Guess I should pipe in here as I started this thread. The $116 was not including the tires, tubes, etc. - just labor. And for up here, it's actually not a bad price. The "stealer" quoted me $180 for the same thing (labor only). I did find a young guy who works for shop near me who works on the side to make extra money - he wants $50.

By the way, I decided to stay with the spec sizes and went with different brands. As most of you knew before me, it's nearly impossible to find a match for our spec sizes in tires (affordable). So it was either same brand/not spec size on one tire or different brands/spec sizes on both tires. Not an ideal situation in either case, I know. I have Bridgestone on the front and Dunlop on the back, but the treads are very similar ( I would not have chosen Bridgestone myself, but the previous owner of my bike threw in the tire with the deal we made).

I"m still curious about how much we might vary from the spec sizes, if anybody cares to comment.

Keith