Tire Balance Question
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Tire Balance Question
In nearly 50 years of riding, I don't recall ever having an issue with an out of balance tire so I don't know what it feels like. Here's what I encountered yesterday after installing new Commander III tires -----
From 50 - 60 ish mph, I get a super fast vibration that is felt in the grips, but nowhere else. If you could feel a buzz, that's what it feels like. It only occurs when going straight. If I'm at 50-60 mph, as soon as I bank for a turn, even a little, it goes away completely then reappears as soon as the bike is going straight and is upright again. All other speeds are smooth as butter.
I wonder if I'm feeling tread feedback and it will go away as the miles increase, balance issue, tire pressure issue? Pressure set at 40 rear, 36 front.
I'm stumped.
From 50 - 60 ish mph, I get a super fast vibration that is felt in the grips, but nowhere else. If you could feel a buzz, that's what it feels like. It only occurs when going straight. If I'm at 50-60 mph, as soon as I bank for a turn, even a little, it goes away completely then reappears as soon as the bike is going straight and is upright again. All other speeds are smooth as butter.
I wonder if I'm feeling tread feedback and it will go away as the miles increase, balance issue, tire pressure issue? Pressure set at 40 rear, 36 front.
I'm stumped.
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Take the weights off and install Ride-On and keep on riding. I had a tire that was out of balance big time and Ride-On took care of it. I run it in all my bike tires now.
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This is why I'm questioning weather or not it's tire balance, would the vibes I'm feeling go away in turns if it were a balance issue?
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Before monkeying with anything, I would take it back to the shop that installed the tires and tell them what you told us. They can put the bike on a lift and check each tire for any out of round condition or on center tread irregularities. Since it is smooth in turns, I suspect the tires themselves, not balance....but I'm just an old rider, not a professional mechanic or tire specialist. I do mount and balance my own tires and have had no trouble with Michelins in the past.
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