Tire pricing - FYI my experience today.

[1978GS750E]

Needed a new tire for my seldom used 1978 GS750E.

Decided on a Shinko 712 tire in the 110/90-18 size.

Went on the following websites for pricing including shipping:

JP Cycle - $ 66.76
Bike Bandit - $ 61.18
Revzilla - $ 50.55


All show the tire in stock!


Attempted to get pricing from Dennis Kirk but their website would not accept my address so I quit after 3 tries.


Might not be like this on all tires but I'm happy!

 

[Steve]

Any reason you went with the 110? :-k

Yeah, I know it's the closest to stock and is probably the best choice, it's just that everyone else asks "what's the biggest tire I can stuff in there"?

Why did you not also order a front tire? Unless you KNOW when it was changed, check the date code on the sidewall, you might be surprised how old it is.

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[1978GS750E]

Went with the 110 because it is closest to stock. Personally, I think anything wider looks kind of "squeezed on" the rim, just my opinion. Changed the front about 2 months ago! It was made earlier this year.

 

[Nessism]

$49.08 w/free shipping

 

[bwringer]

I don't know how Dennis Kirk is still in business -- their website has been a complete dumpster fire since a redesign a few years back and their prices are terrible.

I go through a LOT of tires, and my go-to suppliers are American Moto Tire and Rocky Mountain ATV/MC (Riders Domain, which used to be called Jake Wilson is the same company). I also used to order a lot from Motorcycle Superstore, but they merged into Rocky Mountain/Jake Wilson/Riders Domain a while back.

(Does it drive anyone else batty that they use "Riders Domain" and not "Rider's Domain"?)

https://www.americanmototire.com/
https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/

AMT has a lot of oddball tires and tubes and fantastic prices, plus you can search by size -- most websites can't do that. RM also has fantastic prices plus a 5% rewards program, so I almost always order from RM nowadays; their prices are always within a buck or two, plus the 5% reward makes it a no-brainer. And one of the RM warehouses is in Kentucky, so with standard shipping I almost always get my goodies in Indy the next day.

And as you note, Revzilla is always worth checking as well, and they also have a nice 5% reward program to keep you coming back. They just don't have all the KLR/dual-sport goodies found at RM, and overall I've found that their parts/tools inventory isn't nearly as deep.