I purchased 2 new tires for my bike last weekend. While cleaning it up today, getting ready for a weekend trip I noticed the rear wheel has about 3/4 oz weight say at 12 o clock position and another aprox. 1/4 oz weight at the 5 o clock position. I am not very familiar with motorcycle tire balancing, but I do know that if you see that on an automobile tire that has been high speed balanced, it is a sure sign of a shortcut being taken at best. Worse being someone that didn't know any better doing the work. I know on car tires there should not be weights in two different locations on the same side of the rim. Does anybody know for sure if this holds true on motorcycle tires, being that the stick on weights are in the center of the wheel?

 

Get dyna beads and take the wheel weights off and quit worrying about it.

 

Two weights almost 180 degrees from each other it either laziness or stupidity...I would that it back for a do over...lol

 

I have seen that done many times. They spin up the wheel to find where to add weight, add weight, spin it up again to add a little more weight a ways from the first weight for final balance. I just put the tire dot by the valve stem. Works for me.

 

+ one the dyna beads. Screw wheel weights on our bikes! Never have to worry about them falling off or in your case someone that doesn't know what they are doing. And you don't have to see them.

 

egggzactly...




if the weights truly are 180 degrees apart or dam near close, you can fix it your self. remove the single 1/4 oz weight, then remove a 1/4 oz section from the 3/4 area...

 

+ for the Dyna Beads. Fast and easy way to balance your tires, especially if you change out your own tires.

 

I've found a lot of places the machines themselves are out of calibration and the people using them don't have a clue . My latest wheel's a set of factory Thunder star mags I had done 3 times and they couldn't get them right so screw it back to old school and the stand & precision bearing wheels .

Haven't tried the Dyna beads but that idea has been around forever , someday maybe when the prices get real .

 

Price isn't bad. Seven bucks for both front and rear and installed by my Indy. For mags make sure the lube for tire installation is dry.

 

do these dyna beads work with tubes ?