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Best place in SoCal to get Vespa tire mounted and balanced?

jimc UTC details Moderaptor The Hornet (GT200, aka Love Bug) and 'Dimples' - a GTS 300 Joined: UTC Posts: 44702 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA
jimc Moderaptor The Hornet (GT200, aka Love Bug) and 'Dimples' - a GTS 300 Joined: UTC Posts: 44702 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA	UTC quote adri wrote: I tried that and it didn't go so well for me on the forged rims, have not tried again since lol The irons should have come with rim protectors. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082K7V2GZ Positive

az_slynch UTC details Molto Verboso '07 GTS250, '07 LX150, '81 P200E, '78 P200E, '74 VBC1, '64 V90 and 3 Ciaos Joined: UTC Posts: 1582 Location: Tucson, AZ
az_slynch Molto Verboso '07 GTS250, '07 LX150, '81 P200E, '78 P200E, '74 VBC1, '64 V90 and 3 Ciaos Joined: UTC Posts: 1582 Location: Tucson, AZ	UTC quote jimc wrote: The irons should have come with rim protectors. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082K7V2GZ That is a good kit! I have one at the shop, one in my garage and one at my buddy's place so I don't have to bring the home kit when he gets a flat.

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Just a thought. I found a truck and industrial tire shop that was an owner operated business, talked to them about my scooter tire mounting and they said bring it in. I did, they mounted the tire for me and for $20 I was done. They couldn't balance it but said it should be ok because it was so small. It was. They don't want me telling the world because they have other stuff to do, but the owner is a biker and he understood.

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armedferret wrote:

Is that more than my household will spend on tire changes in the next 5-7 years? Eh, possibly.

Is it worth the extra $$ it may be over whatever it may cost to just have someone else do them for the ability to be self-reliant, and/or swap a tire out on a Sunday or what have you? Abso-got-dang-lutely.

(in seriousness though, especially with at least one friend nearby with a large two-wheel enthusiasm, being able to change out his stuff too it'll pay for itself in maybe 2-3 years or thereabouts. Especially as much as i'm riding right now.....)

For me, I replace at least two back tires and a front tire every single year. That's more than $150 in labor or labor/transportation every year. Might not be worth it if you ride less than a couple thousand miles a year... it would take 10 years to make it pay off. But fir me, it would take less than three years IF it works for me.

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