I have the PM wheels and dealer told me to not waste my time with balancing them. The billet wheels are fully turned and tire technology is great today. He was right, no vibrations or humpety hump LOL feelings from Bike. Although I don't ride at high speeds, so not sure about anything above 65mph.
Ride-On Tire Sealant and balancer
Not really a mod..but had to put this somewhere.
I just wanted to pass along my experience with what I feel is a great product. After I had chromed my wheels and changed tires I hadn't been happy with the bike at higher speeds..anything over 70 just didn't feel right, had done a number of checks and just put it to the back burner as most of my riding isn't higher speeds.
Took the bike to the Leesburg bike fest down here..about 90 miles one way..so I took the innerstate and again just wasn't happy with the bike. So started thinking about balance...todays tires are pretty close without needing much but I think the chrome has things off a bit and after looking closely I found a weight out of place on the rear...it had moved.
So started doing some research and found what I was looking for, now today after installing the product and taking off all weights front and rear I took her out for the recomended run and was so pleased with things I just kept riding. I'm really impressed at how good this works.
For me I guess color me sold on it, sure its not cheap...but then a nail in a tire in the middle of nowhere isn't cheap either.
I kind of feel stupid for not thinking about this earlier, but to be honest I was sure the tire's were in balance so I always accepted the bike as it had been...old dog new tricks I suppose.
I just wanted to pass along my experience with what I feel is a great product. After I had chromed my wheels and changed tires I hadn't been happy with the bike at higher speeds..anything over 70 just didn't feel right, had done a number of checks and just put it to the back burner as most of my riding isn't higher speeds.
Took the bike to the Leesburg bike fest down here..about 90 miles one way..so I took the innerstate and again just wasn't happy with the bike. So started thinking about balance...todays tires are pretty close without needing much but I think the chrome has things off a bit and after looking closely I found a weight out of place on the rear...it had moved.
So started doing some research and found what I was looking for, now today after installing the product and taking off all weights front and rear I took her out for the recomended run and was so pleased with things I just kept riding. I'm really impressed at how good this works.
For me I guess color me sold on it, sure its not cheap...but then a nail in a tire in the middle of nowhere isn't cheap either.
I kind of feel stupid for not thinking about this earlier, but to be honest I was sure the tire's were in balance so I always accepted the bike as it had been...old dog new tricks I suppose.
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I agree with you wholeheartedly, also get the benefits of tire sealant. Sounds like a great product!!skwerlee said:As you dealer mentioned I can see how a high quality aftermarket wheel would be perfectly balanced right out of the box. OE wheels on the other hand not so much. My understanding is that as tires wear that's when you can start having some issues with things getting out of balance. That’s why you’d benefit from a product like Ride-On11Stryker said:I have the PM wheels and dealer told me to not waste my time with balancing them. The billet wheels are fully turned and tire technology is great today. He was right, no vibrations or humpety hump LOL feelings from Bike. Although I don't ride at high speeds, so not sure about anything above 65mph.
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