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Old 12-10-2008, 03:06 AM   #1
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im not arguing that they dont work, but ive never had a tire cupping problem that i know of, and ive never lost a wheel weight, so how is it better?
Its not just cosmetic. By doing this it ensures that your tires are ALWAYS balenced. By doing it the other way even if done correctly is only balanced from that point when its brand new. The beads will adjust every second the entire time they are in there.

Forget the cosmetic, forget the tire life extension... it makes the bike ride better.

For example... my 9R use to shake pretty good at 150mph. But maybe that was just the tires.

Plus these beads are cheaper than balancing. Truely if you wanted to... you could then change your own tires and then throw these in and you're done.

Further, you track guys... no more taping over your stock stick on or crimp on weights. Cause they aren't there!!
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Old 12-10-2008, 03:19 AM   #2
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I've used these... not this brand for my truck... cause when you get into 35"+ tires they tend to not be perfectly round and often WAY out of round.

also when wheeling wheel weights get stripped off really easy...

never had an issue with these... never thought about them for the bike... be nice if you had a setup for track as you wouldn't have to worry about tape'n wheel weights... but I'd only do it if you had a spare set of rims as try'n to change tires with these beads gets messy...
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Old 12-10-2008, 11:30 PM   #3
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Its not just cosmetic. By doing this it ensures that your tires are ALWAYS balenced. By doing it the other way even if done correctly is only balanced from that point when its brand new. The beads will adjust every second the entire time they are in there.

Forget the cosmetic, forget the tire life extension... it makes the bike ride better.

For example... my 9R use to shake pretty good at 150mph. But maybe that was just the tires.

Plus these beads are cheaper than balancing. Truely if you wanted to... you could then change your own tires and then throw these in and you're done.

Further, you track guys... no more taping over your stock stick on or crimp on weights. Cause they aren't there!!
did the beads smooth out the 9r? my bike is pretty smooth at 150-loud, but smooth-but they are balanced. im never changing a tire myself, its not cost effective(for me) dont have the tools or the patience. rather spend 25bucks and let some1 else change and balance em-but if it makes the bike ride better, ill try em...do they work on inner tube tires as well? assuming your tires were balanced in the first place, at what speed do u really start to notice the difference the beads make, since u just installed em?

based on ebbs post, i think they'd be great on a motorcycle drag slick-thats the only tire id bother mounting myself i think.
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Old 12-10-2008, 11:58 PM   #4
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Never had them in the 9R

You remove the old weights once these are installed.

You never ever feel any unbalance once installed.
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Old 12-11-2008, 12:44 AM   #5
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Never had them in the 9R

You remove the old weights once these are installed.

You never ever feel any unbalance once installed.
inner tubes ok?


u remind me of the oxyclean guy sometimes when u find something u like, so fuck it ill try em when i get my tires in a week or two
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Old 12-11-2008, 01:28 AM   #6
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Old 12-11-2008, 09:21 AM   #7
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Only thing I don't really like about them is I already get small balls of rubber inside my tires. I would think these would collect rubber and kind of snowball larger as they did.

If they have any weight to them they might add to the heat build up also some thing you would not want ona a track bike.
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Old 12-11-2008, 04:35 PM   #8
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Only thing I don't really like about them is I already get small balls of rubber inside my tires. I would think these would collect rubber and kind of snowball larger as they did.

If they have any weight to them they might add to the heat build up also some thing you would not want ona a track bike.
Well they are ceramic...that might be why.
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Old 12-21-2008, 11:32 AM   #9
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I wouldn't expect billet barge owners to even notice an off-balance tire. I mean, it only shows up when you *ride* the bike...
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