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The dots on mine are aligned as well. I remember on my last bike, there was about a 2-week period between getting new tires mounted and waiting for my Dyna Beads to arrive in the mail. I did plenty of riding, and couldn't tell a difference with or without them.
When it comes time for new tires on the CB (pretty soon), I'm thinking I'll line up the dots again and leave it at that.
I find myself riding a bit slower these days, so even if they were off-balance, I can't see it mattering much.
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Jeez Jim, Now we're going to have a 15 page argument on the merits of balancing tires
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(03-18-2016, 11:04 AM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: Jeez Jim, Now we're going to have a 15 page argument on the merits of balancing tires
Yes? And the problem?
Or is it that you have to balance them with oil?
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For what it's worth, keeping unsprung weight to a minimum will give you the absolute best handling. I've thought about balance beads in the tire but that defyies logic.
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No worries....I'm sure there's enough sludge built up in that darn oil cooler to dampen-out any vibration caused by unbalanced wheels.
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Oh now that's funny!
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(03-20-2016, 12:16 AM)Jim21680_imp Wrote: No worries....I'm sure there's enough sludge built up in that darn oil cooler to dampen-out any vibration caused by unbalanced wheels.
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You really should balance your tires - there are many cheap
balancers that work just fine .
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/motorcycle-tire-balancer
I have checked tires for people on my Geodyna and most get it
right . It just takes more time.
I spent $3200 on my balancer before I bought all the
wheel adt. I needed but I have done a lot of tires.
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CA..I so wish you lived in Cincinnati lol
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Looking through the link that CA provided, that's the first time I've seen any type of liquid tire-balancing goo.
Apparently it's been around for a while, but I'm just as skeptical as I was with dyna beads.
Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but I'm still in no favor of lead weights.
