I had a new front tire that I ordered from Dennis Kirk in the garage and with the trip to Kerrville coming up I decided to go ahead and have it mounted. I took the front wheel off and took it and the new tire to a local shop I have used for several years to mount tires. They informed me that they will no longer be mounting tires ordered on the internet. They said their insurance company had raised their rates and didn't want them to mount tires period. This is because they had been sued a couple of times by people who had them mount tires bought on the internet and then had a blow-out and they accused them of damaging the tire during mounting. They told me that they would go ahead and mount my tire this time since I was a long time customer but not in the future. In addition they no longer had a set tire mounting charge but would charge the standard shop hourly rate for how ever long it took. Used to cost me $37.00 for mount and balance and disposal of the old tire but this time is was $52.00. They did say they would continue to mount tires as long as they were purchased from them. Sounds to me like they are using the insurance issue as an excuse to force the customer to buy tires from them. They are the only shop in my area that mount motorcycle tires. Now I may have to go to Houston (at least 60 miles away) to get a tire mounted but I have heard of some shops around the Houston area doing this too.
Anyone else running into this problem?
Sunman
Anyone else running into this problem?
Sunman