I thought I'd give a couple of local businesses a little plug on here for those of you in the San Diego area. I haven't actually bought from either of these places yet but they've been very helpful as far as getting pricing and deciding where and what tires to buy.
Full Throttle Powersports in Santee. Mike is a one man show and he has by far the best prices in town for tires. I'm going to be buying tires from him in about a month when it's time. I'm talking $30-$40 cheaper than any local Stealerships or most online stores. And his labor for mounting is very reasonable. $30 for a front tire and $35 for a rear. House of Motorcycles wants $100 a tire to mount them. :rant: We need to help keep the small guys like him in business.
And if you'd like to mount them yourself, you can buy them from Mike and take them to Privateers Garage and learn to mount them yourself. As well as do pretty much any other work you need to on your bike. $25 an hour, $70 for 4 hours, and they'll teach you how to use their mounting and balancing equipment on a practice tire and wheel before your time even starts. They have a full garage, tools, bike stands, even lifts. All for you to use for any job you could possibly need to do.
I think it's really important to try and give smaller local companies our business. Especially if they are willing to match prices that you can get online. I know as well as anyone it's hard to justify buying something locally when you can save 20% or more buying online. But when I can afford it or they'll do what they can to help with the pricing, I buy from them. I'm planning seeing if Full Throttle can get me the TBR exhaust. I checked pricing from some of the Stealerships for tires and the exhaust. Most of them charge full retail. Especially for the exhaust system. San Diego House of Motorcycles (where I bought the bike incidentally) wanted $1100 for the TBR system. I asked them why they're quoting full list price when I can buy it online all day $250-$300 less, they just said, "that's the difference between an online store and us." I asked if they would be willing to drop it to $900. He laughed.
So I'd suggest giving these companies some business if you're in the area. They'll treat you well and give you some of the best deals around.
Full Throttle Powersports in Santee. Mike is a one man show and he has by far the best prices in town for tires. I'm going to be buying tires from him in about a month when it's time. I'm talking $30-$40 cheaper than any local Stealerships or most online stores. And his labor for mounting is very reasonable. $30 for a front tire and $35 for a rear. House of Motorcycles wants $100 a tire to mount them. :rant: We need to help keep the small guys like him in business.
And if you'd like to mount them yourself, you can buy them from Mike and take them to Privateers Garage and learn to mount them yourself. As well as do pretty much any other work you need to on your bike. $25 an hour, $70 for 4 hours, and they'll teach you how to use their mounting and balancing equipment on a practice tire and wheel before your time even starts. They have a full garage, tools, bike stands, even lifts. All for you to use for any job you could possibly need to do.
I think it's really important to try and give smaller local companies our business. Especially if they are willing to match prices that you can get online. I know as well as anyone it's hard to justify buying something locally when you can save 20% or more buying online. But when I can afford it or they'll do what they can to help with the pricing, I buy from them. I'm planning seeing if Full Throttle can get me the TBR exhaust. I checked pricing from some of the Stealerships for tires and the exhaust. Most of them charge full retail. Especially for the exhaust system. San Diego House of Motorcycles (where I bought the bike incidentally) wanted $1100 for the TBR system. I asked them why they're quoting full list price when I can buy it online all day $250-$300 less, they just said, "that's the difference between an online store and us." I asked if they would be willing to drop it to $900. He laughed.
So I'd suggest giving these companies some business if you're in the area. They'll treat you well and give you some of the best deals around.
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