wheel balancing ?

[DAVE01]

just wondering how important balancing of the wheels is for street use.i can't get them done here, it is a 350 km trip to have them done, is it worth doing ? Cheers dave

[Skidmarx]

Imo, as a car/4wd/truck tyre fitter, definatly have the front balanced, back tyre isnt so crucial, personaly i fit/repair my own back tyres, and never have them balanced before putting them back on the bike, but iv never had an unbalanced tyre on the front, so i cant realy say what kind of effects it would have, but id guess it would give a front end shake

[Ward P]

I had a shake in the front with on old bike that was so bad that at 140 it tried to go into tankslappers. It had thrown a balance weight off the front wheel. Once rebalanced, it was fine.

If it feels fine then I wouldn't bother to get them balanced.

[Greeny_SA]

Do it yourself ,It's not that hard .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2AuivYzaBs

[DAVE01]

Do it yourself ,It's not that hard .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2AuivYzaBs

Thanks Greeny great video,i'll pick up some weights

[big kev]

ok thats cool

[Shifu]

It's a bitch that the wheel rotates while you are riding. That is only the static balance good enough to get you to the shop and have it balanced dynamically. I would strongly recomend against riding even on the street without having wheels properly balanced, both of them. Otherwise it will affect your steering and cornering. You might not feel any shaking at all and there will be no warning. It will be just a classic case of "bike doing something unexpected", and after you dust yourself off (if you're lucky) you will be wondering what the hell just happened. Do not forget that even at 110km/h that wheel spins at 1000 rpm.And centripetal force is a square funcion of the velocity.

[VNSVLE]

The only way I can get it done at the shops in town is static and have never had a problem with it.
Cheers

[Greeny_SA]

The only way I can get it done at the shops in town is static and have never had a problem with it.
Cheers

Used to be the only way to do it . If your real fussy you'll get pretty close.

[drworm]

Imo, as a car/4wd/truck tyre fitter, definatly have the front balanced, back tyre isnt so crucial, personaly i fit/repair my own back tyres, and never have them balanced before putting them back on the bike, but iv never had an unbalanced tyre on the front, so i cant realy say what kind of effects it would have, but id guess it would give a front end shake

didn't you get spat of your bike unexpectedly in a straight line? Could this have something to do with it?

[Shifu]

Close enough? Guys you are starting to scare me Comes the Tathra ride I will make sure none of you rides in front of me Couldn't forgive myself running over you

[Skidmarx]

Imo, as a car/4wd/truck tyre fitter, definatly have the front balanced, back tyre isnt so crucial, personaly i fit/repair my own back tyres, and never have them balanced before putting them back on the bike, but iv never had an unbalanced tyre on the front, so i cant realy say what kind of effects it would have, but id guess it would give a front end shake

didn't you get spat of your bike unexpectedly in a straight line? Could this have something to do with it?

iv just checked back up on this thread for that very reason, now that i think of it, its quite possible, in a car, un balanced tyres will make the steering wheel shake side to side, im no expert with bikes, but if it has the same effect on bike tyres, then yes very possible

[Maj]

If your rims have been balanced previously just put the new tires on with the yellow dot near the valve and you generally will have no probs, rims are more likely to be out of balance or out of round and need compensating for than current tires .
But if you do notice something not feeling right after a change then do get it checked

[RYDRZ]

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[fasterfaster]

The only way I can get it done at the shops in town is static and have never had a problem with it.
Cheers

Used to be the only way to do it . If your real fussy you'll get pretty close.

Statics fine greeny ............... as bike wheels are usually far narrower than car wheels the weight placement from it's centre line is minimal and hence dynamic balance has far less effect than on a wider type wheel