BT045's?

[Speedy3]

Been recommended these by 3 places now, just wondered what everyone's opinions on these were?

Also is £195 fitted a good price?

If anyone has any other recommendations for me or can source the tyres cheaper - I'd be very grateful to know as i can't find a way to make it much cheaper myself - The shop wants £20 per tyre fitting, so ideally i need to find the pair for under £150 to make it worth my while!

Tyre Sizes

(F) 100/90/18
(R) 110/90/18

Cheers guys/girls
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[ncrn]

I got a pair fitted and balanced for £160 recently so 195 is a little expensive but its not unreasonable, long as it was blisteringly fast then I'd probably pay 195.
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[sickpup]

Where in the UK are you?

[Speedy3]

Telford - Shropshire - West Midlands

30miles or so from Birmingham

If anyone can help me - be greatly appreciated
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[Im-a-Ridah]

Had them on my RS125 IIRC, nice enough tyres

[Ant132]

Front - £66
Rear - £70
Delivery - £7.95

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Total: £143.95

Same place as i got mine, best prices i could find at the time Im also sure if you try a different place mate you could get it alot cheaper than £20 a tyre. Are you taking them in as loose wheels, if not then try to as the price will be alot lower. £5-er each for me usually.
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[Carl Howell]

They are ok tyres. Not great but probably the best your gonna get in that size.

Think I paid about £160 fitted for Pirelli Sport Demons (I'd say an equal competitor to the BT45's) and they were bigger tyres so normally cost a little more. I'd say thats overpriced. Price up the tyres on online sites (busters is often pretty cheap) and see how cheap you can get them.

£20 on the bike for fitting? I recently paid £30 for a part worn which included fitting on the bike lol. Think I pay about a fiver normally for fitting but thats getting the wheel out myself and taking it in.
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[Darth]

Kinda short on options in Aberdeen but if i was getting told £20 a wheel fitting i think i'd learn to do it myself! Is that even if you buy the tyres from them? Think alot of places are putting up fitting alone prices to try and combat people buying cheaper tyres online and only needing fitting.
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[J D]

Think i had them on the fz.... hated them. Grip was shockingly bad in the wet.
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[stinkwheel]

They are a good, general purpose tyre and are probably one of the better ones you'll be able to get in 18".

Most tyre places fit them free to a loose wheel if you bought the tyres there.
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[LeeR]

I had them fitted to my XF650 and thought they were a great tyre, they are well suited to "older" bikes and could be a good match for your CB350S-G

However, I think that price is a bit high, I recently paid that for a set of Metzler Tourance, fitting was £10 per wheel as I couldn't be arsed taking the wheels off the bike.

Send a pm to beatnck2, he works for a small firm (Dynamec ) just north of Worcester (WR2 6LS) who'll probably do you a good price.
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[nick606]

i had them on my hornet and i really didn't like them though the grip was a bit poo compared to the bt014 but they are more expensive and last less. Depends what your after.

[ms51ves3]

I picked up a pair of BT45s for £130 online.

Try here and here.

I've got them fitted to my TZR and they are a big improvement over the old Avons.

[Speedy3]

cheers ms51ves3 - I've found a pair for 127 delivered from that place in ireland

How hard is it to take tyres off yourself?
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[ms51ves3]

[sickpup]

[nick606]

[garth]

In my experience BT45's make a very good day to day (commuting) tyre. I had them on my xj600n and was very impressed with them - especially in the wet.

Enough grip to deck out the exhaust.
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