I do have to say that the blade wheel looks awesome on the Custom.....

 

Nope. Got the dealer to remove the beads, which they didn't. Put the bike on the lift, used a couple of wood blocks and a C clamp to break the bead. What I found was lots of soap, beads sticking to it and the inside of the tire was sweaty with moisture. This requires more effort than just breaking the bead and pouring out the Dyna Beads. While they obviously got some of them out, there was a lot stuck to the rim and tire , since they were sticky and wouldn't come out. The correct action would have been to totally remove the tire, clean it all up and do it according to Dyna Bead website, but many people in service use the (should be good enough) approach. We came to an agreement, and I'm sure he learned something here as well. This is not a Harley shop, but they have been good to me with other stuff so no point going ape **** too much at this point.
Anyway my process started after work for a look see, with the wheel still on the bike. After making a custom small dia suction hose for the vac and beating the tire with a rubber hammer to free the beads it cleaned up nice. Dried up in there as well. Fed the air to it , set pressure and checked my static balance on the bike with caliper removed. Same as before, and a good road test comfirmed success. It was weird because when first installed it was smooth, but only a short ride. On the longer ride to Godrich and Grand bend the return ride was unpleasant at 100 kph. Anyone who owns the fxstc can relate on just how much shaking the headlight would be doing since it moves aroung enough when things are smooth. Must have been the beads were starting to get juicey in there and clumping. If they can't freely roll, they won'y work.
Ron

 

Well, I guess the whole problem is not resolved. While removing the clumped beads did solve most of the nasty shaking increase with speed, but two issues of balance and resonance were at play with this thing, with only the one resolved. Riding solo it's actually quite good with only a slight hint of shake at 90-100 kph in fifth. It won't do it in 4th or 6th at that speed. Remember it was two up riding that the situation first appeared. Well took the ole for a ride the other day and same damn thing except not quite as bad since the balance issue was solved. Same speed in the same gear and load. Going uphill while maintaining the speed makes it shake the most. Pull clutch in and silky smooth sailing.
Now my wonderful crank is fugged anyway causing a bit more shake than normal, or the SE comp is setting up a drive line pulse that gets the forks shaking. Don't know which at the moment, but definately can confirm a resonance condition exits with the heavier blade wheel, flexy fx front end and the powertrain pulses MY drivetrain produces. While all this sounds like a balance issue with the wheel/tire it's not. The fact that it only does it at that one speed is when the load pulses on the driveline get heavy enough with the right rpm, it matches the tubes natural frequency to vibrate. Things like shifting to 6th and lugging slows the frequency and the tubes stop shaking. The bike feels like crap for other reasons like too high of a gear for the speed. Going to 4th and matching the rpm it happens in 5th won't get it going because the pulse is too weak. Anyway, that's my observations. Since I need to address this crank issue and the pulse frequency matches the shake of the crank, hopefully my new build will solve this. Failing that different spring rates in the comp might work. Lowering the front, shortens the tubes and will change the frequency to a much higher rate as well. Those are my options. Until I find the cause I cannot recommend this wheel for the 07-09 fxstc.
Ron