Best place to buy tyres (adelaide)

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:15 pm

Duane wrote:
Strika wrote:
Duane wrote:[

Man! is there anywhere you havent lived?
Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide!
I spent 12 years with the same company, and I guess, like you guys, they could only stand me for so long..............
.....well this is an australian club, you're going to have to shift to new zealand next!! hahahah j/k! see you saturday night

want me to come help ya pack strika??

Plaz · Post by **Plaz** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:45 am

you're right G-Force, Bills are expensive (not as bad as Boltons though), but I always do the ring around, get the best price I can and then go to Bills city(cause it is 100m from work) and say beat this and you get the sale. I haven't had a tyre fitted in SA* anywhere execpt Bills for over a year.

*Did have a set fitted last time I was in Vic due to wear issues.

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:06 am

Neka79 wrote:
Duane wrote:
Strika wrote: I spent 12 years with the same company, and I guess, like you guys, they could only stand me for so long..............
.....well this is an australian club, you're going to have to shift to new zealand next!! hahahah j/k! see you saturday night
want me to come help ya pack strika??

Nah mate, after all those years.....I'm well practiced at it!!!!!

GForce · Post by **GForce** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:59 pm

thanks neka for your advice. went to the G&C down south and i mentioned your name and got a better discount. front and rear for gpr70s only $353. thats the best price in adelaide comparing it to a 380 at peter stevens.
now my only problem is that Richard told me to get a gpr100 for the rear instead coz it will last longer and wont square off.
does anyone here have a set of gpr100 on their bike? what are your thoughts of these tyres and are they good enough to go down low without sliding out.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:09 pm

I use to work at Bills...but i still get my tyres at GC...

mate..i trust richard..if u have seen this guy punt an RD around a race track...and considering he was a national champion on a shitbox BMW thing.... the guy can ride..and he knows tyres...

i still go on his recomendations....

GForce · Post by **GForce** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:55 am

yea your right neka. richard knows his stuff and is a very nice guy. i would not go anywhere else for tyres so this monday im getting a new set of gpr70s. i was going to get the gpr100 rear but i dont think i need to coz the gpr70s last me 9000kms. its not full squared (kind squared) yet too and i think thats due to my tyre pressure checks daily and also taking it easy.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:43 pm

shit.,...most of us get 4-5000km out of our tyres...greeny gets a lot less for sum reason...

GForce · Post by **GForce** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:13 pm

its done 9500kms now for front and rear and no bull. i was going to get new tyres on monday but im broke as a mofo now so its gonna have to wait and plus the tyres are not fully squared.

http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rearwn9.jpg

this is what my tyre looks like after 9500kms. not bad i say but it is not nimble anymore

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:21 pm

they look near enough to new for me...

GForce · Post by **GForce** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:31 pm

i went to GC on tues and got myself new tyres. i decided to go for both gpr70 front and rear coz i got 10,000km out of them before fully squaring off. Richard at GC is an awesome bloke and he will look after you if u go there.

i took it easy when going home but the next day i decided to try and wear them in close to the edges. today it gave me a fright coz i decided to go low and all i can say is fu%$. went around low on the left and it woobled and then low on the right with another wooble. felt like i was on ice abit. i kept doing until it stopped woobling. got around 5mm left on each side so gonna try and scrap that down to 2mm tonight. only done 50kms since i got them. i know i am being stupid for going low with new tyres but its the only way i can scrub them in.

greeny · Post by **greeny** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:37 pm

Mate dont know why you changed that rear.
It had heaps

GForce · Post by **GForce** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:53 am

it looked like heaps after 10000kms on it but you gotta see it in real life. the damn thing is squared and i couldnt even turn properly. made a big diff with new tyres

watevr · Post by **watevr** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:18 pm

another good place hanby's at marion trade centre he has been there for a hundred years or so and was also a racer in his day. and like any good old bloke very well priced when paying with cash!! gc's are good down south as they usually have specials on sets they get in bulk.