less than
$200 for a
 > balancer and all of us use it. Considering there are 10 of
us buying 2
 > tires each year and the cost of mounting is $50 per
tire.... It took
 > close to an hour to mount the first tube tire but we have
it down to
 > about 30 minutes now.
 >
 > --
 > Tailgunner
 > Idiot#1 BS#232
 > '90 FLSTC "X-Girth" - For Sale
 > xgirth.nbrigham.com
 >

now thats a good idea !

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"Preacher" <preacher.RemoveThis@REMOVE.springmail.THIS.com> wrote in
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 > "'Key'" <Key.RemoveThis@Ya.net> wrote:
 >
  > > you can save a few $$$'s online.
  > > however,
  > > I did that once and I had a hell of a time getting the
local
  > > stealer to mount it.
 >
 > Wow, imagine that.... you sit there and call the guy a
thief and then you
 > wonder why you had a hell of a time getting him to mount a
tire for you?

I call him a stealer (like most folks do) not a thief.

 > What really baffles me is, if you think the guy is such a
crook, why did you
 > take your work to him in the first place???
 >

I am not a wrench and the next closest HD stealer is 80
miles away.
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"'Key'" <Key DeleteThis @Ya.net> wrote

 > I call him a stealer (like most folks do) not a thief.

Funny, but I always considered someone who *steals* to be a thief.


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"Preacher" <preacher.DeleteThis@REMOVE.springmail.THIS.com> wrote in
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 > "'Key'" <Key.DeleteThis@Ya.net> wrote
 >
  > > I call him a stealer (like most folks do) not a thief.
 >
 > Funny, but I always considered someone who *steals* to be
a thief.
 >
 >
 > Preacher
 >

well then,
most HD dealers I have seen are stealers.

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"AH#104" <ah104.RemoveThis@yourhatatt.net> wrote in message news:<hHm5c.27617$H44.513011@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>...
 > Mike Smith axed:
  > > I would like a recommendation of an
  > >online source for tires if anyone has one.
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.accwhse.com</font" target="_blank">http://www.accwhse.com</font</a>>
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.motorcyclemart.com</font" target="_blank">http://www.motorcyclemart.com</font</a>>
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.tiresunlimited.com</font" target="_blank">http://www.tiresunlimited.com</font</a>>

I oredered a Metz880 front tire for my bike from Motorcyclemart.com on
the 15th of March. I have still not received the tire muchless a
tracking number. I have called numerous times and most of the time I
get a message stating that the answering machine is full. I did get
through once or twice and they told me they were waiting on the tire
to come in from New York. That was about 2 weeks ago. I have since
been constantly trying to contact them via phone and e-mail. I got
through to the answering machine once and left a message to have them
call me with a status. No call back to date and no response to any of
the e-mails I have sent. The price is right but if it takes 6 months
to get the tire, I'd rather pay the extra money.

My suggestion, don't go with these guys. I can understand if they have
supplier issues but not getting back in touch with the customers to
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