D*** Stick-on Wheel Balancer Weights
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Thanks Wana-Ryd. I have bookmarked your website and if Black Bear do not install Ride-On I will be ordering from yourselves. My bike should be back with me in about 4-6 days. Their usual driver is on hols and will be back next week. I think that stratstone Birmingham were P&&&&& off when I told them who was doing the repairs.
"Hard Cheese" as we say in England.
"Hard Cheese" as we say in England.
I have Dyna Beads and there is a problem when checking your tire pressure. The stem must not be at the bottom of the tire, as the beads somehow keep the valve stem from closing - - as soon as you check the pressure air will come out and continue.
I have to have the stem at 3 or 9 in order to prevent the problem.
Anyone else have this issue?
Thanks
I have to have the stem at 3 or 9 in order to prevent the problem.
Anyone else have this issue?
Thanks
Could it be the bead type? there are a few different beat types, I have used name brand beads and off brand ceramics and some of the off brand ones are a bit larger than the Dyna-beads brand beads. I could see how the smaller dyna brand beads could catch in a valve stem valve. But a shot of air cleans them out, and got the one unstuck in my truck. Otherwise I've been extremely happy balancing beads, in my truck the tires are smooth as can be up to as fast as it will go even with 37in tall 100lb/ea mud tires on it.
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If you just took all the weights off,I doubt anyone could tell the diff on a noisy,shaking,vibrating bike anyway. I mounted quite a few tires (b/4 they got too stiff) and never balanced any.No problems.
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Further to my last post, SOS in the UK via Harley Davidson Insurance and Hog Assist have picked my bike up and now it is on its way to Birmingham. I think someone has had a few words in the right ears. At least it is going to the dealership that did the Stage 1 and other mods. I got an email from Inovex this morning about a supplier in the UK for their 'Ride-On' Sealant and Balancer. Got to ring them and find out about availability. Looks like the UK is moving forward slowly to catch up with our American Cousins. Will keep you posted what and how I get on when my bike comes back.
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Further to my last post, SOS in the UK via Harley Davidson Insurance and Hog Assist have picked my bike up and now it is on its way to Birmingham. I think someone has had a few words in the right ears. At least it is going to the dealership that did the Stage 1 and other mods. I got an email from Inovex this morning about a supplier in the UK for their 'Ride-On' Sealant and Balancer. Got to ring them and find out about availability. Looks like the UK is moving forward slowly to catch up with our American Cousins. Will keep you posted what and how I get on when my bike comes back.
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Hello peg20, this is the address and phone number I recieved in an email from Inovex;
DH Financial
Jim Clark - 0161 6334486
3 Old Kiln Lane
Oldham, England OL4 5RZ
United Kingdom
Very pleasant person on the other end.
Should have realised you were UK, Ace Caff in the backround.
DH Financial
Jim Clark - 0161 6334486
3 Old Kiln Lane
Oldham, England OL4 5RZ
United Kingdom
Very pleasant person on the other end.
Should have realised you were UK, Ace Caff in the backround.
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I seem to have tons of weights on my wheels, but they are the solid fatboy ones. I wonder if that additional weight causes any issues, or means I should use a different amount of ride-on goop. Things I should look into I guess..
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I spoke to the technician, up at Stratstones and he sending me the ECM Print-out, and reckons the main reason my weights came off was because they were too near the edge of the rim. The other 'Fault Code probs' was the ECM 'learning', now I have Stage 1. I had fitted and tuned 'XIED' inline Oxy sensors and they were removed when stage1 was done. Ah well roll on next Tuesday.
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I just switched from weights to ride-on a couple days ago. My new tires only have 1500 miles, thought it was a good time to make the change.. This was my first tire change on the Ultra.
I used the Ride-On dosage calculator. They listed a regular dose and a severe dose. They were about 2-3oz different. Not sure what their definitions of regular & severe are....?
I had to buy 3 bottles to make the regular dose in both wheels, so I had enough extra to use the severe dose...
As I was removing my stick-on weights, I noticed that each location that had weights, one weight was missing with only the stick'em left.... That can't be good!
One wheel I found 3 weight locations... two were clearly "older" weights. It would appear the dealer forgot to remove the old weights on that wheel....
I am looking forward to see how this stuff works over the life of the tires.... The missing/extra weights certainly doesn't instill confidence in the stick-on weights for balance technique......
I used the Ride-On dosage calculator. They listed a regular dose and a severe dose. They were about 2-3oz different. Not sure what their definitions of regular & severe are....?
I had to buy 3 bottles to make the regular dose in both wheels, so I had enough extra to use the severe dose...
As I was removing my stick-on weights, I noticed that each location that had weights, one weight was missing with only the stick'em left.... That can't be good!
One wheel I found 3 weight locations... two were clearly "older" weights. It would appear the dealer forgot to remove the old weights on that wheel....
I am looking forward to see how this stuff works over the life of the tires.... The missing/extra weights certainly doesn't instill confidence in the stick-on weights for balance technique......
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