Tyre price Survey.

[swanman]

My last concern is this. Why do you have to haggle over tyres? This negotiation thing annoys me as it seems that bike shops are willing to rip you off unless you know exactly how much the item is worth.

It has always been my experience throughout the world that from tyres to accessories, to the actual bikes themselves the price you see on the ticket is rarely the price you often pay. This suggests to me a lack of respect for the customer, and a trap for the unwary biker who may be taken advantage of. If I go to the wharehouse I don't haggle the price of a CD or in the supermarket I don't quibble the price of a loaf of bread etc etc...And finally why is it when you take your bike in for work to be done you are nearly always surprised by the cost? (Occasional exception granted). Just seems to me there is still a kind of suspicion or a sense of mistrust between biker and bike shop.

[White trash]

Good comparo Swanman, excellent to see people doing their homework on a subject.

Quick question: What inspired you to choose Pirelli above the other manufacturers?

[Coldkiwi]

Oh, so you get Pirellis in Diablo's, Diablo Corsa's AND Diable Super Corsas? I thought it was just the last two...

last time I saw a pirelli brochure it went like this
Road use- diablo
fast road use - diablo corsa
Track use and fast road use - Dragon Supercorsa SC3
race and Track use Dragon Supercorsa SC2
Race use Dragon Supercorsa SC1


mind you, they all work to some degree in all conditions but diablos will probably overheat and disintegrate a little on the track and sc1 supercorsas are a bit of a slimy dog on wet roads in the winter (still better than other road tyres i've tried tho!)

[swanman]

Good comparo Swanman, excellent to see people doing their homework on a subject.

Quick question: What inspired you to choose Pirelli above the other manufacturers?

Fair question. Basicaly they have a good rep. Also it is not going to put off a potential buyer (I am selling it). If it wasn't Pirelli, I probably would have tried bridgestone, as I had them on my zx-9 and they gripped well.

P.S. I really admired your riding on the track day, you are some quick dude. Remember next time you're up this way wheelie practice time.

[Zed]

I got the diablo from cycle treads.

Thanks for the comparative info Fraser, saved me a bit of research and running around. I had a Diablo 180/55/17 fitted to my Bird at Cycletreads tonight on the way home from work. Great service, etc, etc.

PS Some of the above prices maybe slightly out as I am doing this from memory.

Yeah your memory is shot man, you were more than slightly out on the pricing - I was gutted that I had to pay over 400 bucks!! jk .

[swanman]

Thanks for the comparative info Fraser, saved me a bit of research and running around. I had a Diablo 180/55/17 fitted to my Bird at Cycletreads tonight on the way home from work. Great service, etc, etc.

Yeah your memory is shot man, you were more than slightly out on the pricing - I was gutted that I had to pay over 400 bucks!! jk .

So what did you really pay?

[Zed]

So what did you really pay?

Just 10 bucks more than you! But you had the leverage of comparing quotes from other shops you had received that day...I just came in behind you and told them that a guy I knew had come in and got a great deal on a Diablo and that I wanted one too!

[swanman]

Just had a call from Haldanes, and they say that they could match the $290 for the diablo but not the corsa price from Holeshot. Took 2 days for them to get back to me.

[andy1]

price depends on if u take the bike in or just the rims

Cost me for Set metz(racetech&rennesport).. $450.

[750Y]

that is all great guys but come on! support your fellow KB-ers. I get my tyres from WMCC & they are very sharp on the prices as well as being quick to courier them at really reasonable rates. Don't be too quick to forget the cool stuff them guys have done like when they had the prizes etc they gave out free last year to kb-ers in support of a kb event. ring trashman, he'll sort you out...

[Kwaka-Kid]

What Lou said, Price varies depending on if they are a stockist or not, and what they spend with their wholesaler.... then as for where the shop is located... Nationwide has the perilli franchise (sole?) and are based in Hamilton... therefore freight per tyre in hamilton is only a local ticket.. to get it to auckland you are looking @ a shorthaul... to get it to wellington your looking @ longhaul, more costs as you move up the ranks, and more restriction as to weight/size, so more often then not could be sent with a slow 2-3day courier service. Then if you just take rims in bare, or with old tyres on, or whole bike in, All things to affect end user price...

But nice homework there swannman... cheers for that.

I personally have used Rowes tyres in the past, as they reflect a $35 discount just for taking your rims in (with old rubber) Whereas have asked @ Mt Eden and have been told it wont make a difference to their price... yet rowes still ended up some $25 cheaper for a Perilli Sport Demon which was only like $178..

[TonyB]

Bah! I've got you all beat: Pirelli MTR24 DRAGON GTS rear for 2 dozen Heineken fitted to my wheel.