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Tires for street bikes

Discussion in 'General' started by Jon Wilkens, May 18, 2020.

  1. This old Rz

    This old Rz Well-Known Member

    In general I don't think I've ever been able to beat chaparral prices buy anything that makes it worthwhile plus their selection is always been excellent.
    there's a reason they have over 300,000 square feet of store & inventory buildings.
     
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  2. Jon Wilkens

    Jon Wilkens Well-Known Member


    One of the many things that are up in the air right now with all the scamdemic going on...
     
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  3. Britt

    Britt Well-Known Member

    My Hypocrisy goes only so far...I run tires for Confidence of Application, not Longevity or Price.
    I suppose me seeing a really shagged out "New", Shinko, just ruined it for me forever...

    YMMV.
     
  4. SuddenBraking

    SuddenBraking The Iron Price

    As a general guideline for buying anything on Google, shopping feeds are heavily regulated and checked often enough that the price advertised is the price you pay (as an aside, the third shopping image below is "illegal" and should be flagged by Google because it shows multiple products in the image while displaying a price for only one product), so this is what you should do. The first image below is a standard SERP (search engine results page). It displays a whole bunch of shit (text ads, shopping ads, organic listings, local search results, etc.). What you want to focus on is the shopping tab circled in red.

    People can (and do) play games with this by advertising their cheapest/smallest size, but the cost of a click and Google oversight makes it so most people are trying to be as upfront as possible about their pricing.

    Hope this helps next time you're shopping on Google.

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  5. stickboy274

    stickboy274 Stick-a-licious Tire Dude

    Jon, you're making me want to get a bike to put a ton of miles on. It's been a while since I've done that
     
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  6. rd400racer

    rd400racer Well-Known Member

    Yep. Their secondary warehouse is in Winchester, about 20 miles from Lexington. I get everything in 2 days, 3 days worst case.
     
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  7. brex

    brex Well-Known Member

    I get stuff same day from them. :Poke:
     
  8. baconologist

    baconologist Well-Known Member

    you don’t have time with your Track commitments
     
  9. stickboy274

    stickboy274 Stick-a-licious Tire Dude

    There's a lot of truth to that.
     
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  10. Pneumatico Delle Vittorie

    Pneumatico Delle Vittorie Retired "Tire" Guy

    Anybody been to their tire dept in San Bernadino? It is truly one of the most impressive tire shops I have ever been to. Row after row after row of m/c tires.
     
  11. Jon Wilkens

    Jon Wilkens Well-Known Member


    You got plenty of time...lets ride!
     
  12. ducnut

    ducnut Well-Known Member

  13. ducnut

    ducnut Well-Known Member

    How about their code dates, though?
     
  14. Pneumatico Delle Vittorie

    Pneumatico Delle Vittorie Retired "Tire" Guy

    Fine and no issues but sometimes when you have 1200 or so tires in the rack one may get missed. But they sell a large amount and plus they're in a large population area so they restock often.
    And the tire dept manager was the west coast Metzeler sales guy so he does understand tires better than most
     
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  15. SVbadguy

    SVbadguy I survived the Mt Course

    If you bought it, post the date of manufacture. I just ordered a set from a local shop.
     
  16. motoracer1100

    motoracer1100 Well-Known Member

    Don’t cross into Wisconsin from the Illinois border ... the local won’t like it ! :D
     
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  17. SuddenBraking

    SuddenBraking The Iron Price

    August of 2019.
     
  18. Phl218

    Phl218 .

    Stg or stgboy
     
  19. Funkm05

    Funkm05 Dork

    Woah ... woah ... woah ...

    We don’t like Minnesotans or Michiganders any better. Iowa is only slightly above them, but only because they don’t have a football team to compete with, and the Hawkeyes don’t count. :D
     
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  20. motoracer1100

    motoracer1100 Well-Known Member

    So your an equal opportunity Hater ... got it ! :D
     

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