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16-11-05, 08:00 PM
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Student tyred of search?
Hello ye south western peeps,
I used to be a student and I was broke then, I'm now graduated, and unemployed and I'm really broke now. My SV has a 180, 55, 17 rear tyre on, used to be a Meztler Z4 now resembles a brick shaped racing slick!! Quote for a new one was 162 squid. cough.  As I don't have any spare legs or arms to sell at this moment in time, does anyone know a good way to get a nice nice rear tyre for cheap? Would be lovely if it could be local to Southampton too... Thanks for your knowledge, B |
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16-11-05, 09:12 PM
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Just do what I do:
Find a SV with out an alarm, jack it up on a paddock stand, too spanners later and vola a new tyre. The only down side is the collection of wheels I have... To be honest as a poor broke student myself there ain't an easy answer I just use the Credit Card and pray there's a job for me when I graduate 
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16-11-05, 09:16 PM
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Who's your quote from? Give Micheldever tyres a ring, they're usually very competitive.
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16-11-05, 10:34 PM
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There must be somewhere which sells second hand tyres. People dump perfectly legal tyres for the 'must haves' of the season. They must go somewhere.
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17-11-05, 08:37 AM
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I got a set of BT020's (not 180 section) for 175 ish from Micheldever tyres. I am sure they will sort you with something for around 100 notes for a back only. Welcome back by the way. |
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17-11-05, 09:24 AM
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What Carsick and Scoobs said
I got a set of Metzler Z6's from them recently £165 Then I needed a new rear as I had a puncture cost me £90 HTH
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17-11-05, 09:34 AM
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If you are going to go for a new one then you can't beat Micheldever.
I paid £165 for a pair of Z6 for my SV1000. Personally I would never go for second hand tyres, but when needs must....
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17-11-05, 10:42 AM
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JHS racing in Bristol may well ahve some, perhaps?
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18-11-05, 09:35 AM
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Thanks to all contributers..
I have been searching around and I've found an awesome collection of tyres at cheap prices. The deal is that you order them from thevisorshop.com, postage included. I guess then I just have to find someone to fit them but as long as fitting doesn;t cost more than 70 squid I should be making as the price for a Mez z4 180 rear is 90 quid! I've used this site a few times for things[ i.e dark visors] and everything has gone really smoothly. Um, I realise that this sounds like an advert for them but it's not, I'm just chuffed I found cheep tyres!! Thank you all, B |
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18-11-05, 10:16 AM
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DON'T GO FOR A Z4.
They are truely shocking tyres. |
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