Experience with Dyna-beads?
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From: Blaine, WA
If you want cheap, as I said - call around to the various commercial (big rig) tire shops for prices, brand and prices can vary quite a bit. Around here one shop charges $25 a bag (sized for big rig tires) while another charges just $8 for the same size bag of a different brand. Only issue could be that the beads are considerably larger than Dyna beads - roughly the size of round candy sprinkles for cupcakes.
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From: Myrtle Beach SC
I used them the past three bikes and put them in my new PM wheels last month. I think they work great and also was tired of losing those crap stick on wheel weights that don't often stay on. As for the minority that states the beads "can't work" due to some scientific reason, I say, check the science behind a helicopter, they shouldn't be able to work either but damn, they fly just fine
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: Northern Michigan
No Snake Oil here.
I have used and reused Dyna Beads on many different tires for the last several years on several of my current rides including a CT (car tire) on the rear of my RK with the hack. No problems whatsoever.
Another thing you can do if you suspect a balance problem with weights is to add some beads and see if it corrects. If it does you can then remove the weights and add the correct amount of beads or leave it as is with both.
You can also get a filtered schrader valve fo $1.50 which prevents beads from getting stuck in the valve, click the link.
http://www.innovativebalancing.com/gallery1.htm
I have used and reused Dyna Beads on many different tires for the last several years on several of my current rides including a CT (car tire) on the rear of my RK with the hack. No problems whatsoever.
Another thing you can do if you suspect a balance problem with weights is to add some beads and see if it corrects. If it does you can then remove the weights and add the correct amount of beads or leave it as is with both.
You can also get a filtered schrader valve fo $1.50 which prevents beads from getting stuck in the valve, click the link.
http://www.innovativebalancing.com/gallery1.htm
Last edited by icebite1; Aug 25, 2013 at 09:26 PM.
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2010
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Several thousand miles with the beads on my Ultra and no regrets here. They do what they say they do, or at least in my case. Smooth as glass and no ugly stick on weights that sometimes fly off. I'll be using them again when I buy my next set of tires.
Cruiser
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Moorhead MN
I've used Dyna Beads in two sets of tires with no issues and removed all the old weights from the rims. Currently I have the beads in the front tire and gave Ride On a try on the back tire. Same smooth ride with both but wanted the extra insurance of a tire sealer that Ride On provides.
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From: Ft. Worth, TX
I JUST put 1 oz. of beads in my new front tire with tube. After changing tires, the indy said no weights were required on the front but having never seen a tire with a tube that was perfectly balanced I was skeptical. Sure enough my suspicions were confirmed on my first ride as I have a "buzz" in my handle bars at about 70 mph. I bought some Dyna beads from DK Customs, one of our forum sponsors, and put them in tonight. It was easy as pie because all I had to do was tap on the plastic tube and they went right into to valve stem with the core removed of course.
Took a slow speed ride this evening up to about 40-45 and no issues, no hopping tires, no out of balance condition that I could detect. Monday on my ride to work I'll get it up to speed and see what it feels like at highway speed. If the "buzz" is gone I'll pop the weight off the rear tire and put the beads in the rear.
Took a slow speed ride this evening up to about 40-45 and no issues, no hopping tires, no out of balance condition that I could detect. Monday on my ride to work I'll get it up to speed and see what it feels like at highway speed. If the "buzz" is gone I'll pop the weight off the rear tire and put the beads in the rear.
Rode in today and at speeds ranging from 60 to 80 there is no buzz in the handlebars any longer. I like the product, seems to work as advertised. No snake oil, hard results.
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From: Potsdam, NY
I'm done with them. The first time was great, pour the pack into the bottle. Next time, hope they don't spill as I try manually removing the tire with the Harbor Freight tire changer. Then try to scoop them out of the tire and put them in the bottle. They also clean up any imperfections in the tire and you end up with little bits of rubber and dust in the used beads. By the third tire, I declare that's the last time I use them. They keep getting harder to scoop out and the dirt and dust they pick up inside the tire make them harder to put into the next tire. I'd swear it took 3 times as long to collect and re-use the beads as it did the change tires using the Harbor Freight stand.
