05-28-2013, 01:42 AM
OK I will try to make this as short so as not to put you all to sleep.
All street rim/tires need to be balanced if you go highway speeds.
As most of you might have noticed there is a painted dot on the side of your wheel rim. ( Only Honda does this and it does wear off after time).
Honda balances their rims. All other Mfg. consider where the valve
stem is should be the so called "heavy " spot on the rim. This is not always the case. Most , but not all tire Mfg. put a dot on the sidewall of a tire to
mark the " light" side of the tire. Michelin and Avon do not. They claim they are better then the rest. I have found that not to be true.
When you mount a tire you should mount the dot on the tire to where
the valve stem is so when you balance it will take the least weight.
Some times ( about 10%) if the tire needs a lot of weight you can dismount it and turn it 180 degrees to try to see if it will take less weight.
How much is to much. 80-100 grams is what we always considered to much
and I would return the tire. Even after mounting 1000s of tires I can not
remember a radial asking for that much.
I had the most problems with American tires mounted on American bikes.
The wide white walls were the worst.
I did believe in having the best balancer money could buy because we
did so many tires. I have looked at some of the " beads and balance
liquids and they really don't make any sense to me.
Making tires/wheels lighter makes a big difference the way a bike turns in etc..
Hope this makes sense, if not don't be afraid to ask me.
All street rim/tires need to be balanced if you go highway speeds.
As most of you might have noticed there is a painted dot on the side of your wheel rim. ( Only Honda does this and it does wear off after time).
Honda balances their rims. All other Mfg. consider where the valve
stem is should be the so called "heavy " spot on the rim. This is not always the case. Most , but not all tire Mfg. put a dot on the sidewall of a tire to
mark the " light" side of the tire. Michelin and Avon do not. They claim they are better then the rest. I have found that not to be true.
When you mount a tire you should mount the dot on the tire to where
the valve stem is so when you balance it will take the least weight.
Some times ( about 10%) if the tire needs a lot of weight you can dismount it and turn it 180 degrees to try to see if it will take less weight.
How much is to much. 80-100 grams is what we always considered to much
and I would return the tire. Even after mounting 1000s of tires I can not
remember a radial asking for that much.
I had the most problems with American tires mounted on American bikes.
The wide white walls were the worst.
I did believe in having the best balancer money could buy because we
did so many tires. I have looked at some of the " beads and balance
liquids and they really don't make any sense to me.
Making tires/wheels lighter makes a big difference the way a bike turns in etc..
Hope this makes sense, if not don't be afraid to ask me.