Dyna Beads work for me and a couple of friends use them. Tire must be off the floor for installation and follow instructions. They are reusable for next tire purchases.

 

The paint dot was put on by requirements of new car makers. They required it to the wheel makers and the tire companies. It saves then a few cents in wheel weights and lead is a bad thing. Note that a lot of weights are steel now. You also can not really go by the mark to help out however unless you have a new marked wheel and tire and know what's what. Depending on maker it can be exact opposite. Go to the different tire maker web sites and you will see. Some are light and some are heavy.

 

+1 Dyna Beads. As far as the dot lining up, I often rotate the tire to get balanced without weights. Takes extra time but no weights. The Dyna Beads are nice because there constantly adjusting so as the tire wears they will rebalance. There is a noticable difference in the feel expecially in the front wheel.

 

OK guys; I just googled Dyna Beads, and that looks like a good thing. Guess I will have to try them to see what I have been missing. Thanks for the heads up on this.

 

Any of y'all tried a fluid balancer call 'Ride On'? Right off the bat, it is NOT the same stuff as 'Slime'. It dynamically balances the wheel/tire assembly and self seal small punctures in the tire, for the life of the tire. I talked to one of the mechanics at an independent shop and he loves it in his crotch rocket. I'm thinking about giving it a shot.

 

Hope it's different Slime will deteriorate and soften tubes and the tires them selves , seen eat the rubber valve stem out and that guy had on hell of a mess to clean up . His shorts and the bike .

 

Hope it's different Slime will deteriorate and soften tubes and the tires them selves , seen it eat the rubber valve stem out and that guy had one hell of a mess to clean up . His shorts and the bike .

 

When I had my current rear tire put on the rim, I talked to the owner/indy of the shop and he said he could put the weights on the inside of the rim on the hub. I told him to go for it. Anyway, about a month later I was rolling the bike out of the garage for a wash and heard this tinkling sound as I rolled the bike. I figured out pretty quickly what it was. Took the tire off the bike and back to the indy. When they broke the bead and got access to the inside of the tire, there were many little lead fragments running around inside.
After remounting the tire, I can't tell any difference between the weights and without.
Go figure.......

 

Not sure about weights on hub. I'll stick weights on the inside of the rim to hide them. I run a strip of duct tape around the rim to help retain the stickon weights then remount tire. DynaBeads are a lot easier...lol