Motorcycle Tires Bridgestone
How do I get the rear tire replaced on my motorcycle?
Triumph Daytona 955i. I already bought the new rear tire, but I’d rather have a shop put it on since I don’t think I could correctly balance it. Do I bring the whole bike in or should I just take off the wheel and bring the wheel and new tire? Also, can i ride with different front and rear tires? The front is a bridgestone BT-010 and the rear is BT-014
Should I take it to a dealer? I’m going to make some calls today and ask around…
thanks for the input
It will generally cost you less if you take the wheel off yourself and take it in and just have it mounted & balanced. Alot of shops won’t even touch a tire change if you didn’t buy the tire there, so you may have a problem with finding a shop that will mount the tire. (they may cite liability concerns or some other kind of crap) That just means they are copping an attitude. At your Triumph dealer they might go ahead with the tire change but will grumble about it. (tell them straight up: if they had a good tire price you would have purchased it there) Your best bet is to find an independent shop that at least has a good tire machine and balance equipment. But be careful -I did this same thing: I took my wheel in and they mounted the tire, but when it was time to balance, the balance machine was mysteriously broken.
It will not hurt a single thing to ride different tires on the front & back. It is however very important that the tires be extremely similar in their performance capabilities and match each others compound. Tread being different is purely cosmetic.
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