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Old Oct 8, 2011 | 09:08 PM
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How many of ya'll have changed your own tires and used DynaBeads for balancing? Has everyone been pleased with the performance? I'm needing tires asap, and as winter/lousy weather is upon us pretty quick, I'll have time to tackle it myself and save the money if I can...

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Old Oct 8, 2011 | 09:25 PM
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Dyna beads are the way to go. PERIOD. No more weights, and you can re-use them. Perfectly balanced tires. I get mine from RockyMountainATV.com $20 for a complete kit. Very easy to install. Run 1oz in the front and 2oz in the rear and your good to go
 
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Old Oct 8, 2011 | 09:26 PM
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I always used PJ1 Balance Plus. I have not been able to find it in 2 years though and the people at PJ1 won't answer my emails anymore about when it will be available. I did not know about DynaBeads but am willing to try it. Anything beats weights!
 
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Old Oct 8, 2011 | 10:01 PM
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I use the dyna beads on both of my big dogs... thay work great on those wide tires as well as others....
 
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I have never used them yet but plan to when I buy new tires. I know several people that have ran them for several years now with no compliants.
 
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I've been using Dyna Beads and changing my own tires for a few years. I don't notice any balancing problems using the beads.
 
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Love them!
 
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I'm on my second tire using dyna beads. The first tire was replaced with only 4000 miles or so because I picked up a nail. Have a few thousand on the second with no problems. However, neither tire was very bad out of balance to start with, so I don't really know how good they do at balancing a tire. There are those who claim they don't really balance a tire at all1 My experience is, so far so good.
 
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used them on last 2 bikes , love them
 
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Originally Posted by NewfieHarley
How many of ya'll have changed your own tires and used DynaBeads for balancing? Has everyone been pleased with the performance?
I am interested to hear more comments. So far, I have this on my to do list.
 
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