03 Serk No Wheel Weights from factory?
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03 Serk No Wheel Weights from factory?
I just bought a 03 SERK from a collector, the bike had 740 original miles on it. I have been riding it over the weekend and have noticed a on and off vibration in the floorboards in the 50 to 70mph area.
At first I thought it was just different types of roadways but today I had the bike up on the Pit Bull to do some detailing and to wipe off the wheels.
Well after throughly looking over both the front and rear wheels I discovered that there were no wheel weights and appear to have never been there.
Is this normal for the solid wheels? This really bites as they have never been there and now I have to pay to have them balanced.
TIA,
John
At first I thought it was just different types of roadways but today I had the bike up on the Pit Bull to do some detailing and to wipe off the wheels.
Well after throughly looking over both the front and rear wheels I discovered that there were no wheel weights and appear to have never been there.
Is this normal for the solid wheels? This really bites as they have never been there and now I have to pay to have them balanced.
TIA,
John
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RE: 03 Serk No Wheel Weights from factory?
Contrary to what some seem to think, I've rarely in mah life seen tires & rims that were "naturally" balanced. No matter how well made, there's gonna be some need to do at least a little weight addition.
More importantly, do yerself a favor an' consider replacin' them skins, brother - yer likely on the edge of their lifespan afore they start crackin' on the tread/sidewalls!
More importantly, do yerself a favor an' consider replacin' them skins, brother - yer likely on the edge of their lifespan afore they start crackin' on the tread/sidewalls!
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RE: 03 Serk No Wheel Weights from factory?
Thanks for the info but the tires are fine. The bike was in a climate comtrolled museum with zero exposure to sunlight or electrical motors.
So they should be good to go.
John
So they should be good to go.
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RE: 03 Serk No Wheel Weights from factory?
I tried finding the post and struck out, but had sent the link to a friend so still have it. Its a little more up front, but planning on getting my own as I have always done my own tires then grit my teeth paying someone else to balance them.
http://www.marcparnes.com/
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RE: 03 Serk No Wheel Weights from factory?
As someone who mounts and balances tires/wheels almost daily there are hundreds of bikes/wheels that I've seen, especially cast wheels that do not need any weight. Spoke wheels are a different story, the number of them that balance out w/out weight is minimul. I've pulled many cast/mag wheels that didnt have any weights and didnt need any with a new tire. If your worried have them checked but I dought there is anything wrong.
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