any ideas i hear all kinds of diffrent stuff.

 

Me too... Lol

What is the question or comment?

 

I just take mine to the local shop and have them balance them.

 

some guys use sand or other things but thats what i was thinking

 

Just have them done. If they line up the dot with the stem, it should take very little weight, if any at all.

 

Umm...wheel weights at the local shop. And I let them do the balancing.

 

Well...definitely balance them, at least the front wheel. The rear is not so critical as long as its pretty close.

If you have a good tire guy and you ask, they can actually spin the tire around on the wheel and very often get it to balance without a weight. I have aftermarket wheels on all my bike and been fortunate to not have a single weight added to any of them by using that method. Stock cast wheels are often worse for balance but it can definitely help minimize added weights.

So other than that.... uh......yea.

 

guy dont get me wrong i work on cars for a living i was just seeing if any one else used any thing beside wheel weights thats all.. thanks for the replay

 

There are beads you can buy to, I think they are called Dyna Beads or something, I know a guy I work with uses them in his bike.

 

i hand balance at home using a motorcycle tire balancer that i picked up from harbor freight (basically a rod with cones to center wheel that spin freely on the stand. And i use tape weights that can b broke down by the 1/4 oz, find the heavy spot in the assembly and then add weight and move weight until the wheel does not settle in a heavy spot. i have no vibration up to 140 with this method.