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Glass/ceramic beads clang up against each other and pressure each other into the carcass, which generates glass shard dust, and yes it can cause abrasions on the insides of a tire.
Also static adhereing beads can clump and get stuck in place.
Ride-On can't do either.
Besides even if its not a risk to worry about anyways, Ride-On will save you from a flat, Dynabeads wont.
What? When did glass or ceramic become capable of storing a static charge? I guess we better rethink over a hundred years of making insulators out of glass and ceramic.
By the way, balancing beads are made of ceramic, much harder than glass. Also an insulator.
Glass/ceramic beads clang up against each other and pressure each other into the carcass, which generates glass shard dust, and yes it can cause abrasions on the insides of a tire.
Also static adhereing beads can clump and get stuck in place.
Ride-On can't do either.
Besides even if its not a risk to worry about anyways, Ride-On will save you from a flat, Dynabeads wont.
Do you change your own tires?
You seem to have pictures for everything, show me pictures of tires with abrasions on the inside caused by beads.
What? When did glass become capable of storing a static charge? I guess we better rethink over a hundred years of making insulators out of glass.
By the way, balancing beads are made of ceramic, much harder than glass.
Static clinging, not storing static charges.
That being said it doesn't matter.
I can't find any of my sources for what I've said, I was pulling from memory, and I've been googling trying to find where I learned this stuff and I cannot find any official sources, just 2nd hand accounts.
So I'm totally in the wrong here.
The only place I can find anything that matches up to what I've said is from this video's description:
But it's an end user, not an official source. So it doesn't matter.
Strike what I've said about beads from the record, it's probably just a false memory I didn't verify before posting.
Except for the Ride-On being better because it gives you anti-flat protection.
We had three tumblers in the floor and assembled area of our shop. We used it to deburr machined parts. The media they used was ceramic. It came in cone, triangle, ball and cube shapes. The size mainly determined the difference in rate of removal and finish left.
I just got back from a ride and was really happy with them, I knew I had the beads coming so last weekend I paid close attention to how the bike rode on certain roads and certain speeds, the vibration wasn’t that bad, I broke in on a ‘79 Ironhead, so I know what vibration is, but today after the beads, it ran smoother than before, and by a noticeable amount, $20, and a half an hour is well worth it.
Sorry.. some more.. OEM Aluminum wheels? Is the red dot the light or heavy side? My last Michelin"s didn't have dots. Never had any on the Dunlops but it's been a while and Dealer did them and they could have washed it off. Know different tire makers mark them exactly opposite of each other.
One big one.. How much did the beads weight that you put in? Are they supposed to become fixed? Or just roll around?
Dunlop says red dot now to stem. To not use sealers or beads for balancing and that their warranty will not apply if it is used.
Below is the reply I received for "RideOn" about my concerns from a local "RideON' dealer. I had checked into purchasing the product locally and installing on my TriGlide. There was some inference as to corrosion in aluminum and steel wheels so I reached out to the manufacturer for some information. Below is the email received from Harry. I asked if he would mind my posting his reply for those interested. No I didnt get any free product. LOL.REPLY
Thank you for reaching out to us. We are a bit puzzled by your e-mail. Why would any of our dealers sell our Ride-On products if they are “highly corrosive”?!
Unfortunately, what they have told you is NOT true. Our products are not corrosive. We go through great lengths and spare no expense to make sure we have the best corrosion inhibitors that is available. In fact, we use the same corrosion inhibitors in our Motorcycle sealant that we have in our commercial sealants that are designed to work in tires for 150,000 miles.
We are sold through some of the biggest HD dealers in the country. They would not sell it if they had any issues.
Please go ahead and use our sealants with confidence. They are truly that best that is available on the market.
Please contact us if you have any other questions.
Best Regards,
Harry H. Farkhan
Inovex Industries, Inc. 45681 Oakbrook Court
Unit 102
Sterling, Virginia 20166 U.S.A.
As you can see, I have a tire machine in my shop. On older stock rims I still recommend using lead stick on weights. I have them in chrome and black and they work good.
For nice custom chrome rims, I recommend beads. They work good, and having broke down many tires with beads in them, they DO NOT scratch the inside of a tire, LMAO.
What they do is get all over your Goddamned shop floor if your not careful.
I am curious as to why you differentiate using weights with older rims. Since I've switched from weights to beads/Ride On I can't see a reason to go back.
I just got finished doing a tire, using spoons and tourettes, and yes there are beads are on the floor. I need a tire machine that does truck and bike, even a basic one is better than what I'm doing.
I like the Ride On due to me being a magnet for road debris. A while ago here was an expensive shortage of it so I have box of beads sitting around.
I can't see how beads ruin a tire. The worst thing I've seen is Fix A Flat.
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