Rear wheels need balancing?

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Mar 10, 2012 | 09:24 PM

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Sailrider 1

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Originally Posted by Eric Moore

alright I got new wheels tires,rotors ,& pulley from proformance machine on my softail a few yrs back... thay do not ballance any of there wheel & tire sets.....I had concerns with this.. the rep from proformance machine told me after thay install them to ride my bike... I figured it was going to be bad..it was much better than any stock wheels & tires I had ever had.. the wheels & tires have been on almost 2 yrs.. nearly time for a new rear tire..thay have been wearing perfectly..I also got new wheels & tires combo from jerry covington ..covington customs..on my 09 street glide..thay dont ballance them eather..it rides better than it ever did..agin the tires are doing great... so I have 2 bikes with no ballancing..now my big dogs had weights on the wheels...so i removed them & added the dyna beads.. I cant tell any differance..cept no ugly weights... just my thoughts on this..but proformance machine & jerry covington did tell me if I wasnt happy thay would make it right.. I have not had any issues... & I've had all my bikes over 100 mph... very smooth @ any speed...

I have heard of this practice from several reputable dealers and custom bike builders. The theory is that the natural gyroscopic action of a motorcycle tire negates the need to have a perfectly balanced tire. if you use lead weights, which I do, after a few thousand miles of tire wear if you check the balance of your tire it will be way off. I have a tire changer and a balancer and have personally tested this theory.

I have read good reviews of Dyna beads. Maybe they work so well because the tire doesn't really need to be balanced to begin with. I think on my next tire change I am going to just mount the tire and ride without balancing and test out this theory.

Mar 10, 2012 | 11:13 PM

#32

Eric Moore

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From: griffin ga

well my 2 HDs have no dyna beads & no weights..thay work perfect... like I noted my HDs have been this way for over 2 yrs...aprox 8K miles on them the tires look to be wearing perfect...the softail is running metzler tires..the street glide has avons...