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    nail #2 (where can i get cheap tires)

    so lame.

    like 2 days ago i check my tires. everything was fine (aside from one plug in rear tire from a nail i got 10 days ago). I got out riding with a friend today. at a stop sign, he beeps and tells me to pull over. he says "you have a screw in your tire". worse, the screw is about 5 inches from the plug. fuck. i ride home maxing out @ about 30MPH. I'm sure the other pack of bikes who ended up behind us on the Jamacia Way were real happy. heh.

    anyway, i need new tires now. i was skecthed out enough about riding with 1 plug, i'm *not* gonna do it with two esp when they are that close together.

    anyone know a good Boston-area place to get tires / labor that won't fuck me over on price?

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    I get my tires from Tire Express mount them myself and then bring them in for balancing. Got my set of D208's from them for about $214 shipped. But as far as mounting and balancing there may be some peeps near you that can help out with that.

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    I know Cooks in Walpole (about 1/2 mile from the Gillette stadium) has Dunlops in stock for reasonable prices.

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    Metropolitan Motor's in Hyde Park. Arty is a good guy and very reasonable. And he's a Dunlop guy.

    Tell him Dave from Motorace sent ya!

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    why are peeps afraid of plugs?

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    Originally posted by RandyO
    why are peeps afraid of plugs?
    uhm, cuase if they fail or give out for any reason...and your going 80mph+....and then you tire goes...

    persoanlly, i'm not comfortable with that risk. and i'd rather ride with sound mind then paranoid the whole time i'm out.

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    nail #2 (where can i get cheap tires)

    Originally posted by chr|s sedition
    uhm, cuase if they fail or give out for any reason...and your going 80mph+....and then you tire goes...

    persoanlly, i'm not comfortable with that risk. and i'd rather ride with sound mind then paranoid the whole time i'm out.

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    What do you mean?? the tire goes?? whoever told you that? unless your runnin from the cops and they throw a spike mat in front of you.

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    I get them from

    discount motorcycle tires online

    also look in the magazines for a special like at Chapparal

    I have moved to a set of Dunlop 220 s because I'm cheap

    used to get 3 to 4 on sport expect another 1 or 1.5 only once felt rear skid on braking where I doubt " sport" tire would have

    There dirty little secret is the 220's have
    35% more rubber when you buy them just in tread depth

    I carry a tire plug with me and have a can of spray goo tire filler with me.

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    nail #2 (where can i get cheap tires)

    Originally posted by richw

    stop motoing thru construction sites
    yeah, that's the problem. they are doing mad construction everywhere around my house

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    Tires cheap $8 shipping

    That was a while ago...but
    Try RonAyers.com

    See what they have. A least use them to get a competitive price locally.

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    nail #2 (where can i get cheap tires)

    just plug it again, ain't no thang!

    your tire ain't just gonna shred unless you subject it to something that would have made it shred to begin with...

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    nail #2 (where can i get cheap tires)

    Originally posted by hohum
    just plug it again, ain't no thang!

    your tire ain't just gonna shred unless you subject it to something that would have made it shred to begin with...
    I would run on one plug and not give it a second thought (if it was a mushroom plug from the inside) but I think I would draw the line if I had to put in a second plug.

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