blackbullet76
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posted July 01, 2010 10:26 AM
Dynabead balancing
Just got my new Q2's mounted on my 14 and they said they used dynabeads to balance them. Never heard of it before, so they explained it to me. I was a little skeptical until I got them back on the bike and took it for a spin. Very smooth, no vibration!
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Shane661
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posted July 01, 2010 10:37 AM
I know this may sound crazy, but my bikes seem to ride perfectly smooth with no balancing at all. That is mutliple tires, multiple bikes as well.
I always balance the assembly if mounting for a customer. But with all of the burnouts and such that I do with my bikes, I don't worry about it. I'm sure the clumps of rubber and the wear soon offset the small amount of weight that I would add.
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epd345
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posted July 01, 2010 11:22 AM
Shane thats because you have BST's............Theres a reason they cost so much. They never need balancing!!!
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zx14dreamin
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posted July 01, 2010 12:48 PM
don't mean to thread jack but are there times you need to get your tires rebalanced, my front it just feels different seems like the tire is a little squirrlly now. It wasn't when I first had it put on.
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Acat
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posted July 01, 2010 02:34 PM
I used dynabeads and all is smooth until 100 mph. Then it shakes bad. Going to pull the front tire and get the beads out and balance conventionally.
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eklipse636
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posted July 01, 2010 04:06 PM
+1 Shane. I haven't balanced a rear tire in years. Very few front tires have been put on, but I balanced the last front tire I put on.
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blackbullet76
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posted July 01, 2010 09:28 PM
I've had a front tire out of balance before on both bikes i've owned and the handle bars would shake bad. That's the only reason I want it done right when balancing. I got up to 130mph today and it was smooth. If the dynabeads do good through the life of these tires, I'll probably keep using them
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dubious
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posted July 02, 2010 07:38 AM
the thing with beads, I have used em on my truck tires, that are really hard to balance, is that if you spin a tire or accellerate too fast the beads can't settle to the balance point required, and the tire is really off balance.
thats with 38" x15.5 rubber with 8 oz + in there.
I never tried beads on a bike though that generally require 0-2 oz at most
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blackbullet76
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posted July 02, 2010 07:52 AM
Yeah, they put 1oz in the front tire, 2oz in the back. It seemed fine yesterday. I accelerated pretty quickly with no problems.
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