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Buying Tires in Punta Arenas
Can someone can recommend a place to tires in Punta Arenas. I was told it might be cheaper than buying in Buenos Aires because it's a duty free zone :biggrin3:
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Tyres in Punta Arenas
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I have no experience of getting tyres in PA but a friend of ours who we travelled with last year had to get a new front for his KLR. I'm sure the details will be on his blog ... Flibber T Gibbet Might be worth a look for you. |
Tyre supplier - Punta Arenas
Hi Jay,
As far as I know nobody in town stocks them but they can get them quickly and cheaply. If you walk down the hill away from Hostel Indepencia on the main road (Indepencia?) there's a moto shop just along one of the streets on your right (virtually at the junction). Tyres take three days by airfreight (mine came from Conception. U$10) and cost either U$65 or 75 I can't remember. That was for a rear Pirelli MT60 (17") There is a tyre place called SM Motos in Rio Gallegos but they are MUCH more expensive. That was my experience in 2009. Good luck Adam |
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Regards, Mick |
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Thanks for that good info. I was mainly shopping around to see if tires were cheaper than in BsAs as I still have a bit of meat left in my current MT60 to make it back to BsAs. Quote:
thx. On my way north to BsAs. |
Where did you end up getting the tires?
Im in Buenos Aires now with enough thread to get me to Ushuaia, but not back. I was planning on either buying tires here in BA then shipping down or buying them in Punta Arenas. The latter option seems to be a lot more affordable as the cheapest prices I found in BA are:
Pirelli MT 60 Front 90/90 - With Camara $ 480 Without Camara $ 520 Rear 130/80 - 17 - With Camara $ 760 Without Camara $ 790 Pirelli MT 90 Front 90/90 - With Camara $ 439 Without Camara $ 580 Rear 130/80 - 17 - With Camara $ 690 Without Camara $ 800 Prices in pesos Argentino. The place is called MOTO CHEC on Ave. Warnes 680, Phone number 4854.3204/4856.8737, I talked to CAMILO, you pay 20% or 30% deposit and pick them up next day. You wouldnt happend to still have the contact info on those tire shops in Punta Arenas. Ideally I could call them in advance to order the tires so I wouldnt have to wait for them once I arrived. I did something similar in Peru. Muchas Gracias! |
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Cross posting this here since I looked for tires today in Punta Arenas.
Alejandro's shop (affiliated with Moto Aventura?). He has a lot of big bike tires in stock: Heidenau, Pirelli, Metzeler, Bridgestone, Continental. Highly recommend. Located at: -53.146648,-70.898112 Also there's 1-2 shops over in Zona Franca (Free trade zone) that has some moto tires. I didn't see any front tires but did see some rear tires in 150/70/17. I recall seeing Mitas and Maxxis brands. Located at: -53.135405,-70.87306 |
Having bought tyres and batteries in BA and Iquiqui, provided you use DolarBlue Pesos in BA, it was cheaper than in Iquiqui
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If you can make the 3500km from BA to PA on your old tires, that's worth a few quid - more miles on your new tires whrn you eventually fit them:thumbup1: |
Big bike tires are rare in the zona franca. I found MotoAventura to be very over priced. MotoEscar's sign was up at Carrera 666, but never much sign of life there. I found Pirelli's at a good price with excellent service at:
Pablo Paredes Motos Magallanes 330 Punta Arenas Fono/fax: (56-61) 224239 Cel: (09) 92267148 Emal: pablo_paredes_motos@yahoo.es GPS: S 53 deg 09.370 min / W 70 deg 54.033 min |
Mitas in puntas Arenas
Has anyone dealt with Pneumatico San Jorge in the Zona Franca in Punta Arenas?
I have enough thread to make it to Puntas Arenas but now enough to make it back out. I would like to order tires in Puntas Arenas and pick them up when I a down there. Just checking for experience with this place before calling them and making an order. |
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