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Dyna Beads Alternative?

I find the idea of anything solid rolling around inside my tires/wheels quite a scary prospect.

Sure they are going to stay put on a billiard table surface at a decent speed. But every stop/start/change of direction/pothole those things are going to be ricocheting all over the place.

No thanks.
 
I've known a few guys to run some heavy beads in their street legal rock crawlers (38"+) and seems to work for them.

As for balancing a street bike.......... recently I had fresh tires put on my 1098 w/ carbon fiber wheels. The installer mounted the tire and balanced them but mounted the weights towards the outer edge. Being a newish ducati owner, I'm now a pussy about how my bike should look down to the details. So I removed both chunks of weights. I rode around for a few hundred miles during a road trip and noticed no vibration or ill handling. When I got to my destination, I painted the silver weights to black, and used basic 3m double sided foam tape and stuck them inward a few inches on the center of the wheel (I marked the original location with a piece of tape). Road the few hundred miles back home and noticed no difference.

So I think as a street rider riding on possibly one of the lightest wheels available that didn't noticed a difference, you might not notice either using WAY heavier stock wheels. So if you're really pinching that penny tight, just don't run weights or build your own balancing stand and use the bike's axles.
 
VP1 said:
So then you've never used them..

Are you sure the beads shift around? I personally think the centrifugal force would hold them in place.

Again, I don't know. Which I why I was looking for advice from people who have actually used them and have first hand results, not mere speculation.

They're going in a 1980 GS1100E, my daily commuter which sees no track time and unfortunately not much time in the twisties anymore either.

Either way, I'll be sure let you all know how it goes. Honestly, the big bike shakes so much either way I somewhat doubt my ability to distinguish a slightly out of balance tire from bumps in the road from a shaky 30yr old motor...

Appreciate all of the responses, results to come :ride
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Probably will work on a street commuter. It takes five minutes to balance a tire, BY HAND, on a rim. All you need is the axle and some weights.
 
nikon800 said:
Been using Dyna Beads in my touring ST3 and one of the race bikes. I too was puzzled about how and why they work so thought I'd try them. So far they work as advertised. They were first developed (in super large size ) for truck tires. I'm halfway through the set of tires on the ST and so far so good. The race bike not so much as you chew tires up each race and lose the little balls in pit lane! (hey, my balls fell out!)
Cheers all.
Derek
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WHAT CLASS DO YOU RACE IN? Owner of the company says not to use them on race bikes:shocker
 
Motech said:
MCN studied Dyna Beads extensively and concluded what most of us already suspected: They're a gimmick and do not work for motorcycles.

I'd rather run no balance weights at all than pour a bunch of flotsam in there.
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This! :thumbup

If anyone believes that Dyna Beads or any similar product really works, I've got some wonderful investments for you where you can triple your money in 3 days.
 
VP1 said:
This may be a stupid question but....

In lieu of spending $15 on Dyna Beads, I wonder how slipping about 10 or 15 BB's from a BB gun in the tire before mounting would work?

I personally don't see much of a problem... Do you?
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You don't really believe their marketing hype, do you? This is akin to copper bracelets as a treatment for arthritis or magnets on your fuel lines to increase MPG.
 
VP1 said:
So then you've never used them..

Are you sure the beads shift around? I personally think the centrifugal force would hold them in place.

Again, I don't know. Which I why I was looking for advice from people who have actually used them and have first hand results, not mere speculation.

They're going in a 1980 GS1100E, my daily commuter which sees no track time and unfortunately not much time in the twisties anymore either.

Either way, I'll be sure let you all know how it goes. Honestly, the big bike shakes so much either way I somewhat doubt my ability to distinguish a slightly out of balance tire from bumps in the road from a shaky 30yr old motor...

Appreciate all of the responses, results to come :ride
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Unless you mount the tires on the rims with no beads and check the balance on a spin balancer, and then do the same with the beads in the tires, all your conclusions are anecdotal and completely meaningless.

Save your money and time.
 
Holy shit Alanrider7!!!

I had to triple check the post date to make sure it was real!

How you been man?
 
planegray said:
Ok, "the list"

1) countersteering
2) Oil type/weight
3) Harley's
4) Dyna beads
5) High beams all the time

surely I've missed a couple :dunno
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6) higher octane gasoline is always better. Always. It makes your bike way faster.


ALANRIDER7 said:
1 in 20 tires that I balance do not require balancing weights. The typical tire needs about 7 to 14 grams to get it perfect.
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An Alanrider post? Holy shit. What's going on? Just yesterday we had a budbandit post! This is some of that 2012 end-of-days stuff, isn't it? :wow
 
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planegray said:
Ok, "the list"

1) countersteering
2) Oil type/weight
3) Harley's
4) Dyna beads
5) High beams all the time

surely I've missed a couple :dunno
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6) rear brake
 
List updated, thanks !


1) countersteering
2) Oil type/weight
3) Harley's
4) Dyna beads
5) High beams all the time
6) Tire pressure
7) Gasoline octane
8) using rear brake
9) Best first bike


Yeah, wtf Alan, why you no luv us for so long ? :twofinger

Glad to see back...REALLY glad to see you back helping out in the garage :hail
 

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afm199 said:
Probably will work on a street commuter. It takes five minutes to balance a tire, BY HAND, on a rim. All you need is the axle and some weights.
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The wheel still has to be true in order to balance it properly. A ding or bend in the rim means it's no longer a circle and it will vibrate somewhat at speed, depending on how far out it is.
 
planegray said:
List updated, thanks !


1) countersteering
2) Oil type/weight
3) Harley's
4) Dyna beads
5) High beams all the time
6) Tire pressure
7) Gasoline octane
8) using rear brake
9) Best first bike


Yeah, wtf Alan, why you no luv us for so long ? :twofinger

Glad to see back...REALLY glad to see you back helping out in the garage :hail
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Adviseabillity of buy a 'Busa.
 
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