good source for tires in canada?

[kevxs]

Hi all, just got a scary estimate for new tires followed by a call back saying they wont even install them cause my bike is too old. Looks like I'll be ordering my own and bringing the rims in. I just checked out bike bandit but it looks like they dont ship to canada. Any suggestions for reasonably priced tires in canada?

thanks!

[kevxs]

i think i'm all good, another local bike shop will order and install some new shinkos for $370 plus tax. Seems about as good as I can get around here.

[fredintoon]

i think i'm all good, another local bike shop will order and install some new shinkos for $370 plus tax. Seems about as good as I can get around here.

Hi Kev,
your existing tires good for a one way trip south of the border?
Get them swapped out stateside at half the price.

[kevxs]

good idea but I don't think I'd want to leave town with this old rubber. thanks though!

[fredintoon]

good idea but I don't think I'd want to leave town with this old rubber. thanks though!

Hi Kev,
that price makes my eyes go big and round.
My first on line Canadian source:-
http://www.canadasmotorcycle.ca/
quotes Shinko tourmaster 230s at $104.91 each; delivered.

[crazy steve]

Jake Wilson has the Shinko Tourmasters for $125 for front and rear, and shipping to Canada is $54 including customs, etc....

http://www.jakewilson.com/International/CA

[MaximPhil]

Jake Wilson has the Shinko Tourmasters for $125 for front and rear, and shipping to Canada is $54 including customs, etc....

http://www.jakewilson.com/International/CA

Hi Kev,
Rosey Toes (off Wilson) will mount them for $15 per wheel if you take him the wheels. Call it $40 with tax and disposal.
Zdeno in Kitchener has some decent prices on tires though his mounting is a little more.

Phil

[kevxs]

thanks for the help guys but I cannot find Shinkos in the size I need on Canada's motorcycle or jakewilson. (at least not the front)

[crazy steve]

thanks for the help guys but I cannot find Shinkos in the size I need on Canada's motorcycle or jakewilson. (at least not the front)

What??!! Your Special uses the most common 'cruiser' sizes there are.... I know Jake Wilson has them, and in stock too.

You need a 100/90-19 front and 130/90-16 rear. What size do you think you need?

[kevxs]

oh sorry, i had it in my head that the front was 17" rim, dont know where i got that from, thanks again

[fredintoon]

oh sorry, i had it in my head that the front was 17" rim, dont know where i got that from, thanks again

Hi Kev,
it's good that you posted before you bought.
Otherwise you'd have to spend thousands of dollars on a sportbike to fit your new 17" front tire.

[kevxs]

that right Fred, the fine folks at xs11.com save the day . . . . as always!

[kevxs]

next question, can I have both wheels off at the same time without a jack?

[crazy steve]

Yes; put the bike up on the centerstand and remove the rear wheel first. Then lift the front of the bike and put a jackstand under the frame tube below the exhaust with the front wheel off the ground. Reverse to install...

[fredintoon]

next question, can I have both wheels off at the same time without a jack?

Hi Kev,
like Steve sez, you don't necessarily need a jack but you do need something to prop up the front of the frame when both wheels are out.
OK, this ad from the April 1st edition of a 1950's British bike magazine:-
"The HYMOL-RIGHT jack!
This multi-purpose 3-position furnace-hardened ceramic device has no moving parts and is indestructable in normal use.
Use flatwise, edgewise or endwise to prop up your bike on any hard surface or use as a parking stop.
Do not confuse this item with a cheap builder's brick.