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Puddle Jumper
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| im close to putting new tires on just wandering how the dyna beads work any thoughts |
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Pittsburgh, PA | ive been using them for years now... you can find youtube videos on this.. |
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Ride-On tire sealant. Balances and protects! |
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Central Maryland | Weights. I've never had luck with the beads. You can still feel a unbalanced tire (depending on the severity) at 30 miles per hour or less.
Also; if you have to plug a tire with bead balancers installed; many of the beads are going to adhere to the stickiness of the plug; throwing it permanently off balance.
Edited by willtill 2015-01-06 5:17 AM
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Tourer
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Beer Collins, Colorado (there is no fort) | +1 for Ride On. I've used the beads and they were fine-never an issue. The Ride On stays in place around the tire but is still viscous enough to move throughout the tires life and doesn't spill out like the beads when changing tires plus it can seal a puncture provided it's in the center strip of the tire.
http://www.ride-on.com/ |
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Visionary
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Central Maryland | ByteN2it - 2015-01-06 8:24 AM
+1 for Ride On. I've used the beads and they were fine-never an issue. The Ride On stays in place around the tire but is still viscous enough to move throughout the tires life and doesn't spill out like the beads when changing tires plus it can seal a puncture provided it's in the center strip of the tire.
http://www.ride-on.com/
Edited: Went to the Ride On site and answered my own questions.
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | work well. I've got them in my rear tire, weights on the front, both E3s, and I use Lucas 10w40 motorcycle oil. Everything rides smoooooooth..... |
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West Salem, WI United States | varyder - 2015-01-06 10:49 AM ...and I use Lucas 10w40 motorcycle oil... You just had to spill oil on this thread 
Edited by ljurgens 2015-01-06 10:54 AM
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Cruiser
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Mechanicsville, VA United States | I tried the beads and than the Ride-On.........Ride-On wins!
The beads actually wear the inside of your tire and in doing so coat the beads, now I don't know if that hurts anything but they just aren't as good as Ride-On......
The beads are a.p.i.t.a to get though the valve stem even with a vibrating hand tool, Ride-On was a little messy but cleaned up easily. Ride-On wins! |
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Cruiser
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Marietta, GA | How about this instead? Buy once and you are done. http://centramatic.com/Page.aspx?page=Motorcycle-Balancers
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Visionary
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Central Maryland | diamonbird - 2015-01-06 1:40 PM
I tried the beads and than the Ride-On.........Ride-On wins!
The beads actually wear the inside of your tire and in doing so coat the beads, now I don't know if that hurts anything but they just aren't as good as Ride-On......
The beads are a.p.i.t.a to get though the valve stem even with a vibrating hand tool, Ride-On was a little messy but cleaned up easily. Ride-On wins!
Ride On is expensive though... compared to wheel weights. Shoot... it would take 16 ounces of Ride On just to do my rear tire on my Rocket 3....
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Prairie City, IA United States | luterdan - 2015-01-06 1:30 PM
How about this instead? Buy once and you are done. http://centramatic.com/Page.aspx?page=Motorcycle-Balancers
+1 I have had a set now for 3 full sets of tires and they work fantastic. Some guys will chime in that they are expensive but when I traded my GW I sold them to another guy and they worked out about the same as the beads. Since I will most likely ride another Victory Vision, I will transfer them to the new bike in about 125,000 more miles. |
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Visionary
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| gary1 - 2015-01-05 8:10 PM im close to putting new tires on just wandering how the dyna beads work any thoughts You don't have to post this question 4 times. |
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Cruiser
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Victoria Tx, TX United States | Centramatics from Phatperformance |
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Iron Butt
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| I tried Ride-on once, never again. That crap got all over the wheel and onto my friend's tire changing machine when he broke the bead to remove them. He made me clean up the wheels and machine, which I'll admit, was pretty easy, but still..... not a fan. And, before I took the tires to him, I did my own puncture test as per their video. The stuff just shot out the hole I made. Worthless.
At this point, the only dynamic device I would consider for balance would be the Centramatic system.
Edited by Turk 2015-01-07 6:56 AM
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Visionary
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Central Maryland | I wonder if that Ride On stuff actually would pool in the bottom of the tire; if you let your motorcycle sit for awhile; and if it was cold out; how long would it take to spin around inside of the tire so you wouldn't get an unbalanced effect.
Like I posted previously; it would take 16 ounces in my 240/55r16 Rocket 3 rear tire... that's a lot of damned misplaced weight if it pools up and thickens... losing viscosity due to cold weather.
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Iron Butt
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Broken Arrow, OK | Turk - 2015-01-07 6:55 AM
I tried Ride-on once, never again. That crap got all over the wheel and onto my friend's tire changing machine when he broke the bead to remove them. He made me clean up the wheels and machine, which I'll admit, was pretty easy, but still..... not a fan. And, before I took the tires to him, I did my own puncture test as per their video. The stuff just shot out the hole I made. Worthless.
At this point, the only dynamic device I would consider for balance would be the Centramatic system.
I'm with you. Both myself and another Vision rider used it, never again. It did NOT form a center mass like the website video shows. Nothing but a splatter mess everywhere when we dismounted both tires and absolutely would never seal a puncture. There's noway it provides proper balance. If you feel like it works in your tires, it's because they're balanced well enough to begin with.
Not a big bead fan either. When dismounting my tires using dynabeads, the beads are all black in a mass of rubber dust where they've eaten into the tire.
Back to regular weights.
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