Ok I need to know if I'm being ripped off in Holland.

Can someone tell me what a good price would be for the following tyre installed on a loose wheel...

Bridgestone BT 023 180/55 17 GT

For my Blackbird.

The price here in Holland is from 180-280 euros for one tyre installed!!!                                                                                                                                                                             

My local fitter lists a price of £127 for fitting the above tyre to a loose wheel.

According to Expedia, that equates to around 150 euro.

So I'd suggest that 180 is a little high and 280 is taking the proverbial!                                                                                                                                                                             

i'm looking at buying the tyre new online from ebay and loads of dutch/german shops, and i can only find them for 150 euros, that's just the tyre delivered.  Jeees.

Unfortunately it's totally punctured so i need to get it done here before i can ride back to England.  dammit                                                                                                                                                                             

shame Matt there's a tyre place at Skegness if you could of got there, you do have troubles with your tyres                                                                                                                                                                               

I paid £150 for a BT020 front weel on my Pan that was fitted and they had to remove the wheel from the bike.                                                                                                                                                                             

Get the tyre on line and fit it yourself                                                                                                                                                                              

an balance it how JP? Its a high performance bike and really does make a huge difference to the ride comfort if its balanced correctly....does Matts price inc balance I wonder?
I had a bad vibration on the Guzzi, was the front wheel outa balance and I managed to cobble together a jig to get the wheel in and balanced it myself statically.....
So unless Matt sqeaky tight...then Id opt for best deal fitted inc a balance....
(not saying it cant be done at home JP and obv cheapest option)                                                                                                                                                                             

i fit all my tyre's and balance them my self but would not suggest that others do it unless there sure of what there doing                                                                                                                                                                              

2 x V blocks and a maker pen its not that hard to balance a wheel                                                                                                                                                                              

I put a BT 22 on the VFR in Redruth, Cornwall it was around £125 balanced and fitted for free......always good prices there but I cant remember the name...not too many there though wont be hard to find..                                                                                                                                                                             

paid £105 for road pilot 3 fitted and balanced (front)                                                                                                                                                                                 

Paid £135 for same bt23 all in,  ride in ride out.                                                                                                                                                                              

put a tube in it will last till you get back to blity                                                                                                                                                                             

lol yea cos i know how to fit and balance a tyre don't I hahahaha 

Found it online for 150 euros.  The guy will fit it at my local shop for 20 euros (rip off I know! An hour's salary for 5 minutes work).

A mate of mine not far away might have a spare x-track day tyre for 60 euros fitted and balanced :-D                                                                                                                                                                             

  Matt, how can you compare one country's prices with another? I don't get that.   I wouldn't recommend used tyres.   Hope you get it sorted.   (And there's you thinking that living in England is rubbish, not when ya need summat doin rayt LOL)                                                                                                                                                                              

i havent bought a new tyre for 5 years.... all my tyres are used (usually 3 laps of somewhere! lol) and ive only had a problem once with them - just check there's tread and that they look evenly worn. no problem with scrubbing them in either you would know after about 100 yds if its not right                                                                                                                                                                              

Sandi,

Because the UK and NL should in theory be close in price.

Turns out I CAN get a tyre a the same price the Geoff mentioned but have to get it fitted then. Otherwise if I buy it through the shop it's gonna be a lot more.

And a track-day tyre normally has a hell of a lot let on it, and well scrubbed in already too.  For 1/4 the price it's worth it                                                                                                                                                                             

KG - what was wrong with one of your tyres?                                                                                                                                                                             

you don't need to balance the tyres on a Harley. they don't go fast enough to cause any problems. :)
                                                                                                                                                                             

was a bit TOO scrubbed in on one edge! lol but that one had done 3 laps of TT and was well.....fecked i suppose......but it only happened once and i know now for future reference.   but i didnt fall off!