vagixxer6

i can do my own tires at work but i cant balance them. its strickly a lot bike as of now so how important is the wheels being balanced when in the lot.

if i take it to the street ill get them balanced but as of now is it a big deal?

stuntman29

not a big deal if you are not getting over like 30 mph....maybe even 50....

nickalltogether

there are also little dots or arrows on the tire edge... normally quite a few of them, line one of the dots up with the valve stem and you will be damn close to correctly balanced.

stuntordie

dont worrie bout balancing em..i never balanced my tires on my 900 and i rode it on the high way as well as tha lot...so if ur parkin lot pimpen dnt worrie bout it

sdfkillz

tire balancing dont mean crap, i havent had a tire balanced on any of my bikes since 2003 and i dont notice any vibrations at all even at highspeeds. even if you balance a tire its gonna get right out of balance the 1st time u dot a burnout on it anyway.

vagixxer6

thanks guys, i was thinking the same thing just want some second opions.

time to ride 80 and sunny.:YEAH

Towlieee

When I don't balance mine, I really don't notice much of a difference..


But it's one of them, "its soo easy, why not" kind of things IMO..

So I just usually balance them myself, unless I'm in a huge rush to get out to riding

csiamanis

I didn't balance one time I put on a new tire and the bike would go into and instant slapper when the bars were not held. Once I needed another tire I balance it and it was gone.

sdfkillz

no way an unbalanced tire would cause the bars to slap, unless that thing had a tumor or something.

Xtreme-Stunts

It really doesn't take much time or cost much too balance them or check if they are out of balance. I would do it just to feel relaxed.
Bike tires & rims nowadays have very tight tolerances and most times my tire don't need any balancing weights either.

cirtem

yea never balanced a set of tires yet...
hit both highway and the lot but mainly lot...

Kliewer

Same here. Never balanced a tire in my life. Spoon it on in the correct direction and go! Never had any problems.

Mr. Hooligan

Till this thread I had forgotten I never balanced the pair on my f4i.

Rides just fine even on the highway. Hell the back one has a broken band on the edge of it

PBR4life420

I get mine changed for free and my buddy can't balance them on his machine at work so we all say **** it....But I have a rear rim that absolutely bent to **** (just bought the bike about a month ago) I'm actually kind of amazed that it still holds air.... what do you guys think about doing lot **** with that??? should i a buy a new rim or just rock it?? Haven't been on it for a full day yet due to weather so this weekend I can hopefully get a feel for it

skidmark

if you can change them you can balance them. put the axle in the wheel and rest it on 2 milk crates so the wheel is suspended, wiggle the axle back and forth and the heavy spot of the wheel will fall down, stick a weight up top at 12-oclock (if the heavy spot falls fast use a big weight, if it falls slow use a smaller one), spin the wheel to a random spot and wiggle the axle again, add weights as needed until you can put the wheel at any random position and no heavy spots fall.

I do mine on all my bikes, and on street bike have had it over 300km/h and it's perfect...

ahenry

^^ what he said, any of your local parts unlimited dealer can get you a gravity blancer, for just over 100 buck

Soloman

i just get the front balanced just to be confident with stoppies, never the rear

csiamanis

No tumors. I tell it like it is homie.

50slut

motorcycle tires get balanced