Winge

[pete-blen]

So I needed a new rear tyre for the XT660
off I go to one of the local shops and order
a Shinko 705... This morrning I go and pick it up
$177 .... Around $130 shiped online.. $50 for the privilege
of doing the right thing & surporting the local shops..
$10/15 yer can live with... but not $50

[Box'a'bits]

So I needed a new rear tyre for the XT660
off I go to one of the local shops and order
a Shinko 705... This morrning I go and pick it up
$177 .... Around $130 shiped online.. $50 for the privilege
of doing the right thing & surporting the local shops..
$10/15 yer can live with... but not $50
Pete, my strategy is to check price & availablility with the shop first. If the price is too high I ask if they will price match. They are usually happy to do so to retain business. I've usually checked the Cycletreads site for their prices as well, & I've also looked at alternative options to see if I'm paying too much...

[Gremlin]

If my rear tyres cost $177 I wouldn't be complaining... last set was $670

[mazz1972]

So I needed a new rear tyre for the XT660
off I go to one of the local shops and order
a Shinko 705...

How do you find the Shinko 705's on the XT? When hubby had his XT he tried one on the rear and the whole bike wobbled through the rear. Went back and it was swapped for another one which did the same. Ended up with a set of Maxxis which were fine so it was definately an issue with the Shinkos.

[pete-blen]

How do you find the Shinko 705's on the XT? When hubby had his XT he tried one on the rear and the whole bike wobbled through the rear. Went back and it was swapped for another one which did the same. Ended up with a set of Maxxis which were fine so it was definately an issue with the Shinkos.


Never noticed that... Why I keep useing them...

[Mungatoke Mad]

If my rear tyres cost $177 I wouldn't be complaining... last set was $670At 120$-140$ 4 a rear Knobbly I'me getting 2 weekends good riding followed by 2-3 weekends sticking to the main tracks b4 the next change shit I'me 2 scared to calculate what that is over the year :gob:

[ducatijim]

At 120$-140$ 4 a rear Knobbly I'me getting 2 weekends good riding followed by 2-3 weekends sticking to the main tracks b4 the next change shit I'me 2 scared to calculate what that is over the year :gob:

Arh but thats because its a KTM turning it mate!!!

[Night Falcon]

I buy all my tyres on line cos no one stocks anything to fit the 690. I support my local honda dealer by getting them to fit them for me :laugh: He will be fitting new k60 rear and Mt 21 front next week :yes:

[BMWST?]

At 120$-140$ 4 a rear Knobbly I'me getting 2 weekends good riding followed by 2-3 weekends sticking to the main tracks b4 the next change shit I'me 2 scared to calculate what that is over the year :gob:


i can work that out for you sir......

[bart]

The rears I've been using lately cost $10 ;)

OK, they're not quite the right size, but who cares :woohoo:

[Waihou Thumper]

I empathise mate....

[monchopper]

At 120$-140$ 4 a rear Knobbly I'me getting 2 weekends good riding followed by 2-3 weekends sticking to the main tracks b4 the next change shit I'me 2 scared to calculate what that is over the year :gob:

Have you tried a Mitas C02?

[dino3310]

The rears I've been using lately cost $10 ;)

OK, they're not quite the right size, but who cares :woohoo:

yip me too, got a 410 x 18 for the roady stuff and secondhand mx tyres for the gravel/offroad stuff

[NordieBoy]

So I needed a new rear tyre for the XT660
off I go to one of the local shops and order
a Shinko 705... This morrning I go and pick it up
$177 .... Around $130 shiped online.. $50 for the privilege
of doing the right thing & surporting the local shops..
$10/15 yer can live with... but not $50

Go through www.bits4bikes.co.nz (Whites Wholesalers)

You pick it up from the local guys and they get the money too.

[pete-blen]

Go through www.bits4bikes.co.nz (Whites Wholesalers)

You pick it up from the local guys and they get the money too.

Same prise as Motozone... $134 on yer door step..

[NordieBoy]

Same prise as Motozone... $134 on yer door step..

And the $$ go to the local bike shop. Over here it's Filco.

Ordered some bits through b4b and was surprised to see Filco on the bank statement.

They're getting the sales without having to do any selling. They like it.

[pete-blen]

And the $$ go to the local bike shop. Over here it's Filco.

Ordered some bits through b4b and was surprised to see Filco on the bank statement.

They're getting the sales without having to do any selling. They like it.


So yer order/buy on line and it gets sent to a shop in your area
for you to pick up..?
"looks to be the trials centre here"

[NordieBoy]

So yer order/buy on line and it gets sent to a shop in your area
for you to pick up..?
"looks to be the trials centre here"

Yep .

[thommo77]

Did you buy from Trials Centre or Motocare?

[pete-blen]

Did you buy from Trials Centre or Motocare?

Grinter..........................................

[Woodman]

FYI

When I lived in Blenheim I got a couple of tyres from Indendent Tyre Specialists. There was a guy there who had an xr600 and was very good to mororcyclists and kept a pretty good range of tyres there. very good pricing.

[pete-blen]

FYI

When I lived in Blenheim I got a couple of tyres from Indendent Tyre Specialists. There was a guy there who had an xr600 and was very good to mororcyclists and kept a pretty good range of tyres there. very good pricing.

They still do.....
place I never think about..untill someone mentions them...

[Night Falcon]

Grinter..........................................


FYI

When I lived in Blenheim I got a couple of tyres from Indendent Tyre Specialists. There was a guy there who had an xr600 and was very good to mororcyclists and kept a pretty good range of tyres there. very good pricing.

when I lived in blimim G was working for Marlb Honda Centre and ITS used to change ya tires for 5 bucks :Offtopic:

[brp]

Anyone know of any overseas crowds willing to ship tyres to NZ ?

http://www.bikebandit.com/michelin-t63-motorcycle-tire

Main NZ tyre retailer has T63 for double the price

Why worry about supporting retailers wearing transparent balaclava's ?

At 800 km on T63 rear - worn real quick - be lucky get 1000 km out of it

[Padmei]

Whats shipping on a pair of tyres from os tho?

[brp]

Get it sent by sea and buy in bulk

[Gremlin]

Anyone know of any overseas crowds willing to ship tyres to NZ ?
A lot of the USA ones won't ship overseas, something about having to ship one way, but rules prohibiting?

I did get a set of tyres from Jake Wilson.

[brp]

Does not look like wilson does international tyre delivery now, duty should not be much as to my knowledge motorbike tyres not manufactured here - T63's cheap in thailand - might be knock-offs :D

[JATZ]

I hope this is a general winge thread Pete :confused: ?

I ordered some front brake pads for the 800 on Tuesday, thinking they'll be here Wednesday for me to put in so I can make sure all is good on Thursday before going for a ride on Friday (clever aye?)
Thursday night and my brake pads are in Timaru !!! WTF ? after being sent from Hamilton :scratch: I knew at lunch time they wouldn't be here so rang the BMW dealer in a major South Island city to see if they had any, "Errrrr....No" they said but we can getem ex Germany in about 14/15 days :gob: and they'll be $181+gst per side :gob: :gob: and :shit: FFS they're a consumable item like oil filters/air filters and tyres. Why is there no stock ?
FWIW after market ones are about $45 per side:blink:
I could've rung the local KTM dealer as the 01=06 950's use the same pads, aswell as a few other makes including some Hondas :eek:

End of rant :sunny:

[Night Falcon]

I hope this is a general winge thread Pete :confused: ?

I ordered some front brake pads for the 800 on Tuesday, thinking they'll be here Wednesday for me to put in so I can make sure all is good on Thursday before going for a ride on Friday (clever aye?)
Thursday night and my brake pads are in Timaru !!! WTF ? after being sent from Hamilton :scratch: I knew at lunch time they wouldn't be here so rang the BMW dealer in a major South Island city to see if they had any, "Errrrr....No" they said but we can getem ex Germany in about 14/15 days :gob: and they'll be $181+gst per side :gob: :gob: and :shit: FFS they're a consumable item like oil filters/air filters and tyres. Why is there no stock ?
FWIW after market ones are about $45 per side:blink:
I could've rung the local KTM dealer as the 01=06 950's use the same pads, aswell as a few other makes including some Hondas :eek:

End of rant :sunny:

that sort of thing rips my nighty, especially when you are hanging out for a ride :mad::2guns:

[JATZ]

that sort of thing rips my nighty, especially when you are hanging out for a ride :mad::2guns:

Y'aint got any spares have ya ? 690's use the same pads too :D

[Night Falcon]

Y'aint got any spares have ya ? 690's use the same pads too :D

I'm too poor to own spares of anything :no:

[GSers]

There seems to be a bit of a theme going on here for all you home handy men who are working on there bikes all the time especially with consumables. When you use the last one you have sitting in the shed its time to replace it.
When you have to buy things now, beggers cant be choosers.
So most of you know that you are going to need tires filters chains sprockets in X amount of kilometers start looking for the bargains in time.
Night Falcon come on poor.
GSers

[JATZ]

There seems to be a bit of a theme going on here for all you home handy men who are working on there bikes all the time especially with consumables. When you use the last one you have sitting in the shed its time to replace it.
When you have to buy things now, beggers cant be choosers.
So most of you know that you are going to need tires filters chains sprockets in X amount of kilometers start looking for the bargains in time.
Night Falcon come on poor.
GSers

:Oi: this is the "winge" thread, not the "sensible suggestions" thread :D

But yes... I will be getting in a spare set

[Night Falcon]

There seems to be a bit of a theme going on here for all you home handy men who are working on there bikes all the time especially with consumables. When you use the last one you have sitting in the shed its time to replace it.
When you have to buy things now, beggers cant be choosers.
So most of you know that you are going to need tires filters chains sprockets in X amount of kilometers start looking for the bargains in time.
Night Falcon come on poor.
GSers

speaking of poor...hows that poor shoulder of yours gettin on bro?

[GSers]

Still mostly broken, put it this way they haven't done anything to it yet. Finally get to see the head man at the hospital in a couple of weeks, but I had to start ratling my cage down there on Tuesday. The break looks like a Z. Ribs are alot better and the bruising is nearly all gone. I will wait and see what happens before I post photo's. Been back at work for 3 weeks now. Going OK. Bike Regos are on hold for 6 months so the tin top is it. Ride safe everyone and thanks for asking.
GSers :violin::violin::violin::facepalm:

[Gremlin]

...we can getem ex Germany in about 14/15 days :gob: and they'll be $181+gst per side :gob: :gob: and :shit: FFS they're a consumable item like oil filters/air filters and tyres. Why is there no stock ?
FWIW after market ones are about $45 per side:blink:
All pads replaced in the GSA at 40k. BMW pads all round cost about $650, I told the workshop, standing order, I'm never buying BMW pads again. Aftermarket are max of $150 all up. Don't care if they last half as long, I'll still be up. :mellow:

[Eddieb]

I hope this is a general winge thread Pete :confused: ?

I ordered some front brake pads for the 800 on Tuesday, thinking they'll be here Wednesday for me to put in so I can make sure all is good on Thursday before going for a ride on Friday (clever aye?)
Thursday night and my brake pads are in Timaru !!! WTF ? after being sent from Hamilton :scratch: I knew at lunch time they wouldn't be here so rang the BMW dealer in a major South Island city to see if they had any, "Errrrr....No" they said but we can getem ex Germany in about 14/15 days :gob: and they'll be $181+gst per side :gob: :gob: and :shit: FFS they're a consumable item like oil filters/air filters and tyres. Why is there no stock ?
FWIW after market ones are about $45 per side:blink:
I could've rung the local KTM dealer as the 01=06 950's use the same pads, aswell as a few other makes including some Hondas :eek:

End of rant :sunny:

So did you get a Honda or KTM OEM price quote, was there a difference?

[warewolf]

we can getem ex Germany in about 14/15 days :gob: and they'll be $181+gst per side :gob: :gob: and :shit: FFS they're a consumable item like oil filters/air filters and tyres. Why is there no stock ?
FWIW after market ones are about $45 per side:blink:There is no stock because nobody buys OEM when they can get aftermarket for one quarter the price :yes:

To be fair to KTM, their pads are pricey but possibly the best value because they last a lot longer. The 640 rears lasted 40,000 km and I haven't worn out the fronts yet after 50,000km. The after-market pads in the 200 don't last very long, in fact the rears lost 70-80% of the material in one wet muddy 3 hour cross-country race in the 640 (I love having multiple bikes sharing common parts!!) and ended up nearly metal-to-metal. Yep, bought a set of expensive OEM pads for each bike after that episode. I'm not talking about cheap shitty pads either, but SBS sintered. OEM pads are made by Toshiba or Brembo.

$180/pair was about what I was quoted locally a couple of years ago.

[BMWST?]

I hope this is a general winge thread Pete :confused: ?

I ordered some front brake pads for the 800 on Tuesday, thinking they'll be here Wednesday for me to put in so I can make sure all is good on Thursday before going for a ride on Friday (clever aye?)
Thursday night and my brake pads are in Timaru !!! WTF ? after being sent from Hamilton :scratch: I knew at lunch time they wouldn't be here so rang the BMW dealer in a major South Island city to see if they had any, "Errrrr....No" they said but we can getem ex Germany in about 14/15 days :gob: and they'll be $181+gst per side :gob: :gob: and :shit: FFS they're a consumable item like oil filters/air filters and tyres. Why is there no stock ?
FWIW after market ones are about $45 per side:blink:
I could've rung the local KTM dealer as the 01=06 950's use the same pads, aswell as a few other makes including some Hondas :eek:

End of rant :sunny:


i hope you gave the dealer a tune up!No brake pads in stock for a current model?Not even at national level??

[thommo77]

I'm just gutted that Blenheim has no 'real' bike retailers. A handful of bikes for sale, hardly any gear and all about the size of your average lounge!

[JATZ]

So did you get a Honda or KTM OEM price quote, was there a difference?

No, I've been a little busy, I may look into it at some stage though


All pads replaced in the GSA at 40k. BMW pads all round cost about $650, I told the workshop, standing order, I'm never buying BMW pads again. Aftermarket are max of $150 all up. Don't care if they last half as long, I'll still be up. :mellow:

My thoughts exactly now. Even if the cheaper ones last 25% of the originals it's still a no brainer, at least they have them in N.Z. :clap:


There is no stock because nobody buys OEM when they can get aftermarket for one quarter the price :yes:

To be fair to KTM, their pads are pricey but possibly the best value because they last a lot longer. The 640 rears lasted 40,000 km and I haven't worn out the fronts yet after 50,000km. The after-market pads in the 200 don't last very long, in fact the rears lost 70-80% of the material in one wet muddy 3 hour cross-country race in the 640 (I love having multiple bikes sharing common parts!!) and ended up nearly metal-to-metal. Yep, bought a set of expensive OEM pads for each bike after that episode. I'm not talking about cheap shitty pads either, but SBS sintered. OEM pads are made by Toshiba or Brembo.

$180/pair was about what I was quoted locally a couple of years ago.

Always sensible Werewolf :whistle: the old ones are originals, in Travis's expert tradesmans language they'd be "hard as fuck" :D and he only used a wee hammer to get them out :2thumbsup


i hope you gave the dealer a tune up!No brake pads in stock for a current model?Not even at national level??
I asked why there was none and the answer wasn't satisfactory :brick:

[umopom]

Anyone know of any overseas crowds willing to ship tyres to NZ ?

http://www.bikebandit.com/michelin-t63-motorcycle-tire

Main NZ tyre retailer has T63 for double the price

Why worry about supporting retailers wearing transparent balaclava's ?

At 800 km on T63 rear - worn real quick - be lucky get 1000 km out of it

Have a look at - www.tremx.com - have used them a couple of times and been cheap reliable and they don't care what they ship or where.
Cheers
JC

[brp]

"Nice action" Cheers - rare find finding someone willing to ship here - full stop !

But does not look like worth doing these days - T63's a US hundie and pirelli scorp $60.

Be good find someone with the buying power of the bandit willing to ship.

Put bulk kiwibiker group order in :cool:

[clint640]

Have a look at - www.tremx.com - have used them a couple of times and been cheap reliable and they don't care what they ship or where.
Cheers
JC

That looks good, I've been thinking of getting in some D606 rears for a while as they don't sell the 130/18 in NZ, looks like they'd land a couple here for around NZ$120ea which is cheaper than cheap for that size.

Cheers
Clint

[brp]

Its US$25 freight send tyre across the USA - whats it going to cost to get to here ? You got special deal going down ? :D

[clint640]

Its US$25 freight send tyre across the USA - whats it going to cost to get to here ? You got special deal going down ? :D

Secret KTM handshake bro :cool:

No actually I just fed in all my address details & went to the checkout with 2x 130/18 D606 @ US84ea. Despite what it sez elsewhere on the site shipping came up as US$30 total. I'll probably send them an email to check that is the real deal before I actually pull trigger. Anything under NZ$180 is a good deal for this type of tyre I reckon, so even if shipping was US$50/tyre it would still be worth the exercise.

Cheers
Clint

[brp]

"Cher Bro"

Can ya post back in here pls how ya got on ?

[clint640]

"Cher Bro"

Can ya post back in here pls how ya got on ?

Got a reply, both the tyre & the shipping prices were wrong :rolleyes: They have now updated their system.

130/18 D606 is actually US$99, shipping is actually US$70. Which makes getting one fairly pricey. But shipping on 2 is US$110 so getting a couple works out to just under NZ$190ea which isn't too bad & keeps it under the $400 GST limit. Pretty sure Rosie paid more than $190 for the 120/18 D606she got for her WR a while back.

Cheers
Clint

[Rosie]

Got a reply, both the tyre & the shipping prices were wrong :rolleyes: They have now updated their system.

130/18 D606 is actually US$99, shipping is actually US$70. Which makes getting one fairly pricey. But shipping on 2 is US$110 so getting a couple works out to just under NZ$190ea which isn't too bad & keeps it under the $400 GST limit. Pretty sure Rosie paid more than $190 for the 120/18 D606she got for her WR a while back.
Cheers
Clint

$189 :bleh:

[brp]

Cherz Clint

Soundz gooood :niceone: