V4 Tuono

[Digitdion]

had my 1000 km done in dunedin at mciver & veitch as motorad where i bought it aproved them to service it , if i had a seriuos issue with it fingers crossed i dont i wud send it to wellington as emoto in ch ch i think are getting out of it ! and ive been buying my tires from the usa and getting them fitted here locally,and yes the roads here are made for the tuono bloody awesome bike

Who do you get your tyres from oversea's? What about shipping costs?

[dickie]

Who do you get your tyres from oversea's? What about shipping costs?

jakewilson.com and i usually go in with a mate and share the shipping which isnt expensive ,we get a 2 or 3 at once , i have a dunlop Q2 ready to go on for $245 to my door and it normally takes about 5or 6 working days

[Digitdion]

jakewilson.com and i usually go in with a mate and share the shipping which isnt expensive ,we get a 2 or 3 at once , i have a dunlop Q2 ready to go on for $245 to my door and it normally takes about 5or 6 working days

Cheers mate!

[Digitdion]

jakewilson.com and i usually go in with a mate and share the shipping which isnt expensive ,we get a 2 or 3 at once , i have a dunlop Q2 ready to go on for $245 to my door and it normally takes about 5or 6 working days

I looked at jakewilson.com in regard to getting some Michelin road pilot 3 for the tiger 1050. Shipping for a set of these comes to $140 usd. I would not say that's cheap. Tyre prices are great, but the hit for shipping takes all the gloss off and you end up saving bugger all. You still gotta factor in gst too. My experience is that I am getting pinged more and more.
If I got in two sets for example, shipping would go up another 100usd. So 240 usd for shipping.
Is this what you have been paying? Or do you have a special deal going?

[dickie]

I looked at jakewilson.com in regard to getting some Michelin road pilot 3 for the tiger 1050. Shipping for a set of these comes to $140 usd. I would not say that's cheap. Tyre prices are great, but the hit for shipping takes all the gloss off and you end up saving bugger all. You still gotta factor in gst too. My experience is that I am getting pinged more and more.
If I got in two sets for example, shipping would go up another 100usd. So 240 usd for shipping.
Is this what you have been paying? Or do you have a special deal going?

the dunlop Q2 190/55 here in nz is $346 and i got mine to my door for $245 and have never paid gst yet ! if you order 4 0r more i think it changes the shipping rates but weve shipped 3 at a time with no probs !

[Digitdion]

the dunlop Q2 190/55 here in nz is $346 and i got mine to my door for $245 and have never paid gst yet ! if you order 4 0r more i think it changes the shipping rates but weve shipped 3 at a time with no probs !

I seem to be getting hit abit more for gst these days. It makes a difference. Thanks for the info.
Cheers

[DMNTD:Me]

jakewilson.com and i usually go in with a mate and share the shipping which isnt expensive ,we get a 2 or 3 at once , i have a dunlop Q2 ready to go on for $245 to my door and it normally takes about 5or 6 working days

Great site man...can chop 2/3 off the RRP for the rear tyre on my Diavel too!

[SpeedMonger]

I thought long and hard about one of these, an got offered a demo bike for a good price but only 160km max out of a tank takes the gloss off it. Researching owner experience shows that the claimed 17 litre tank has a useable capacity of only a little over 15, coupled with a seemingly over optimistic range computation has caught a lot of people out. If they came with a few more litres I would have plumped for one, but I'm liking the SP3R.

These things are only $12999 in the states aka $15k NZ, that's a hell of a margin on NZ bikes.

How's the bike going now Dickie, since you've got few km on it?

[DMNTD:Me]

It's not hard to get more than 160kms out of a tank...have done 210 before the fuel light came on before.
I still maintain that it is the best sports bike for the road that I have ever ridden or owned and I've ridden most

[SpeedMonger]

It's not hard to get more than 160kms out of a tank...have done 210 before the fuel light came on before.
I still maintain that it is the best sports bike for the road that I have ever ridden or owned and I've ridden most

I don't doubt it. You must of been pootling to get 210. Everything I could find showed that the range was a lot less when riding "normally", mind you that was US data, I don't know if the NZ bikes are specced differently?

[dickie]

hey hornet i have 11500 km on my Tv4 now and i luv this bike its amazing piece of kit ! ive toured around the north island on it and regards to fuel its more like 16 + litres in the tank and i can get 210 t0 220 out of a tank when cruising about ,i was worried about fuel before i bought mine but i soon forgot about that as its brilliant !