Price for tyre fitting?

[Ian Geary]

Hi all

Quick question please: what do you pay for getting motorcycle tyres fitted (assuming you're supplying them?)

Been quoted £30 per wheel if I bring them loose, or £40 if I bring the bike to them and they take the wheels off (so £60 and £80 as I want both doing).

This is the south east for reference.

Thanks

Ian

[GreaseNipple]

Merityre do them for £15 loose, but won't do them on the bike.

[Drawweight]

Not much help but that’s either expensive for loose wheels or cheap for a ride in ride out service.

There’s more than 10 quids worth of different in taking off and reinstalling wheels.

[Cabbage Patch]

GreaseNipple said:

Merityre do them for £15 loose, but won't do them on the bike.

I called my local Merityre today and they quoted £33 fitted to a loose wheel. I thought that was expensive as last time I paid £10 at a bike workshop.

Is the £15 quoted anywhere or do each branch make it up as they go along?

[baxb]

£32.50 for a loose wheel at the garage I use.

[trickywoo]

I pay £15 + disposal in south east.

£30 for a loose wheel is way too much.

I fit my own for the convenience even at £15.

[Tango13]

Drawweight said:

Not much help but that s either expensive for loose wheels or cheap for a ride in ride out service.

There s more than 10 quids worth of different in taking off and reinstalling wheels.

It does seem a bit strange, if a garage is charging £60 p/h it gives them half an hour to change the actual tyre but only ten minutes to remove and then refit each wheel, depends how quickly the mechanic can work I suppose?

I paid £20 per loose wheel a couple of weeks back and the fitter offered to drop them back at my house on his way home too.

[GR_TVR]

I paid £80 for two loose wheels inc disposal recently - I was quite surprised at the bill, but this was the first time I've ever had to do it.

If anyone has any recommendations for south Northants/MK let me know

[bogie]

£10 for fit to loose wheels for tyres purchased from local bike place, or 30 mins labour, which was £40+vat a few weeks ago

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Tango13 said:

Drawweight said:

Not much help but that s either expensive for loose wheels or cheap for a ride in ride out service.

There s more than 10 quids worth of different in taking off and reinstalling wheels.

It does seem a bit strange, if a garage is charging £60 p/h it gives them half an hour to change the actual tyre but only ten minutes to remove and then refit each wheel, depends how quickly the mechanic can work I suppose?

I paid £20 per loose wheel a couple of weeks back and the fitter offered to drop them back at my house on his way home too.

How many garages charge £60.00 per hour?

[Flavio Mosley]

We (main dealer) charge £72 for a pair of tyres to be fitted. Or £36 for a single tyre. That’s a ride in/ride out cost.

If someone brings us a loose wheel it’s £15 for one or £30 for a pair.

Just for reference

[johnsmith222]

Ian Geary said:

Hi all

Quick question please: what do you pay for getting motorcycle tyres fitted (assuming you're supplying them?)

Been quoted £30 per wheel if I bring them loose, or £40 if I bring the bike to them and they take the wheels off (so £60 and £80 as I want both doing).

This is the south east for reference.

Thanks

Ian

The high price is likely because you are bringing them a tyre, rather than letting them supply it. It's a go-away price.

I was quoted £30 for a loose wheel in 2008, and found similar sort of prices locally. I thought fk that and ended up just fitting them myself from then on.

Back when I got other people to fit tyres, it was free fitting to a loose wheel if you bought the tyre from them.

[trickywoo]

anonymous said:

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Apart from the dealer above saying they do it for £15.

It’s 10 minutes work and most of that is balancing.

[trickywoo]

anonymous said:

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Getting a tyre fitted for £15 is very different to a free mot that may or may not end up in extra work.

£15 is entirely fair. I’d very happily employ someone to fit 5 tyres an hour at minimum wage. It would be an incredible roi even with top end equipment.

[s p a c e m a n]

£20 loose with proper balance machine not some bloke spinning it on a bar and randomly sticking weights on it

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Raleigh Essex

[trickywoo]

anonymous said:

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The same way that £75 an hour for labour does?

[Bob_Defly]

£30 for a walk in seems reasonable, it's $50 here so about the same. Which is fair considering I buy the tyres online.

I'm all in favour of paying a decent amount so that a business can make a profit.

[trickywoo]

Bob_Defly said:

£30 for a walk in seems reasonable, it's $50 here so about the same. Which is fair considering I buy the tyres online.

I'm all in favour of paying a decent amount so that a business can make a profit.

You probably also pay $5 for 6 eggs.

[Bob_Defly]

trickywoo said:

Bob_Defly said:

£30 for a walk in seems reasonable, it's $50 here so about the same. Which is fair considering I buy the tyres online.

I'm all in favour of paying a decent amount so that a business can make a profit.

You probably also pay $5 for 6 eggs.

I think it's currently $6 for 12.

[Steve_H80]

It would most likely work out cheaper if you bought the tyre from the tyre fitter.
Comparing the prices for mail order tyres my tyre fitter is only charging about £10 more to supply and fit a tyre to a loose wheel, although he obviously has profit in the tyre sale too.