Dyna Bead balancing?
#41
04-27-2011, 02:01 PM
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#42
04-27-2011, 07:52 PM
i've had them in the rear on my wide glide for 4000 miles so far so good. i just put them in the front and have only a few hundred miles on it. but i am trying an experiment today .
just mounted the summer tires on my wifes car. used conventional spin balance on the rears and just a 3 oz. bag of beads in each front tire. i'll monitor the wear and rotate at 6000 miles and report back . btw the car get 100 miles a day commuting.
just mounted the summer tires on my wifes car. used conventional spin balance on the rears and just a 3 oz. bag of beads in each front tire. i'll monitor the wear and rotate at 6000 miles and report back . btw the car get 100 miles a day commuting.
#43
04-28-2015, 06:42 PM
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If your tires where balanced perfect to start with , you would not see a difference , duh , but now , no ugly weights AND balance beads change constantly for life of tire , account for ware and tare on tire .
JIM
#44
04-28-2015, 11:55 PM
Stellar HDF Member
Are there are any OEM motorcycle or automotive manufacturers using this sort of balancing mechanism?
If not why not?
OEM manufactureres specifiy tighter out of round, and out of balence requirements than replacement tires have to meet; and they are still balancing thier tires with external weights if I'm not mistaken. If throwing a handfull of dynamic weights in a tire would remove the need to balance a tire with external weights, I have to believe that it would be the far less expensive sic less labor intensive solution. OEM's are in fact just as cheap as you all suspect . . . if they thought for a second that they could get away with this method you can bet in a heart beat that they'd be there . . . Duh!
Even when racing we'd true the tire, with what essentially amounts to a lathe, and then use external weights. also secured with Duct Tape . . . a bit of insurance to keep the corner workers happy.
If not why not?
OEM manufactureres specifiy tighter out of round, and out of balence requirements than replacement tires have to meet; and they are still balancing thier tires with external weights if I'm not mistaken. If throwing a handfull of dynamic weights in a tire would remove the need to balance a tire with external weights, I have to believe that it would be the far less expensive sic less labor intensive solution. OEM's are in fact just as cheap as you all suspect . . . if they thought for a second that they could get away with this method you can bet in a heart beat that they'd be there . . . Duh!
Even when racing we'd true the tire, with what essentially amounts to a lathe, and then use external weights. also secured with Duct Tape . . . a bit of insurance to keep the corner workers happy.
#45
04-29-2015, 12:11 AM
Road Warrior
Replaced both my tires beginning of the year and decided to try the beads. The bike was beginning to develop a slight vibration at speed before I replaced the tires, but after replacing them and using the beads, the vibration is gone. But as has been pointed out, getting them in through a valve stem is truly an exercise in patience.
#48
04-29-2015, 10:15 AM
Big Kahuna HDF Member
Personally I'm going to put in the Ride on stuff. Similar in concept, but also acts as a sealant if the tire is punctured.
http://www.ride-on.com/
http://www.ride-on.com/
#49
04-29-2015, 02:34 PM
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Weights are way cheaper than Dyna Beads. If you have the equipment to balance the tire, going with weights would save a ton of $$$ over a few thousand tires. For a guy like me, it's cheaper to use the beads than to take the wheel to someone to be balanced. Plus, like others have said, it's nice not to have the weights on your wheels.
8oz counteract beads $10.50 enough 4 -4 tires , no labor - not removing from bike . works for me --- truing is another ballgame
JIM
#50
04-29-2015, 02:40 PM
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PS a lot of things take awhile to make it to the masses ,, for instance , disk brakes they first appeared at drag strip them eventualy made there ways to standard cars , then made it to all wheel disk , a nother for instance , Europe gets good meds before we get them in the states .
I guess time will tel eh ehh
JIM