Tenman
Well-Known Member
I've had mine at 120mph with beads several times. Bike was rock steady. I wasn't.
I know a shop that used these for years with happy customers and know people that have run them. So you can call it whatever you wantDespite all the guys that swear Dyna Beads or Ride On stuff works, I still go by logic. Is there any way in this world beads or any form of liquid can possibly flock to the light part of a tire to balance it? To me the answer using my brain at least says no way. Most the time on a motorcycle at least, the tire can be mounted and whether balanced or not, most will not feel $0.02 worth of differance the vast majority of the time, and those that say they get no cupping with beads where before the tires always cupped? I call balony.
I like balancing my tires because I bought the weights and the Marc Parnes balancer that works real nice, but for like 400,000 miles I never did any balancing and can't say I feel any difference.
For fire roads and double track I would not bother mounting it the other way. I did a 7,800 km trip with mine last year, about 1,000 km on gravel, wouldn't even consider mounting it the more off-road direction.Apologies for being late to conversation but would like to know if anyone has mounted the Tractionator GPS in the “Dirt” not 50/50 direction for primary pavement use with dirt only on weekends? Performance on pavement? Did it wear quickly? Thanks for all the great posts!
Recent S10 owner. Commuting 60 mi/day. Fire / double tracks weekends in New England
Stop talking nonsense. There was nothing unsafe about it. I was having fun and was purposely spinning it up.Yikes!! It blows my mind how far some riders will push a tire past the point of being safe. It's almost like a badge of honor in the motorcycling world.
It's fun spinning up a worn out tire right up to the point of wadding it up. Deliberately spinning any tire at almost 50mph on a wet paved public road is unsafe and not smart. 3.8mm or 1/8 of an inch is well past the safe point of any 50/50 tire. Of course it's all about the miles to some riders and they will run the tire right to the legal limit or wear bar.Stop talking nonsense. There was nothing unsafe about it. I was having fun and was purposely spinning it up.
Use the ignore feature for the broken recordI think we have heard your opinion. Like a broken record, ad nauseum.
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I saw the independent Harley mechanic I use save the non ceramic beads. I think he reuses them and charging for them. They still seem to work fine though. He also sells a little substance. Who woulda thought a guy with face and neck tattoos would.I've only used ceramic balancing beads when I do my tyre changes. Love them!
There is No damage at all to the rims or the inside of the tyres from the beads. They work really well and the ride is always super smooth.
Changing tyres is a bit fun, I just use a barrel vacuum that i have washed and cleaned the barrel. then use about 30cm of PVC tube taped to the vacuum nozzle. Crack the bead on one side othe rim, push the pvc tube in an just vacuum all the beads out. I then clean the beads a bit, then reused them again.
It goes both ways Sir.I think we have heard your opinion. Like a broken record, ad nauseum.
I do and it works!! No more thousands of posts showing how many thousands of miles a single tire can last.Use the ignore feature for the broken record
I tried the RideOn in my dual sport tires and it did not help. At freeway speeds the bike wobbled. I thought about using the beads. But I already have a static balance setup and can lace, true, and check runout on wheel/rotor at each tire change. I know a lot of riders that swear by the beads.I saw the independent Harley mechanic I use save the non ceramic beads. I think he reuses them and charging for them. They still seem to work fine though. He also sells a little substance. Who woulda thought a guy with face and neck tattoos would.