wheel weights came off?
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Road Warrior
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From: the frozen tundra of the "Windy City"
wheel weights came off?
I was out on a ride today, and when I stopped I just happened to look at my front wheel and noticed that the weights on the front wheel were hanging off.... I pulled them the rest of the way off fearing that they would come loose while I was on the highway and cause damage to my scoot... bike seemed to handle the same no difference... I would assume that I should have the rim rebalanced?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Stellar HDF Member
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From: Southern California
When I was racing we had to use duct tape over the stick on wheel weights. Too many corner workers were getting pelted with bits of lead that were being flung off our rims . . . .
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From: earth
I had a similar post just today, weights slipping off my SG wheel. I got a lot of recommendations to use Dyna Beads. I used 3M double sided tape, cleaned everything up with alcohol and reattached them in the same position they came from. Don't want to jinx myself but they haven't moved at all, put 200 mi on today and hit 100 MPH to test it out, only time will tell.
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From: Just Outside Chicago
Dyna Beads and call it a day.....Do a search on here and you will find all kinds of positive info.. If you can't find them local (Chicago area),contact JP Cycles or Dennis Kirk they will get them to you in a few days....Take out air- pull the valve stem-Install beads-reinstall valve stem-refill air...Ride and Rock on!!! 
Happy Trails Neighbor............o~`o.......................... ....
Happy Trails Neighbor............o~`o.......................... ....
Another fan of Dyna beads here..Lost the weights on my RK put the beads in and am now on my second set of tires with the beads..They work..
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Cruiser
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From: Minocqua, WI
Beads didn't work for me, anything over 60mph the bike shook terribly. Back to the damn wheel weights, I was really hoping the beads would work.
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From: earth
That's what I was waiting for; someone willing to be honest with theirself and others about the downside of Dyna Beads. Not one reference to speed rating anywhere on the Dyna Beads website. I wonder if they are just as popular among the sport bike community as they are with touring.
Road Master
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From: Riverside, Ca.
Local tire shop recommends against them. Their stand is how do you know the proper amount. As an example one of my new tires needed more than 3 oz. of weights at one spot. They rotated the tire 90 degrees on the rim and the weight now needed was less than 1 oz. If you don't throw the new combination on a balancer you have no clue. They, the shop, say dynabeads were designed for racers that had little time and to get the combo in the ball park. I don't know of many racers that are trying to get 15,000 miles out of a set of tires. I will stick with the tried and true method. One other item that I can't comment on. When you change tires, what kind of a mess does the Dynabeads leave behind in the rim.
Last edited by 69cj; Jun 5, 2011 at 02:10 PM.