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Re: Valve stems
Written by douglasvanb on 5/22/2011 at 01:37 am

Fred,

They had one after market valve stem (steel) for $9.99 that I bought as a spare
to keep in the trunk. The Honda OEM (steel) valve stems were $13.95 (suggested
retail $16.25). The local Honda shop charges $30 per wheel to mount tires if
you bring them just the wheel and not the whole bike. The independent shop in
the next town over charges $20-25 plus a $3 disposal fee per tire.

Incidentally, today was the first day that the guys at the Honda shop were
actually nice to me and spent some time talking with me about what I was doing.
I suspect in the past when I've gone in they assumed I was a "darn kid" who
didn't have money. Still no money for one of their showroom bikes but at least
they actually helped me this time.

Cheers,

Douglas

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "goldwingman40" <goldwingman@...> wrote:
>
> Doug,
> What did you pay. The last time I got one that I needed for the Goldwing, same
valvestem, after the other dealer had closed, I think I paid about $10.
> The next place, independent shop, I got tires mounted and balanced was $15 but
he closed last spring. Then we found a Yamaha dealer that changed and balanced
for $20 - $25. Now my buddy and I bought a Harbor freight mounter, which is no
longer available, and balancer with sales, cupons and closeouts for about $125
and then made a heavy concrete base in a Goldwing front tire casing to hold the
mounter. We have only done a Goldwing GL1800 rear tire, wide, so far and it was
a job. I can remember bach in the 70's and 80's I mounted all the tires by hand
with three tire irons and balanced them on a wooden bracket with the axel.
> Back in 64 to 69 I mounted the Dunlop racing tires for the Mini Cooper S and
Cobra on the knock off mags by hand because of the wheels and the old machines.
> Fred
>
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> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "douglasvanb" <douglas.vanbossuyt@> wrote:
> >
> > Well that was painful... only valve stems I could find in town were Honda
OEM. Nothing but OEM for my baby, right? :-/
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Douglas
> >
> > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Phil" <phillip.g.boyd@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've bought the pricey tire goop and it is basically the same formulation
as KY Jelly or Astroglide. Slippery enough to get the valve stem seated, but
dries slightly tacky. Sometimes you need to think outside the box ;)
> > >
> > > The independent shop where I got my Kawasaki's tires changed charged $30 a
tire and used Windex to seat the bead.
> > >
> > > I don't even bother with balancing my tires - just line up the little
yellow spot with the valve and good to go.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "goldwingman40" <goldwingman@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Doug,
> > > > Forgot to say I would not use KY jelly on the stems, I would use a
little dish soap in water to lube the stems for installation.
> > > > Fred
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "douglasvanb" <douglas.vanbossuyt@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Phil,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm going to have the local independent motorcycle shop mount the
tires for me and will ask them to do the valves too. I don't have the ability
to change my own tires (yet!). Better to pay a professional wrench rather than
ruin my rims :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Once I get out of the house, I'll be heading down to the local Honda
shop to see what sort of valve stems they have. Would like to get something
that can't fail as easily on a long distance trip. I'm going to pick up a few
spares for my toolkit as well.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hmm... how am I going to explain KY Jelly in my toolkit?
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Douglas
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Phil" <phillip.g.boyd@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you're changing them out yourself, pay attention to which way
they point. It makes a difference in how the plastic support piece connects to
the base of the stem. Don't ask me how I know. Another tip I saw after I had
wrestled with pulling my old valve stems out with a pair of pliers was to cut
the rubber base near where the top meets the wheel (on top, not from the air
side of the wheel) with a pair of sidecutters, then push the old stem base
through the wheel.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Putting the new stems in was pretty easy - just lube the rubber with
a little liquid soap (or KY Jelly if you have it around) and pop it up from the
bottom using the base of a screwdriver or something to push against the base of
the valve stem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I just used Honda OEM stems - worked fine for me but I probably
overpaid.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Phil
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
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