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Originally Posted by Baz
Mounted two motorcycle tires today - first time ever. Really not a big deal as long as you follow a few basic principles.
Checked my rims first on the balance stand and both were already very balanced!
Will do the entire wheels tomorrow. I still have to get the rear brakes working before mounting the rear and then changing the front one.
Hopefully will get that all done this w/e!
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Baz, I’ve used static balancers like that for many years professionally. You can achieve great results using it and the main aspect that reduces the accuracy of the balance is the quality of the bearings on the balance stand. A well setup balance stand should be able to repeatably send 1/2 of a small stick on weight to the bottom.
I use a piece of tape with old weights stuck to it to figure out the correct amount of balance weight. Stick the end of the tape to the top (light) side of the wheel and add weights to the tape strip until it is balanced. The amount of weight on the tape is what you need to add to the wheel.