Balance or not

[2RDLX]

I was curious of others thoughts. I used to change tires on my old HD and never balanced them.Now that I am getting ready to changes the tires on my TD I question to balance or not to balance. I know there has to be a few of you hear with opinions or suggestions. As always thanks in advance for your input.

JOHN

[yamahamer]

I have mine static balanced for piece of mind. I figure it was balanced from the factory so it must need to be?

[Freebird]

Balancing is pretty easy. Some tires are pretty close and others are not. You may get by without balancing them one time and not the next. It only takes a few minutes, I would go ahead and do it.

[Venturous Randy]

On this last E-3 I put on the rear of my bike before Asheville, I tried the axle between jackstands and thought I had done a pretty good job. After a few runs to about 80, I was feeling some bounce in the rear. So, I took the tire/wheel back off Tuesday night and took it by the shop I bought it from(I changed it). Without removing any weights, he put it on his machine and it come up 3/4 ounce out of balance. He removed all the weights and started again and balanced it. I put it back on last night and rode it to work today, but probably did not get over 45 to and from work thru town. I may make a better run in a few minutes as I am going for a ride.

So far with all the tires I have had on that rim, it almost always takes about the same weight in the same area. I suspect I have a wheel balance issue more than a tire balance issue.

RandyA

[Roy Hoffman]

The last set of tires I used were Avon Venoms when I changed them I used Dyna beads in them instead of static balance. The dealer I bought them from also rides bike and he swears by them. I have about 4k on the tires now no problems.

ROY:thumbsup:

[az1103]

The last set of tires I used were Avon Venoms when I changed them I used Dyna beads in them instead of static balance. The dealer I bought them from also rides bike and he swears by them. I have about 4k on the tires now no problems.

ROY:thumbsup:

 

Is anyone else using these? I was wondering whether they actually work and if so, how DO they work??

[BOO]

I don't know about the beads but I would say balance the tire especially the front.

I axle balance the rear as Randy tried to do with a lot of success but I have the front spin balanced and even then every once in a while I will have a tire that has a little bounce at some lower speed.

My current front tire was machine balanced and it seems to have a little bounce(wobble?) in left hand sweepers, not dangerous but there.

Jerry

[Maritimer]

Check this out for Dyna Beads. It will answer all your questions.

 

http://www.innovativebalancing.com/

 

Cheers

[Steve S]

Check this out for Dyna Beads. It will answer all your questions.

 

http://www.innovativebalancing.com/

 

Cheers

 

I like the idea of the Dyna balancing beads. Has anyone actually used these??

 

I have used the powder in the front tires of a semi that I used to drive. It seemed to work real well.

[Condor]

Nice web site. I still don't understand how the beads migrate from the heavy side, but I guess it works or they wouldn't be selling any... My thought is that Ride-On also balances a tire, plus has the added benifit of keeping punchers sealed, and since the Dyna-beads are not fixed, and need to balance the tire each time it begins to rotated, that if we ever had to add any type sealer post-leak those beads would start sticking where they're not supposed to be and instead of being able to continue riding the bike would start hopping all over the place???

[Silver Bullet]

I have used ride-on in 3 sets of tires now and it works very well,, just my 2 cents.....

[2RDLX]

Well I have a couple of this to think about now.Thanks for all of your responces.

John

[Wanderer]

I've used and am using the Dyna beads. 2 bikes and six tires. They have worked extremely well for me and I'm convinced they have increased the mileage I get out of my tires.