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2 minutes ago, Tonik said:
40 bucks on the bike at a dealer is insane. Where is it, I will drive there every time I need a rear done on my big ass bagger. Remove both saddle bags, both shocks. Jack it way up so the axle drops below the exhaust then get the tire out through the bottom.
100 bucks seems more inline to me.
Now if that 40 means you have to buy the tire from the dealer at list price I might change my answer.
not us but small shops seem to do tires on a bike for $40 and $20 off. $100 is more in line. but we don't charge that. we are only charging $50 sportbikes and $60 full dressers. they're dumb as fuck. they admitted the shop hasn't made money in 10+ years. sorry folks, it's a business you have to charge appropriately to keep the doors open. I keep telling them they need to charge at least $100 for a rear. and maybe $70 for a front. since they're usually not that bad.
in my old line of work, it was a franchise. we were advised what to charge. the lady that owned the store thought her prices were expensive. when corporate came to town for a visit they told her they were too low. and needed to charge $200 labor for each pc of glass install. she still only does $125 for the first 2. which takes me about an hour to install. even so, it's far less work than a motorcycle tire.
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on the bike what do you guys feel is a fair price?
because I took a job at a dealership and to be honest, they don't charge enough in my opinion. it's no wonder why so many little shops go under. $40 a tire is not paying bills.
for example I worked at a glass company. to install a 12"X12" pc of glass is $125. no discounts. the price goes up if the size is beyond what 1 guy can lift. goes up more if needs a ladder etc.
the motorcycle mechanic industry is practically a charity compared to other industries.
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Maybe he could do something worthwhile if he could pry himself away from golfing. 102 at 493 days in. Obama was 1, 273 days @ 102 golf rounds.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trumps-visits-golf-outpace-barack-obama/story?id=55486647
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Thanks for turning memorial day into a day about yourself trump. And the right said obama was arrogant.
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6 minutes ago, serpentracer said:
no one was talking about raising taxes. EVERYONE was talking about how lowering taxes would save and create jobs. it's all snake oil. it's just a sales gimmick the rich use on the poor to allow them to take it all for themselves while increasing the cost of living to everyone else. that's why they're raising the interest rates again. now we have to pay more for loans. gas prices are skyrocketing. local taxes are going up. sales taxes in many cities have gone up.
wanted to add something to what I said. so instead of the rich not paying their fair share of income tax, the rest of society has to make up for it through other taxes. sales taxes, gas tax, property tax, our income tax, etc etc.
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1 minute ago, motocat12 said:
How much of a part exactly? where did it affect fake investment ratings, derivatives, and buying too much house on adjustable mortgages.
lot's of people lost jobs. they'd pay the mortgage if they had jobs.
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no one was talking about raising taxes. EVERYONE was talking about how lowering taxes would save and create jobs. it's all snake oil. it's just a sales gimmick the rich use on the poor to allow them to take it all for themselves while increasing the cost of living to everyone else. that's why they're raising the interest rates again. now we have to pay more for loans. gas prices are skyrocketing. local taxes are going up. sales taxes in many cities have gone up.
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also regan's didn't work nor did GWB tax amnesty plan which led to millions of jobs lost and turned the budget surplus into a huge debt. it has been blamed for partial reason for the economic crash in 2008
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3 minutes ago, motocat12 said:
who said tax cut were universal job savers. 1 event is proof?
The GOP. They always have. A wave of layoffs has happened. Google it.
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On 5/26/2018 at 6:33 PM, Tonik said:
Not a fact, a lie. He has lots of loans with Ladder Capital in NY.
Whom he owes millions to... he is in major debt. If he has the money he pretends to, why cant he pay off his loans?
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More proof that no matter how much they slash taxes, it doesnt save or create jobs. And trickle down economics hasent ever worked in the past.
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9 hours ago, cOoTeR said:
Thats nuts. But ive never seen a harley, yamaha and kawasaki cruiser with lug nuts. It would be sweet. But they have axles that go all the way through. Even in the ones with a driveshaft. I would love it if they had lug nuts.
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13 hours ago, JustinNck1 said:
Lol, this is why people believe it should cost so much. Harley bagger tires are simple IMO. Yes, I load them on the lift table by myself.2 straps and a scissor lift get the rear tire off with no issue. Saddlebags are literally 2 quick turn fasteners The tire mounting on a Harley 16 inch wheel is a freaking cake walk compared to a sportbike. Belt adjustment, which is usually needed, is super simple with the correct tool. Now the LED lighting stuff is the bullshit I can't stand. It's never done clean and no one seems to want to use a quick disconnect stuff.
We are not a harley dealer so i dont have access to the manuals to know about the belt tension or any special tools. So i dont adjust it. Unless it is really loose ill do it about as tight as kawasaki and yamaha has theirs. Our policy is 2 guys to load it. They may have dropped one in the past.
Youre crazy if a sportbike is hard. Its 1/4 of the work. And the tires are usually soft enough to almost remove by hand.
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9 hours ago, Tpoppa said:
I'd like to be that unsuccessful...you realize he's a billionaire, right?
never been proven. and you forget the fact no american banks will loan him money. he's known for defaulting on loans.
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Also guys with dirtbikes and no stands. We cant lean them on someones bike. You dont have a kickstand we make you buy those $20 rk triangle stands. Not sure some guys have functioning brains sometimes.
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1 hour ago, what said:
god damn $500 tire change? I'd be running brick hard car tires both front and back if labor alone was $500
Most of them want to stick to the dunlop that comes on them. They suck to do a rear tire. First getting that 1000lb pig on a lift is a 2 man job. Strapping it down too. Then off with the painted saddlebags. Then the exhaust has to be loosened and some have to come off, then the brackets to the sadlebags on the left side and sometimes the right. Then the brake caliper. Now you have to jack the bike up to take pressure off it. mark the belt adjusters on the axle with a marker(what i do)so i can get it back in the same spot. Now you gotta bust out a 36mm socket and a 1.5" wrench to loosen the axle. Then you can remove the axle. (Some have to be hammered out if a dipshit didnt put grease on it the last time). Now you can roll the wheel forward to take belt off. Now you have to jack the bike up about 12" to clear the fender with the tire. Now go wrestle a rock hard tire that is hard even for a tire machine to remove. Total mount and balance is another 20 mins. If its a cast wheel. If its spoked niwvyou have to do an innertube too which adds another 8 mins of cussing trying to get your hands in there to get the valve stem through the rim. Then out it all back together. It takes me an hour and 15 mins to do just the rear. And these guys show up wanting it done as they wait. But they have to be somewhere in 50 mins. Literally had a guy with 5 others waiting to go riding and he started whining its taking so long. I want to bitch slap these guys and tell them its not a fucking car jackass. Its not 5 lug nuts.
Then you get the asshole with led light strips all the way front to rear under the frame where the jack needs to go. Well guess what poser, now you have to buy new ones. Or pay us to remove them and re install. Which needs an adhesive we charge for. Plus the 20 mins of work removing and cleaning and re gluing. Buy some more stupid shit.
. Dont be like these jackwads with your bikes. Techs hate assholes with led strips all over. 90% of the time its hacked and mounted to shit that has to come off for routine service. And of course they dont unplug and glued on.
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52 minutes ago, Tonik said:
Relax, he is turning up the heat on them, and it is working far better than 8 years of sucking their tiny little Asian cocks.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-drops-probe-into-u-s-sorghum-shipments-1526629000
So how many chinese cars do you see in america? Theyre korean and japanese. Since when are we at odds with them?
You do understand asians are not all the same people and dont all come from china?
Trump is not a good businessman. He has had dozens of bankruptcies
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Thanks trump for posibly forcing us to purchase only american cars. Which mostly suck. Hmmm must hate free enterprise. Waiting to see what he does to the motorcycle industry. Hey you guys love paying more for stuff though right?
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/23/613912574/trump-weighs-tariffs-on-imported-cars
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On 5/10/2018 at 6:54 PM, DAC said:
Time for the Euros to pay to defend themselves. Germany struggles to spend 1% of their GDP on defense. We're at something like 4.5%. Oh, and by the way, our hemisphere (western that is) is relatively peaceful.
I seem to clearly recall a few dates. Dec 7 and 9 11
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Oh yeah a damn yamaha v star has the exhaust passing in front of the oil filter cover. I have to take the damn exhaust off to remove the oil filter. But we still charge nothing extra like dumbasses
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Also fuck your full bagger harleys, yamaha's, and kawasaki's. The shop i work at has been charging $80 on the bike if bought tire from us. I called powder keg harley and they want $550 including a tire and on the bike
I been tryin to tell the service manager he is under charging. We're a frigging harley charity.
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Damn i would but she might not like my pit.
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On 5/19/2018 at 9:43 PM, durk said:
What did Kawasaki do for him?
Guy decided to ride it for the summer and bring it back in the fall. Right away the kawasaki tech on the phone i was calling about the situation told me to submit a warrany claim. Im sure it will be a new head only. The owner wasnt even upset over it. Its not a major leak. It weeps out of a spot in the exhaust opening. And its not the valve cover leaking in the spark plug holes. So the tech said its a defective casting.
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Poor guy brought us his 557 mile kawasaki z900 bought 4/20 for its 1st service noting an oil leak. Oil leak is litterally coming out of a crack in the head.
Tire install?
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to add to what I said, they also charge $85 diagnostic fee. but then wave it if we fix the bike. that's stupid as hell. it's no wonder the shop is a hole they throw money into.
like I said, the motorcycle repair business is mostly a charity. and people like to whine it cost too much. it seems like it but they have to pay bills and make a living too.
oh and you know why shops seem to take 2 months to fix your bike? they think that makes the charge seem justified. as if it took that long to fix. 90% of the time it sits, it sits on purpose. another thing I'm trying to get them to quit doing. people want their shit back and love when it's done fast. it's a foreign concept to them believe it or not.