I had 2 Hondas and 1 Triumph when I was younger, now I have a Harley for a little over 2 months. It rides great with the exception of vibration around 60 miles per hour. I want to do the motor mount washer spacers as soon as I get a chance, check the alignment, and front fork stuff, but my question here is:
Wheel balancing ? I surmise you hire this done ? About how much does it run ?
Appreciate any info.

 

Wheel Balancing??

Wheel weights are a thing of the past.

Two Words;

"Dyna Beads".......

I use them in everything...

 

Thanks Old Fender Guy, I looked these up, sounds really great, but how do they work with tube tires ? I have spoked rims.

 

Same as they work on anything else. Just trickle them in thru the valve stem ans you're good to go.

 

FYI - Motorcycle Consumer News would strongly disagree with you.

I'm just sayin'.....

 

Oh ok, I thought maybe you actually put them in the tire before mounting to the rim.
Does anybody use these on automobiles ?

 

I have a question. I pulled my rotors off to have them polished.....Do I have to rebalance the wheels after I put the rotors back on?

 

I wouldn't think so... Unless they used a grinder to remove the big stuff?


R W B, check the dyna beads site. They have a lot of information on where they are used, but in short, yes they do. And on semi's also, from what they say...

There are quite a few debates on the 'technology' and effectiveness of balancing with dyna beads. Too many, for me to decide which is correct.

As for myself, I use quite a bit of soap solution to finess the tires on and off the rims of my RK. So, kinda makes me think that the dried soap solution inside the tire might cause the beads to get stuck in one area. They say not to use certain mounting pastes with dyna beads just for that reason...

 

You can balance them yourself. Just get an old axle and mount it so that is is sticking straight out from the wall.

Put your wheel on it and find the heavy spot (it will fall to the bottom).

Put a weight in a location opposite the heavy spot and turn the wheel so the weight is at the 3 or 9 oclock position.

If it stays put it's balanced. If not you either need to add weight or use a lighter one to get the wheel to stay in any position you put it in without falling.

Or.....You can just take to someone and have it done. I think it is more fun to do it yourself. I stopped doing it myself a long time ago after I became old and lazy.

 

10.00 at the local indy.