I don't recall if it was 25, but IIRC it wasn't much more than that, and it gives me more riding time... I actually bought a set of spoons, and a balancer because i had planned on doing my own tires, but honestly, it just wasn't worth the headaches for me. I tried it once, and by the time i bought the weights, stressed over bending the brake rotors, broke the bead 3 times trying to find a better balance on the wheel, and screwing around most of the day, it was just easier to go to someone like Pauly who has the equipment there to do it right (no mar machine), and doesn't charge an arm and a leg to do it. On the whole, I agree with you, I do my own chain and sprockets, my own clutch, my own brakes, my own tune up, and my own fluid changes, but tires just suck.