tire balancing

renagade · Post by **renagade** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:35 am

Hi Guy's
This is for the guy's in the states. Have a look at the link I have posted and tell me what you think????

http://www.innovativebalancing.com/motorcycle.htm

Can you or have you heard of this ???????

renagade

Post by **OU812** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:44 am

Looks like a money saver for the dealers. I will stick to the tried and TRUE.

kantuckid · Post by **kantuckid** » Wed May 30, 2007 4:39 pm

I have the beads loaded in my bike now-will report when I've had time to take a ride...

Post by **bransan** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:29 pm

Sounds like a gimmick to Me. I'll keep balancing Mine the old fashioned way. Keep us posted as to how they work. How much did You put in?

Post by **challey** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:46 pm

Interesting but I have my doubts and some questions.
How do you know how many beads to put in? Do they eventually affix themselves to the rim or are they always loose? Is it cheaper than "the old fashioned way" or just a way for the dealer to make more $?

Balancing a tire is not that hard and is not very time-consuming.

Charlie

geothepencil · Post by **geothepencil** » Thu May 31, 2007 2:16 pm

If I read their info right, you need to blast a little air into the stem every time before you check the air pressure so that nothing gets jammed in the stem and cordially lets the air out of the tire as a result. They have some replacement stems which act as filters but you see the possibilities here of problems somewhere along the way.

Otherwise, seems like a good idea.

geo

R4R&R · Post by **R4R&R** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:31 am

challey wrote:Interesting but I have my doubts and some questions.

Same here. At least doubts. I've seen these 'balancing beads' brought up on other boards and there has never been a straight answer about them working. I'll stick to the tried and true method for now.

Post by **Lobo1625** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:55 am

I know here in the states that alot of truckers use a similar version of the beads. They have tubes formed into a circle (slightly smaller than the inside of the rim) with a place to put a bead/sticky good mix in. They rave about the benefits of not having to balance the massive tires, they last longer and the fact that they are in balance at any speed. I didn't realize there were equivalents for motorcycles out there. Even as well as they work, I'd still stick with good ol' lead weights.

kantuckid · Post by **kantuckid** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:57 am

I suggest that those interested in balance beads ,read up on them before deciding what works and so on.I emailed the seller of Dyna Beads with a couple of questions and got intelligent responses. There is a 1 oz pouch and a 2 oz pouch-for front and rear and you pour them in through the piece of tubing provided that sticks on the little plastic bottle they send. The 1150R just needs the regular kit. I first saw them advertised in the Whitehorse Press catalog.
What I think is an interesting and related subject is the use of lead weights to balance wheels. In doing my own research prior to buying these beads, I googled the subject and came up with a lot that I wasn't aware of about the use of lead for balancing. As I recall it is now illegal in some states and will be in others soon. Subaru and perhaps some other mfgs. no longer use lead for balancing. The issue is the environment-I found a good site that showed the issue well for a lay person in environmental pollution terms. We all know that wheels weights fall off, but the sum total of all that fall off and are ground up by traffic is absolutely huge! There are other lead angles too.
I thought after reading about the lead issues that the Dyna Beads people need to use that in their advertising as a sales angle.
I still have not had time to ride with the beads but will report soon. Anybody that says it is not much easier to dump these beads in a stem is able to balance a tire much easier than I! Besides, these don't fall off .

kantuckid · Post by **kantuckid** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:25 am

Dyna beads work! We took a two-up ride this friday eve of around 75k and the bike is very smooth. I kicked it up to around 80 in one location for a bit(on twisty eastern KY road most of the trip) and they work fine. FYI the beads are extremely small-about the size of the shot in a .22 cal birdshot shell-like #12 shot if you have seen it, say less than 1/64" as a guess . I had read a comment somewhere that they "took a bit" to get rolling around inside the tire/wheel-I had no sensation that there was any lag in the beads doing their job, seemed like a perfect balance to me. My bike has the OEM Michelins on it , which are a smooth ride anyway.