Trump Land tires or Canadian tires

Hi

I was unfortunate to have a blowout on my rear tire while on my way home a few days ago. So I had to get a new set of tires for my 2010, VFR1200.

After reading comments on this and other sites :happy: and some other research, I decided to again buy a set of Michelin Pilot Road 4 tires. That is what I had on.

So then came the big search to get the best deal. I am in Vancouver Canada. I am close to the US border so not a big deal to go get tires down south.



We do have a number of good places up here, but I always like to shop around for a deal. Someone on this site mentioned a (previously unknown to me) supplier down south with some great deals.

Then just to get my ducks in a row I compared all local dealers in Vancouver. That turned out to be an eye-opener. I got a price quote as high as $762 Canadian. That price still did not include an environmental fee of $10, installation $100 plus 12% tax. Total $976 Canadian.($725 US) Down in Trump world that same set is $343 (US). With the exchange rate US to Canadian that is $461 Canadian.

Shipping would be free to my US postal address, (yes we Canadians do that) but then I have to go pick it up and bring it back and have it installed. Taxes and installation will put that at around $590 (CA)



Not all the local Vancouver shops were out of their minds. Two places stood out. I want to make it clear I have no contact with them and get nothing from this post. In fact they will not even know who I am. But here goes.

http://www.2ndgearmotorsport.com/

2nd Gear Motorsport in Coquitlam, BC. All fees, taxes and installed $631 (CA) so $469 (US)

Bayside Performance did it all in for $612 (CA) so $455 (Trump money)

https://www.baysideperformance.ca/



Just saying; All you riders in Trump Land. Look up North. There may be some deals to be had.

 

Cheaper to order from FortNine or Petes Superbike here in Canada.

 

I have dealt with Bayside before and have no complaints. But I agree with Jeff about Pete's. They were about the cheapest delivered to my door within a week. Then there will be the cost of the install if you don't have the equipment to do so yourself.

As far as balancing the tires, I am a dynabead supporter. Just order them with the tires and you will get the amount you need. The only thing is though with the beads, the instructions say to pour them gently through the air stem with the valve removed. If you have stock stems, you are probably fine. If you have angled stems, the beads will not flow. You need to set the tire bead then break one side and pour the dynabeads into the tire there and reset the tire bead.

 

Don't use beads on the front tire if you get the T30 Evo. For whatever reason I can't get them to balance on those.

Otherwise I like them as well and use them in the rears.

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Holy wow that is expensive. Is there a reason you don't want to do the swap yourself? You could get some nice tire changing gear for the cost of having them installed, from the sound of it.

 

Angled stems and beads in the rear sounds like some of that Canadian porno code talk to me.

 

Come on up Billy and I will gather a party to show you some good old Kanajun hospitality.

 

There's an app for that... probably

 

Kinky a bit


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